Ellen Burstyn
Biography
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020).
She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage.
Acting (136 movies)
The Fountain
2006
Requiem for a Dream
2000
W.
2008
Playing by Heart
1998
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Walking Across Egypt
1999
The Last Picture Show
1971
Dying Young
1991
The Wicker Man
2006
Alex in Wonderland
1970
The Elephant King
2006
The Exorcist
1973
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
According to Greta
2009
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
I Love Liberty
1982
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009
Harry and Tonto
1974
The Stone Angel
2007
Our Fathers
2005
Same Time, Next Year
1978
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
The Spitfire Grill
1996
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
A Dream of Passion
1978
The Mighty Macs
2011
The Yards
2000
Grand Isle
1991
Timepiece
1996
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1991
Lovely, Still
2009
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
Goodbye Charlie
1964
Providence
1977
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998
Three Months
2022
Brush with Fate
2003
Pit Stop
1969
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
The Cemetery Club
1993
Tropic of Cancer
1970
Resurrection
1980
For Those Who Think Young
1964
Love, Marilyn
2013
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
Mermaid
2000
Within These Walls
2001
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024
Interstellar
2014
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004
Draft Day
2014
The Ambassador
1985
Thursday's Game
1974
Flowers in the Attic
2014
Night Ride Home
1999
River of Fundament
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Hello Actors Studio
1988
Pack of Lies
1987
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
The Calling
2014
Deceiver
1997
30 Days
2006
Two Men in Town
2014
Silence of the North
1981
Roommates
1995
The Age of Adaline
2015
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
Mother, Couch
2024
Main Street
2010
Ricochet
1961
Act of Vengeance
1986
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
2023
About Scout
2015
Surviving
1985
Wish You Well
2013
Follow The River
1995
Unity
2015
Wiener-Dog
2016
Flash
1997
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Tale
2018
When You Remember Me
1990
Hanna's War
1988
Custody
2016
Getting Gotti
1994
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
The House of Tomorrow
2019
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993
Nostalgia
2018
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Within These Walls | 2001 | Executive Producer |
| The House of Tomorrow | 2019 | Executive Producer |