Ellen Burstyn
Acting
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.
Breakdown: 1975
Self
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Duse, the Greatest
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
E. Jean Carroll
Mother, Couch
Mother
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
Self
Martin Scorsese, the Italian-American Master
Self
The Exorcist: Believer
Chris MacNeil
Three Months
Valerie
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
Herself
Queen Bees
Helen Wilson
Watch on the Rhine
Fanny
Pieces of a Woman
Elizabeth Weiss
Delphine and Carole
Self (archive footage)
Lucy in the Sky
Nana Holbrook
American Woman
Miss Dolly
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
Self
The House of Tomorrow
Josephine Prendergast
Friedkin Uncut
Self
Nostalgia
Helen Greer
All I Wish
Celia Berges
The Tale
Nettie
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
Self
Wiener-Dog
Nana
Custody
Beatrice Fisher
Unity
Narrator (voice)
About Scout
Gram
The Age of Adaline
Flemming
Interstellar
Murph (older)
The Calling
Emily Micallef
Petals on the Wind
Olivia Foxworth
Two Men in Town
Mère Garnett
Draft Day
Barb Weaver
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee
Flowers in the Attic
Grandmother
Wish You Well
Louisa Mae Cardinal
Love, Marilyn
Self
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Nanette
Another Happy Day
Doris Baker
The Mighty Macs
Mother St. John
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
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BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
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Reflections of a Philosopher King
Self
Main Street
Georgiana Carr
According to Greta
Katherine
Lovely, Still
Mary
PoliWood
Self
The Velveteen Rabbit
Swan (voice)
W.
Barbara Bush
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Miss Addie
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
Pauline "Posey" Benetto
The Stone Angel
Hagar
The Fountain
Dr. Lillian Guzetti
30 Days
Maura
The Wicker Man
Sister Summersisle
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
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The Elephant King
Diana Hunt
Mrs. Harris
Former Tarnower Steady
Our Fathers
Mary Ryan
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Ruby
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
Tommie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
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A Decade Under the Influence
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
Brush with Fate
Rika
Red Dragon
Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Vivi Abbott Walker
Within These Walls
Joan Thomas
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
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Memories, Dreams & Addictions
Self
Requiem for a Dream
Sara Goldfarb
Mermaid
Trish
The Yards
Val Handler
Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
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Night Ride Home
Maggie
Walking Across Egypt
Mattie Rigsbee
Playing by Heart
Mildred
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
You Can Thank Me Later
Shirley Cooperberg
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Chris MacNeil
The Patron Saint of Liars
June Clatterbuck
Flash
Laura Strong
Deceiver
Mook
A Deadly Vision
Yvette Watson
Timepiece
Maud Gannon
The Spitfire Grill
Hannah Ferguson
How to Make an American Quilt
Hy Dodd
The Baby-Sitters Club
Mrs. Haberman
Follow The River
Gretel
My Brother's Keeper
Helen
Roommates
Judith
Trick of the Eye
Frances Griffin
Getting Gotti
Jo Giacalone
When a Man Loves a Woman
Emily
Getting Out
Arlie's Mother
Roots of Roe
Narrator (voice)
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Joan Delvecchio
The Cemetery Club
Esther Moskowitz
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice)
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Wilma
Picture This
Self
Grand Isle
Mademoiselle Reisz
Dying Young
Mrs. O'Neil
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Lillian "Lil" Lambert
When You Remember Me
Nurse Cooder
The Color of Evening
Kate O'Rielly
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
Hello Actors Studio
Self
Hanna's War
Katalin
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Pack of Lies
Barbara Jackson
Something in Common
Lynn Hollander
Act of Vengeance
Margaret Yablonski
Into Thin Air
Joan Walker
Twice in a Lifetime
Kate MacKenzie
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Surviving
Tina Brogan
The Ambassador
Alex Hacker
I Love Liberty
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Silence of the North
Olive Frederickson
People vs. Jean Harris
Jean Harris
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self
Resurrection
Edna
A Dream of Passion
Brenda Collins
Same Time, Next Year
Doris
Providence
Sonia Langham
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Hyatt
Harry and Tonto
Shirley Mallard
Thursday's Game
Lynne Evers
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist
Chris MacNeil
The King of Marvin Gardens
Sally
The Last Picture Show
Lois Farrow
Alex in Wonderland
Beth Morrison
Tropic of Cancer
Mona (uncredited)
Pit Stop
Ellen McCleod
Goodbye Charlie
Franny Salzman
For Those Who Think Young
Dr. Pauline Swenson
Ricochet
Rose Maxon
The Christmas Tree
Elizabeth
Easy Out?
Mary