Cast
Ellen Burstyn
Acting
Cast
Ellen Burstyn
Known for
Acting
Born
1932-12-07
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as Ellen McRae, Edna Rae Gilhooley
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.
Interstellar
as Murph (older)
The Exorcist
as Chris MacNeil
The Age of Adaline
as Flemming
Requiem for a Dream
as Sara Goldfarb
The Fountain
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
The Exorcist: Believer
as Chris MacNeil
Dying Young
as Mrs. O'Neil
The Wicker Man
as Sister Summersisle
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Flowers in the Attic
as Grandmother
The Tale
as Nettie
The Yards
as Val Handler
The Last Picture Show
as Lois Farrow
W.
as Barbara Bush
Breakdown: 1975
as Self
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Emily
Draft Day
as Barb Weaver
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
Playing by Heart
as Mildred
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Alice Hyatt
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
The House of Tomorrow
as Josephine Prendergast
Roommates
as Judith
Pieces of a Woman
as Elizabeth Weiss
Petals on the Wind
as Olivia Foxworth
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Vivi
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
How to Make an American Quilt
as Hy Dodd
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
Getting Out
as Arlie's Mother
Three Months
as Valerie
The Ambassador
as Alex Hacker
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Red Dragon
as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
Deceiver
as Mook
The Baby-Sitters Club
as Mrs. Haberman
Timepiece
as Maud Gannon
Another Happy Day
as Doris Baker
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Lucy in the Sky
as Nana Holbrook
Love, Marilyn
as Self
Harry and Tonto
as Shirley Mallard
Mother, Couch
as Mother
The Calling
as Emily Micallef
Nostalgia
as Helen Greer
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
Same Time, Next Year
as Doris
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
as Nanette
Two Men in Town
as Mère Garnett
Wiener-Dog
as Nana
Custody
as Beatrice Fisher
Main Street
as Georgiana Carr
The King of Marvin Gardens
as Sally
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
Act of Vengeance
as Margaret Yablonski
Queen Bees
as Helen Wilson
Hanna's War
as Katalin
River of Fundament
as Hathfertiti
Providence
as Sonia Langham
Wish You Well
as Louisa Mae Cardinal
PoliWood
as Self
Resurrection
as Edna
The Mighty Macs
as Mother St. John
Into Thin Air
as Joan Walker
All I Wish
as Celia Berges
The Stone Angel
as Hagar
A Deadly Vision
as Yvette Watson
Goodbye Charlie
as Franny Salzman
Twice in a Lifetime
as Kate MacKenzie
The Spitfire Grill
as Hannah Ferguson
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
as Self
Our Fathers
as Mary Ryan
Mrs. Harris
as Former Tarnower Steady
According to Greta
as Katherine
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
as Wilma
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
People vs. Jean Harris
as Jean Harris
American Woman
as Miss Dolly
Lovely, Still
as Mary
Flash
as Laura Strong
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Chris MacNeil
The Elephant King
as Diana Hunt
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
as Miss Addie
I Love Liberty
as Self
My Brother's Keeper
as Helen
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Ruby
30 Days
as Maura
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
The Patron Saint of Liars
as June Clatterbuck
When You Remember Me
as Nurse Cooder
The Cemetery Club
as Esther Moskowitz
About Scout
as Gram
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Surviving
as Tina Brogan
Follow The River
as Gretel
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
For Those Who Think Young
as Dr. Pauline Swenson
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
Picture This
as Self
Delphine and Carole
as Self (archive footage)
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
as Tommie
You Can Thank Me Later
as Shirley Cooperberg
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Swan (voice)
Getting Gotti
as Jo Giacalone
Mermaid
as Trish
Alex in Wonderland
as Beth Morrison
Silence of the North
as Olive Frederickson
Ricochet
as Rose Maxon
Walking Across Egypt
as Mattie Rigsbee
Pack of Lies
as Barbara Jackson
Tropic of Cancer
as Mona (uncredited)
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
as Herself
The Christmas Tree
as Elizabeth
Thursday's Game
as Lynne Evers
Place to Be
as Brooke
A Dream of Passion
as Brenda Collins
Pit Stop
as Ellen McCleod
The Color of Evening
as Kate O'Rielly
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
as Self
Trick of the Eye
as Frances Griffin
Grand Isle
as Mademoiselle Reisz
Night Ride Home
as Maggie
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as Self
Brush with Fate
as Rika
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
as E. Jean Carroll
Duse, the Greatest
Something in Common
as Lynn Hollander
Within These Walls
as Joan Thomas
Watch on the Rhine
as Fanny
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
as Self
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
as Self
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto
Marilyn in Manhattan
as Self
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
as Self
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
as Self
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
as Joan Delvecchio
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
as Self
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Self
Mr. Skins Favorite Nude Scenes of 1970
as Herself (Archive Footage)
Reflections of a Philosopher King
as Self
Roots of Roe
as Narrator (voice)
Bathing Flo
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
as Self
Easy Out?
as Mary