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.
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Ellen Burstyn
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Filmography of
Ellen Burstyn
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E. Jean Carroll
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Mother
... 2024
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Chris MacNeil
... 2023
Valerie
... 2022
Herself
... 2021
Helen Wilson
... 2021
Fanny
... 2021
Elizabeth Weiss
... 2020
Self (archive footage)
... 2020
Nana Holbrook
... 2019
Miss Dolly
... 2019
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Josephine Prendergast
... 2019
Self
... 2018
Helen Greer
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Celia Berges
... 2018
Nettie
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Nana
... 2016
Beatrice Fisher
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Narrator (voice)
... 2015
Gram
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Flemming
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Murph (older)
... 2014
Emily Micallef
... 2014
Olivia Foxworth
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Mère Garnett
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Barb Weaver
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Hathfertiti
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Self - Interviewee
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Grandmother
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Louisa Mae Cardinal
... 2013
Self
... 2013
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Doris Baker
... 2011
Mother St. John
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Georgiana Carr
... 2010
Katherine
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Mary
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Self
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Swan (voice)
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Barbara Bush
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Miss Addie
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Pauline "Posey" Benetto
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Hagar
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Dr. Lillian Guzetti
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Maura
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Sister Summersisle
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Diana Hunt
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Former Tarnower Steady
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Mary Ryan
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Rika
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Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
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Vivi Abbott Walker
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Joan Thomas
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Sara Goldfarb
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Trish
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Val Handler
... 2000
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Maggie
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Mattie Rigsbee
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Mildred
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Self
... 1998
Shirley Cooperberg
... 1998
Self - Chris MacNeil
... 1998
June Clatterbuck
... 1998
Laura Strong
... 1997
Mook
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Yvette Watson
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Maud Gannon
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Hannah Ferguson
... 1996
Hy Dodd
... 1995
Mrs. Haberman
... 1995
Gretel
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Helen
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Judith
... 1995
Frances Griffin
... 1994
Jo Giacalone
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Emily
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Arlie's Mother
... 1994
Joan Delvecchio
... 1993
Esther Moskowitz
... 1993
Reader (voice)
... 1992
Passage Narrator (voice)
... 1992
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Mademoiselle Reisz
... 1991
Mrs. O'Neil
... 1991
Lillian "Lil" Lambert
... 1991
Nurse Cooder
... 1990
Kate O'Rielly
... 1990
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Self
... 1988
Katalin
... 1988
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
... 1987
Barbara Jackson
... 1987
Lynn Hollander
... 1986
Margaret Yablonski
... 1986
Joan Walker
... 1985
Kate MacKenzie
... 1985
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Tina Brogan
... 1985
Alex Hacker
... 1985
Self
... 1982
Self
... 1982
Olive Frederickson
... 1981
Jean Harris
... 1981
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Edna
... 1980
Brenda Collins
... 1978
Doris
... 1978
Sonia Langham
... 1977
Alice Hyatt
... 1974
Shirley Mallard
... 1974
Lynne Evers
... 1974
Self (archive footage)
... 1974
Chris MacNeil
... 1973
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Lois Farrow
... 1971
Beth Morrison
... 1970
Mona (uncredited)
... 1970
Ellen McCleod
... 1969
Franny Salzman
... 1964
Dr. Pauline Swenson
... 1964
Rose Maxon
... 1961
Elizabeth
... 1958
Mary
... 1948
Brooke