Ellen Burstyn

Acting · 3.5 popularity

Age

Movies

147

Born: December 7, 1932
From: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.

Works

147 films

Interstellar

20148.5

The Exorcist

19737.7

The Age of Adaline

20157.5

The Fountain

20066.9

Requiem for a Dream

20008.0

The Yards

20006.2

The Exorcist: Believer

20235.8

The Wicker Man

20064.3

Draft Day

20146.7

Dying Young

19916.7

The Last Picture Show

19717.6

Flowers in the Attic

20146.7

The Tale

20187.1

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

19747.0

Pieces of a Woman

20207.0

Red Dragon

20027.0

When a Man Loves a Woman

19946.6

Breakdown: 1975

20256.8

Playing by Heart

19986.6

How to Make an American Quilt

19956.4

The Calling

20145.9

Petals on the Wind

20146.6

All I Wish

20185.5

Wiener-Dog

20165.6

20086.1

Lovely, Still

20096.6

Mother, Couch

20245.6

A Decade Under the Influence

20037.9

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

20026.1

Queen Bees

20216.0

Custody

20166.9

The Baby-Sitters Club

19955.4

According to Greta

20096.0

Main Street

20104.6

Lucy in the Sky

20195.0

The Spitfire Grill

19966.5

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

20085.3

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

19997.7

Earth and the American Dream

19926.7

Night of 100 Stars

19825.8

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

20047.0

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

19747.7

Harry and Tonto

19747.1

30 Days

20062.8

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

2010

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

20037.1

Flesh Impact

2026

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

The Velveteen Rabbit

20096.6

Same Time, Next Year

19786.5

The House of Tomorrow

20196.8

The King of Marvin Gardens

19725.9

Flash

19978.2

Unity

20157.5

Deceiver

19976.0

And the Oscar Goes To...

20146.8

Three Months

20227.1

Friedkin Uncut

20187.1

Nostalgia

20185.4

Love, Marilyn

20136.6

Another Happy Day

20115.5

Wish You Well

20136.3

People vs. Jean Harris

1981

Picture This

19919.5

This Ordinary Thing

2025

Two Men in Town

20145.5

Act of Vengeance

19865.7

Providence

19776.6

Roommates

19955.7

The Patron Saint of Liars

19985.3

Hello Actors Studio

19886.7

The Stone Angel

20075.4

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

20066.6

Hanna's War

19885.2

The Making of Requiem for a Dream

20015.0

The Mighty Macs

20115.2

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

19877.1

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

19816.1

Mrs. Harris

20055.8

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

20125.5

Tropic of Cancer

19704.8

Our Fathers

20056.5

Walking Across Egypt

19994.9

The Elephant King

20065.9

Thursday's Game

19746.5

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

19915.1

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

Follow The River

19957.3

The Cemetery Club

19935.5

For Those Who Think Young

19645.7

Delphine and Carole

20206.5

Resurrection

19806.5

Pit Stop

19696.8

Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

200410.0

Getting Gotti

19945.0

PoliWood

20096.5

Twice in a Lifetime

19855.8

Alex in Wonderland

19705.5

About Scout

20155.9

Reflections of a Philosopher King

2010

My Brother's Keeper

19951.0

Pack of Lies

19876.8

River of Fundament

20145.9

Into Thin Air

19857.4

The Ambassador

19855.2

Goodbye Charlie

19645.8

The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel

20044.7

You Can Thank Me Later

19985.8

I Love Liberty

1982

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

20218.0

Marilyn in Manhattan

19987.9

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

20073.0

Surviving

19855.0

Within These Walls

20015.6

Silence of the North

19817.0

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

19987.4

When It Was a Game 2

19929.0

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

20244.5

American Woman

20194.9

Brush with Fate

20036.0

When You Remember Me

19906.1

A Deadly Vision

19975.6

Something in Common

19866.0

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

20066.9

Mermaid

20006.7

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

2010

Bathing Flo

2026

Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

19928.0

Place to Be

2026

Duse, the Greatest

2025

Timepiece

19967.0

Night Ride Home

19995.8

Grand Isle

19914.6

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

2019

Easy Out?

1948

The Christmas Tree

19582.0

Ricochet

1961

Trick of the Eye

19946.4

Memories, Dreams & Addictions

20017.0

Getting Out

19945.2

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

19934.3

Watch on the Rhine

2021

The Color of Evening

19906.0

Roots of Roe

19937.0

Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime

20173.5

A Dream of Passion

19786.2

Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

2024