Ellen Burstyn
Born December 07, 1932 (Age: 93)
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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.
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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Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
2025
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as Self
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Age: 93
Mother, Couch
2024
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as Mother
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Age: 91
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
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as Chris MacNeil
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Age: 90
Lucy in the Sky
2019
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as Nana Holbrook
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Age: 86
The House of Tomorrow
2019
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as Josephine Prendergast
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Age: 86
Wiener-Dog
2016
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as Nana
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Age: 83
The Age of Adaline
2015
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as Flemming
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Age: 82
Interstellar
2014
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as Murph (older)
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Age: 81
Draft Day
2014
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as Barb Weaver
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Age: 81
River of Fundament
2014
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as Hathfertiti
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Age: 81
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
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as Nanette
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Age: 79
Another Happy Day
2011
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as Doris Baker
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Age: 78
The Mighty Macs
2011
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as Mother St. John
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Age: 78
Lovely, Still
2009
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as Mary
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Age: 76
W.
2008
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as Barbara Bush
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Age: 75
The Stone Angel
2007
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as Hagar
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Age: 74
The Fountain
2006
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as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
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Age: 73
30 Days
2006
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as Maura
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Age: 73
The Wicker Man
2006
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as Sister Summersisle
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Age: 73
Red Dragon
2002
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as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 69
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
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as Vivi Abbott Walker
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Age: 69
Requiem for a Dream
2000
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as Sara Goldfarb
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Age: 67
The Yards
2000
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as Val Handler
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Age: 67
Playing by Heart
1998
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as Mildred
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Age: 66
The Spitfire Grill
1996
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as Hannah Ferguson
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Age: 63
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
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as Hy Dodd
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Age: 62
Roommates
1995
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as Judith
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Age: 62
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
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as Emily
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Age: 61
No Image
Roots of Roe
1993
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 60
Dying Young
1991
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as Mrs. O'Neil
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Age: 58
The Color of Evening
1990
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as Kate O'Rielly
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Age: 57
Resurrection
1980
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as Edna
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Age: 47
Same Time, Next Year
1978
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as Doris
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Age: 45
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
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as Alice Hyatt
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Age: 42
Harry and Tonto
1974
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as Shirley Mallard
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Age: 41
The Exorcist
1973
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as Chris MacNeil
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Age: 41
The Last Picture Show
1971
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as Lois Farrow
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Age: 38
Ricochet
1961
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as Rose Maxon
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Age: 28
No Image
The Christmas Tree
1958
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as Elizabeth
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Age: 26