Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-12-07 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known As
Ellen McRae
엘렌 버스틴
Эллен Бёрстин
Edna Rae Gilhooley
الن برستین
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly, December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she receives 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 Doe...
2006
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
2000
as Sara Goldfarb
2008
as Barbara Bush
1998
as Mildred
1994
as Emily
2004
1995
as Hy Dodd
1999
as Mattie Rigsbee
1971
as Lois Farrow
1991
as Mrs. O'Neil
2006
as Sister Summersisle
1970
as Beth Morrison
2006
as Diana Hunt
1973
as Chris MacNeil
2002
as Vivi Abbott Walker
2009
as Katherine
2007
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto
2008
as Miss Addie
1982
as Self
2009
as Swan (voice)
1974
as Shirley Mallard
2007
as Hagar
2005
as Mary Ryan
1978
as Doris
1987
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
1974
as Self (archive footage)
1974
as Alice Hyatt
1996
as Hannah Ferguson
2003
1995
as Mrs. Haberman
1978
as Brenda Collins
2011
as Mother St. John
2000
as Val Handler
1991
as Mademoiselle Reisz
1996
as Maud Gannon
2009
as Mary
1972
as Sally
1964
as Franny Salzman
1977
as Sonia Langham
1998
as June Clatterbuck
2022
as Valerie
2003
as Rika
1969
as Ellen McCleod
2012
as Nanette
1993
as Esther Moskowitz
1970
as Mona (uncredited)
1980
as Edna
1964
as Dr. Pauline Swenson
2013
as Self
1985
as Kate MacKenzie
1998
as Self - Chris MacNeil
1998
as Self
2000
as Trish
2001
as Joan Thomas
2006
2024
2014
as Murph (older)
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Barb Weaver
1985
as Alex Hacker
1974
as Lynne Evers
2014
as Grandmother
1999
as Maggie
2014
as Hathfertiti
2014
as Self - Interviewee
1988
as Self
1987
as Barbara Jackson
1981
as Jean Harris
1995
as Helen
2014
as Emily Micallef
1997
as Mook
2006
as Maura
2014
as Mère Garnett
1981
as Olive Frederickson
1995
as Judith
2015
as Flemming
1991
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
2006
1981
as Self
2024
as Mother
2010
as Georgiana Carr
1961
as Rose Maxon
1986
as Margaret Yablonski
2023
2015
as Gram
1985
as Tina Brogan
2013
as Louisa Mae Cardinal
1995
as Gretel
2015
as Narrator (voice)
2016
as Nana
1997
as Laura Strong
1985
as Self
2018
as Nettie
1990
as Nurse Cooder
1988
as Katalin
2016
as Beatrice Fisher
1994
as Jo Giacalone
1999
2019
as Josephine Prendergast
1993
as Joan Delvecchio
2018
as Helen Greer
1994
as Frances Griffin
1998
as Shirley Cooperberg
2018
as Celia Berges
2001
2010
1985
as Joan Walker
2006
as Former Tarnower Steady
2017
2019
as Nana Holbrook
1997
as Yvette Watson
2018
as Self
2021
as Helen Wilson
2019
as Miss Dolly
2009
as Self
1990
as Kate O'Rielly
2019
2002
as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
1958
as Elizabeth
2010
2010
1994
as Arlie's Mother
1992
2020
as Elizabeth Weiss
1992
as Reader (voice)
1948
as Mary
2011
as Doris Baker
1986
as Lynn Hollander
2001
2021
as Fanny
2023
as Chris MacNeil
1982
as Self
2020
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Self
2024
as E. Jean Carroll
2021
as Herself
1989
2014
as Olivia Foxworth
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
-
as Brooke
2001
as Executive Producer
-
as Director
2019
as Executive Producer
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