Ellen Burstyn

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-12-07 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ellen Burstyn

Biography

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...

Acting

2006

The Fountain

as Dr. Lillian Guzetti

2000

Requiem for a Dream

as Sara Goldfarb

2008

W.

as Barbara Bush

1998

1999

Walking Across Egypt

as Mattie Rigsbee

1971

The Last Picture Show

as Lois Farrow

1991

Dying Young

as Mrs. O'Neil

2006

The Wicker Man

as Sister Summersisle

1970

Alex in Wonderland

as Beth Morrison

2006

The Elephant King

as Diana Hunt

1973

The Exorcist

as Chris MacNeil

2009

According to Greta

as Katherine

2007

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

as Pauline "Posey" Benetto

1982

2009

The Velveteen Rabbit

as Swan (voice)

1974

Harry and Tonto

as Shirley Mallard

2007

2005

Our Fathers

as Mary Ryan

1987

1974

1996

The Spitfire Grill

as Hannah Ferguson

1995

The Baby-Sitters Club

as Mrs. Haberman

1978

A Dream of Passion

as Brenda Collins

2011

The Mighty Macs

as Mother St. John

2000

The Yards

as Val Handler

1991

Grand Isle

as Mademoiselle Reisz

1996

Timepiece

as Maud Gannon

2009

1964

Goodbye Charlie

as Franny Salzman

1977

Providence

as Sonia Langham

1998

The Patron Saint of Liars

as June Clatterbuck

2022

Three Months

as Valerie

2003

1969

Pit Stop

as Ellen McCleod

1993

The Cemetery Club

as Esther Moskowitz

1970

Tropic of Cancer

as Mona (uncredited)

1980

1964

For Those Who Think Young

as Dr. Pauline Swenson

2013

1985

Twice in a Lifetime

as Kate MacKenzie

2000

Mermaid

as Trish

2001

Within These Walls

as Joan Thomas

2014

Interstellar

as Murph (older)

2014

Draft Day

as Barb Weaver

1985

The Ambassador

as Alex Hacker

1974

Thursday's Game

as Lynne Evers

2014

Flowers in the Attic

as Grandmother

1999

2014

River of Fundament

as Hathfertiti

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self - Interviewee

1987

Pack of Lies

as Barbara Jackson

1981

2014

The Calling

as Emily Micallef

1997

Deceiver

as Mook

2006

30 Days

as Maura

2014

Two Men in Town

as Mère Garnett

1981

Silence of the North

as Olive Frederickson

1995

Roommates

as Judith

2015

1991

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

as Lillian "Lil" Lambert

2024

Mother, Couch

as Mother

2010

Main Street

as Georgiana Carr

1961

Ricochet

as Rose Maxon

1986

Act of Vengeance

as Margaret Yablonski

2015

1985

Surviving

as Tina Brogan

2013

Wish You Well

as Louisa Mae Cardinal

1995

2015

Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2016

Wiener-Dog

as Nana

1997

Flash

as Laura Strong

2018

The Tale

as Nettie

1990

When You Remember Me

as Nurse Cooder

1988

Hanna's War

as Katalin

2016

Custody

as Beatrice Fisher

1994

Getting Gotti

as Jo Giacalone

2019

The House of Tomorrow

as Josephine Prendergast

2018

Nostalgia

as Helen Greer

1994

Trick of the Eye

as Frances Griffin

1998

You Can Thank Me Later

as Shirley Cooperberg

2018

All I Wish

as Celia Berges

1985

Into Thin Air

as Joan Walker

2006

Mrs. Harris

as Former Tarnower Steady

2019

Lucy in the Sky

as Nana Holbrook

1997

A Deadly Vision

as Yvette Watson

2018

2021

Queen Bees

as Helen Wilson

2019

American Woman

as Miss Dolly

2009

PoliWood

as Self

1990

The Color of Evening

as Kate O'Rielly

2002

Red Dragon

as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)

1958

The Christmas Tree

as Elizabeth

1994

Getting Out

as Arlie's Mother

2020

Pieces of a Woman

as Elizabeth Weiss

1992

1948

Easy Out?

as Mary

2011

Another Happy Day

as Doris Baker

1986

Something in Common

as Lynn Hollander

2021

2023

The Exorcist: Believer

as Chris MacNeil

2020

Delphine and Carole

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Petals on the Wind

as Olivia Foxworth

1992

When It Was a Game 2

as Passage Narrator (voice)

-

Place To Be

as Brooke

Production

2001

Within These Walls

as Executive Producer

-

Bathing Flo

as Director

2019

The House of Tomorrow

as Executive Producer

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