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
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021
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as Herself
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Age: 88
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
Reflections of a Philosopher King
2010
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as Self
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Age: 77
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
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004
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as Tommie
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Age: 71
No Image
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
2004
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as Self
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Age: 71
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
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as Self
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Age: 70
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
Mermaid
2000
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as Trish
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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
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
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as Self
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Age: 65
You Can Thank Me Later
1998
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as Shirley Cooperberg
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Age: 65
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
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as Self - Chris MacNeil
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Age: 65
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998
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as June Clatterbuck
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Age: 65
Flash
1997
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as Laura Strong
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Age: 65
Deceiver
1997
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as Mook
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Age: 64
A Deadly Vision
1997
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as Yvette Watson
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Age: 64
Timepiece
1996
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as Maud Gannon
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Age: 64
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
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993
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as Joan Delvecchio
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Age: 60
The Cemetery Club
1993
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as Esther Moskowitz
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Age: 60
Earth and the American Dream
1992
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as Reader (voice)
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Age: 59
When It Was a Game 2
1992
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as Passage Narrator (voice)
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Age: 59
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992
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as Wilma
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Age: 59
Picture This
1991
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as Self
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Age: 58
Grand Isle
1991
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as Mademoiselle Reisz
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Age: 58
Dying Young
1991
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as Mrs. O'Neil
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Age: 58
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991
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as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
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Age: 58
When You Remember Me
1990
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as Nurse Cooder
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Age: 57
The Color of Evening
1990
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as Kate O'Rielly
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Age: 57
Hello Actors Studio
1988
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as Self
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Age: 55
Hanna's War
1988
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as Katalin
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Age: 55
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
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as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
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Age: 54
Pack of Lies
1987
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as Barbara Jackson
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Age: 54
Into Thin Air
1985
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as Joan Walker
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Age: 52
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
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as Kate MacKenzie
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Age: 52
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 52
Surviving
1985
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as Tina Brogan
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Age: 52
The Ambassador
1985
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as Alex Hacker
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Age: 52
Silence of the North
1981
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as Olive Frederickson
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Age: 48
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
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as Jean Harris
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Age: 48
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
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as Self
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Age: 48
Resurrection
1980
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as Edna
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Age: 47
A Dream of Passion
1978
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as Brenda Collins
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Age: 45
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
Thursday's Game
1974
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as Lynne Evers
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Age: 41
No Image
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 41
The Exorcist
1973
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as Chris MacNeil
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Age: 41
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
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as Sally
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Age: 39
The Last Picture Show
1971
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as Lois Farrow
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Age: 38
Pit Stop
1969
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as Ellen McCleod
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Age: 36
Goodbye Charlie
1964
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as Franny Salzman
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Age: 31
For Those Who Think Young
1964
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as Dr. Pauline Swenson
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Age: 31
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