9.0
9.0
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1991
as Self
Ellen Burstyn
Also known as: Edna Rae Gillooly
Acting
Born:December 7, 1932(age 93)
Birthplace:Detroit, Michigan, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:5'7" (170 cm)
Education:Cass Technical High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
The Last Picture ShowThe ExorcistAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreSame Time, Next YearResurrectionLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitRequiem for a DreamThe Stone AngelPolitical Animals
Filmography (138 movies)
9.0
9.0
When It Was a Game 2
1992
as Passage Narrator (voice)
8.7
8.7
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain
2023
as Self
8.5
8.5
Interstellar
2014
as Murph (older)
8.1
8.1
Flash
1997
as Laura Strong
8.0
8.0
Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Sara Goldfarb
8.0
8.0
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021
as Herself
8.0
8.0
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
7.7
7.7
The Exorcist
1973
as Chris MacNeil
7.7
7.7
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
The Last Picture Show
1971
as Lois Farrow
7.5
7.5
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
as Self
7.5
7.5
The Age of Adaline
2015
as Flemming
7.3
7.3
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
as Self
7.3
7.3
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992
as Wilma
7.3
7.3
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
as Self - Chris MacNeil
7.1
7.1
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
7.1
7.1
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
7.1
7.1
The Tale
2018
as Nettie
7.1
7.1
Harry and Tonto
1974
as Shirley Mallard
7.0
7.0
Into Thin Air
1985
as Joan Walker
7.0
7.0
Follow The River
1995
as Gretel
7.0
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Three Months
2022
as Valerie
7.0
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Pieces of a Woman
2020
as Elizabeth Weiss
7.0
7.0
Timepiece
1996
as Maud Gannon
7.0
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Friedkin Uncut
2018
as Self
6.9
6.9
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004
as Ruby
6.9
6.9
Custody
2016
as Beatrice Fisher
6.9
6.9
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self - Interviewee
6.9
6.9
The Fountain
2006
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
6.9
6.9
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as Alice Hyatt
6.8
6.8
The House of Tomorrow
2019
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Providence
1977
as Sonia Langham
6.7
6.7
Draft Day
2014
as Barb Weaver
6.7
6.7
Flowers in the Attic
2014
as Grandmother
6.7
6.7
Pit Stop
1969
as Ellen McCleod
6.7
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
6.7
6.7
Dying Young
1991
as Mrs. O'Neil
6.7
6.7
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
6.6
6.6
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
as Emily
6.6
6.6
Lovely, Still
2009
as Mary
6.6
6.6
Love, Marilyn
2013
as Self
6.6
6.6
Pack of Lies
1987
as Barbara Jackson
6.6
6.6
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009
as Swan (voice)
6.6
6.6
Playing by Heart
1998
as Mildred
6.5
6.5
Same Time, Next Year
1978
as Doris
6.5
6.5
Petals on the Wind
2014
as Olivia Foxworth
6.5
6.5
Mermaid
2000
as Trish
6.5
6.5
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
6.5
6.5
PoliWood
2009
as Self
6.5
6.5
Delphine and Carole
2020
as Self (archive footage)
6.4
6.4
Our Fathers
2005
as Mary Ryan
6.4
6.4
Resurrection
1980
as Edna
6.4
6.4
The Spitfire Grill
1996
as Hannah Ferguson
6.4
6.4
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006
as Self
6.4
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Hy Dodd
6.3
6.3
Wish You Well
2013
as Louisa Mae Cardinal
6.2
6.2
The Yards
2000
as Val Handler
6.1
6.1
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
as Vivi Abbott Walker
6.0
6.0
According to Greta
2009
as Katherine
6.0
6.0
Something in Common
1986
as Lynn Hollander
6.0
6.0
Trick of the Eye
1994
as Frances Griffin
6.0
6.0
Queen Bees
2021
as Helen Wilson
5.9
5.9
River of Fundament
2014
as Hathfertiti
5.9
5.9
Deceiver
1997
as Mook
5.9
5.9
When You Remember Me
1990
as Nurse Cooder
5.9
5.9
The Calling
2014
as Emily Micallef
5.8
5.8
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
as Chris MacNeil
5.8
5.8
About Scout
2015
as Gram
5.8
5.8
Thursday's Game
1974
as Lynne Evers
5.8
5.8
Brush with Fate
2003
as Rika
5.8
5.8
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
as Sally
5.8
5.8
Goodbye Charlie
1964
as Franny Salzman
5.7
5.7
Roommates
1995
as Judith
5.7
5.7
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Former Tarnower Steady
5.6
5.6
The Elephant King
2006
as Diana Hunt
5.6
5.6
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Kate MacKenzie
5.6
5.6
Wiener-Dog
2016
as Nana
5.6
5.6
Act of Vengeance
1986
as Margaret Yablonski
5.6
5.6
Night Ride Home
1999
as Maggie
5.6
5.6
A Deadly Vision
1997
as Yvette Watson
5.6
5.6
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
as Nanette
5.5
5.5
Mother, Couch
2024
as Mother
5.5
5.5
Another Happy Day
2011
as Doris Baker
5.5
5.5
All I Wish
2018
as Celia Berges
5.5
5.5
Two Men in Town
2014
as Mère Garnett
5.5
5.5
A Dream of Passion
1978
as Brenda Collins
5.5
5.5
Alex in Wonderland
1970
as Beth Morrison
5.4
5.4
The Stone Angel
2007
as Hagar
5.4
5.4
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
as Mrs. Haberman
5.3
5.3
Nostalgia
2018
as Helen Greer
5.3
5.3
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
as Miss Addie
5.3
5.3
The Cemetery Club
1993
as Esther Moskowitz
5.2
5.2
The Mighty Macs
2011
as Mother St. John
5.2
5.2
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Dr. Pauline Swenson
5.2
5.2
Within These Walls
2001
Executive Producer
5.1
5.1
You Can Thank Me Later
1998
as Shirley Cooperberg
5.0
5.0
Lucy in the Sky
2019
as Nana Holbrook
5.0
5.0
The Ambassador
1985
as Alex Hacker
4.9
4.9
American Woman
2019
as Miss Dolly
4.8
4.8
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001
as Self
4.7
4.7
Walking Across Egypt
1999
as Mattie Rigsbee
4.7
4.7
Hanna's War
1988
as Katalin
4.7
4.7
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998
as June Clatterbuck
4.6
4.6
Getting Gotti
1994
as Jo Giacalone
4.6
4.6
Getting Out
1994
as Arlie's Mother
4.6
4.6
Main Street
2010
as Georgiana Carr
4.5
4.5
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
2024
as E. Jean Carroll
4.5
4.5
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
4.4
4.4
Surviving
1985
as Tina Brogan
4.3
4.3
The Wicker Man
2006
as Sister Summersisle
4.0
4.0
Silence of the North
1981
as Olive Frederickson
3.8
3.8
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004
as Tommie
3.5
3.5
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
2017
as Self
3.3
3.3
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993
as Joan Delvecchio
3.3
3.3
Grand Isle
1991
as Mademoiselle Reisz
3.0
3.0
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto
2.0
2.0
The Color of Evening
1990
as Kate O'Rielly
1.0
1.0
30 Days
2006
as Maura
1.0
1.0
My Brother's Keeper
1995
as Helen
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
as Self
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
2001
as Self
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Watch on the Rhine
2021
as Fanny
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self
Reflections of a Philosopher King
2010
as Self
Ricochet
1961
as Rose Maxon
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as Jean Harris
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore"
2004
Duse, the Greatest
2025
The Christmas Tree
1958
as Elizabeth
Place To Be
TBA
as Brooke
Bathing Flo
TBA
Director
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
2019
as Self
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
as Self
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
2004
as Self
Easy Out?
1948
as Mary
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