Ellen Burstyn
Age: N/A | From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Aliases: Ellen McRae , 엘렌 버스틴 , Эллен Бёрстин , Edna Rae Gilhooley , الن برستین
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Movie Involvements: 114
TV Involvements: 41
Most Famous Work
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Burstyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Bernie Stabler
House of Cards
(2013) Elizabeth Hale
The Defenders
(1961) Hilda Wesley
American Experience
(1988) Narrator (voice)
Perry Mason
(1957) Mona Winthrope White
Ben Casey
(1961) Connie
Interstellar
(2014) Murph (older)
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Anne GarnerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mother | |
| Herself | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Chris MacNeil | ||
| 2022 | Sara Delano Roosevelt | |
| Valerie | ||
| Self | ||
| 2021 | Helen Wilson | |
| Fanny | ||
| Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler | ||
| 2020 | Elizabeth Weiss | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2019 | Nana Holbrook | |
| Miss Dolly | ||
| Self | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Helen Greer | ||
| Celia Berges | ||
| Nettie | ||
| 2017 | Josephine Prendergast | |
| Self | ||
| 2016 | Nana | |
| Beatrice Fisher | ||
| 2015 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Gram | ||
| Flemming | ||
| 2014 | Murph (older) | |
| Emily Micallef | ||
| Olivia Foxworth | ||
| Mère Garnett | ||
| Barb Weaver | ||
| Hathfertiti | ||
| Self - Interviewee | ||
| Olivia Foxworth | ||
| 2013 | Louisa Mae Cardinal | |
| Shirley | ||
| Self | ||
| Elizabeth Hale | ||
| 2012 | Mary | |
| Mrs. Emerson | ||
| Margaret Barrish | ||
| Nanette | ||
| 2011 | Doris Baker | |
| Mother St. John | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Georgiana Carr | ||
| 2009 | Katherine | |
| Self | ||
| Swan (voice) | ||
| 2008 | Barbara Bush | |
| Miss Addie | ||
| 2007 | Pauline "Posey" Benetto | |
| Hagar | ||
| 2006 | Dr. Lillian Guzetti | |
| Maura | ||
| Sister Summersisle | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Diana Hunt | ||
| Nancy Davis Dutton | ||
| Former Tarnower Steady | ||
| Bishop Beatrice Congreve | ||
| 2005 | Mary Ryan | |
| 2004 | Ruby | |
| Tommie | ||
| Self | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Rika | ||
| 2002 | Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Vivi Abbott Walker | ||
| 2001 | Joan Thomas | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Sara Goldfarb | |
| Dolly DeLucca | ||
| Trish | ||
| Val Handler | ||
| 1999 | Bernie Stabler | |
| Self | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Mattie Rigsbee | ||
| 1998 | Mildred | |
| Veronica Steward | ||
| Self | ||
| Self / Chris MacNeil | ||
| Shirley Cooperberg | ||
| June Clatterbuck | ||
| 1997 | Laura Strong | |
| Mook | ||
| Self | ||
| Yvette Watson | ||
| 1996 | Maud Gannon | |
| Hannah Ferguson | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1995 | Hy Dodd | |
| Mrs. Haberman | ||
| Gretel | ||
| Helen | ||
| Judith | ||
| 1994 | Frances Griffin | |
| Self | ||
| Jo Giacalone | ||
| Emily | ||
| Arlie's Mother | ||
| 1993 | Esther Moskowitz | |
| 1992 | Reader (voice) | |
| Wilma | ||
| 1991 | Self | |
| Mademoiselle Reisz | ||
| Mrs. O'Neil | ||
| Lillian "Lil" Lambert | ||
| 1990 | Nurse Cooder | |
| Kate O'Rielly | ||
| 1989 | Self | |
| 1988 | Self | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Katalin | ||
| 1987 | Mrs. Stocks (voice) | |
| Barbara Jackson | ||
| 1986 | Lynn Hollander | |
| Ellen Brewer | ||
| Margaret Yablonski | ||
| 1985 | Joan Walker | |
| Kate MacKenzie | ||
| Self | ||
| Tina Brogan | ||
| Alex Hacker | ||
| 1982 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Olive Frederickson | |
| Jean Harris | ||
| Self | ||
| 1980 | Edna | |
| 1978 | Brenda Collins | |
| Doris | ||
| 1977 | Sonia Langham | |
| 1975 | Self - Host | |
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Alice Hyatt | |
| Shirley Mallard | ||
| Lynne Evers | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1973 | Chris MacNeil | |
| 1972 | Sally | |
| 1971 | Lois Farrow | |
| 1970 | Beth Morrison | |
| Mona | ||
| 1969 | Ellen McCleod | |
| 1966 | Eve Holland | |
| 1965 | Sister Sarah Jacob | |
| 1964 | Franny Salzman | |
| Dr. Pauline Swenson | ||
| 1963 | Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton | |
| Susan Mason | ||
| Ellen | ||
| 1962 | Louise | |
| Joan | ||
| 1961 | Rose Maxon | |
| Dr. Leslie Fraser | ||
| Connie | ||
| Phyllis Dunning | ||
| Anne Garner | ||
| Hilda Wesley | ||
| 1960 | Wandra Drake | |
| Margo as Ellen McRae | ||
| 1959 | Nora | |
| Donna Whittaker | ||
| 1958 | Elizabeth | |
| Betty Benson | ||
| Sandra Keene | ||
| 1957 | Mona Winthrope White | |
| 1956 | Self - Host | |
| Self - Host/Presenter | ||
| Self - Winner | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| 1955 | Emmy Mae | |
| Polly | ||
| Amy Waters | ||
| 1953 | Ann Walters | |
| Self | ||
| 1951 | Elizabeth | |
| Barbara Jackson | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Rika | ||
| 1948 | Mary | |
| Gertie | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
| 2001 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |