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Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicated women in dramas, Burstyn was the recipient of various accolades, and was among the few performers to have won an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony (Triple Crown of Acting). Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. She made her stage debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in The Exorcist (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She appeared in numerous television films and gained further recognition from her performances in Same Time, Next Year (1978), which won her a Golden Globe Award, and Resurrection (1980), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), and Requiem For a Dream (2000). For playing a lonely drug-addicted woman in the last one of these, she was again nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In the 2010s, she made appearances in television series including the political dramas, Political Animals and House of Cards, which have earned her Emmy Award nominations. From 2000 till her death, she had 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 on stage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Burstyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Personal information

Birthday

1932-12-07

Birth Place

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Movies and TV shows :

30 Days

30 Days

2006

1.0

Movie
poster

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

TV
A Deadly Vision

A Deadly Vision

1997

4.5

Movie
A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

8.0

Movie
A Dream of Passion

A Dream of Passion

1978

5.5

Movie
poster

A Will of their Own

1998

7.0

TV
About Scout

About Scout

2015

5.9

Movie
According to Greta

According to Greta

2009

6.1

Movie
Act of Vengeance

Act of Vengeance

1986

5.9

Movie
Alex in Wonderland

Alex in Wonderland

1970

5.6

Movie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974

7.0

Movie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances

2004

0.0

Movie
All I Wish

All I Wish

2018

5.7

Movie
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

2010

0.0

Movie
poster

American Experience

1988

7.5

TV
American Woman

American Woman

2019

5.1

Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

7.0

Movie
Another Happy Day

Another Happy Day

2011

5.6

Movie
Bathing Flo

Bathing Flo

0.0

Movie
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

BBStory: An American Film Renaissance

2010

0.0

Movie
Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

6.3

Movie
poster

Ben Casey

1961

5.7

TV
poster

Big Love

2006

6.9

TV
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

0.0

Movie
Brush with Fate

Brush with Fate

2003

5.7

Movie
poster

Bus Stop

1961

0.0

TV
poster

Checkmate

1960

4.1

TV
poster

Cheyenne

1955

5.8

TV
poster

Coma

2012

6.4

TV
Custody

Custody

2016

7.0

Movie
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987

7.1

Movie
Deceiver

Deceiver

1997

6.0

Movie
Delphine and Carole

Delphine and Carole

2020

7.0

Movie
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002

6.1

Movie
poster

Dr. Kildare

1961

5.4

TV
Draft Day

Draft Day

2014

6.7

Movie
Duse, the Greatest

Duse, the Greatest

2024

0.0

Movie
Dying Young

Dying Young

1991

6.7

Movie
E. Jean Carroll V. Donald J. Trump

E. Jean Carroll V. Donald J. Trump

2024

8.0

Movie
Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream

1992

6.7

Movie
Easy Out?

Easy Out?

1948

0.0

Movie
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

7.1

Movie
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist

2024

0.0

Movie
Flash

Flash

1997

8.3

Movie
Flowers in the Attic

Flowers in the Attic

2014

6.7

Movie
Follow The River

Follow The River

1995

7.0

Movie
For Those Who Think Young

For Those Who Think Young

1964

5.2

Movie
Friedkin Uncut

Friedkin Uncut

2018

7.2

Movie
Fuddy Meers

Fuddy Meers

0.0

Movie
Getting Gotti

Getting Gotti

1994

4.6

Movie
Getting Out

Getting Out

1994

4.7

Movie
poster

Going My Way

1962

5.0

TV
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
Goodbye Charlie

Goodbye Charlie

1964

5.6

Movie
Grand Isle

Grand Isle

1991

3.7

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Hanna's War

Hanna's War

1988

4.7

Movie
Harry and Tonto

Harry and Tonto

1974

7.1

Movie
Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

1988

6.0

Movie
poster

House of Cards

2013

8.0

TV
How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

6.4

Movie
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

2006

6.4

Movie
I Love Liberty

I Love Liberty

1982

0.0

Movie
poster

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

1962

6.7

TV
poster

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

7.4

TV
Interstellar

Interstellar

2014

8.4

Movie
Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

1985

7.0

Movie
poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

5.3

TV
poster

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021

7.9

TV
poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

7.9

TV
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

2023

7.3

Movie
poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

TV
poster

Letter to Loretta

1953

6.2

TV
Love, Marilyn

Love, Marilyn

2013

6.6

Movie
Lovely, Still

Lovely, Still

2012

6.5

Movie
Lucy in the Sky

Lucy in the Sky

2019

5.0

Movie
Main Street

Main Street

2010

4.4

Movie
Marilyn in Manhattan

Marilyn in Manhattan

1998

7.5

Movie
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime

Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime

2017

4.0

Movie
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain

2023

8.6

Movie
Memories, Dreams & Addictions

Memories, Dreams & Addictions

2001

0.0

Movie
Mermaid

Mermaid

2000

7.3

Movie
Mitch Albom's For One More Day

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

2007

3.5

Movie
poster

Mom

2013

7.3

TV
Mother, Couch

Mother, Couch

2024

5.5

Movie
Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris

2006

6.0

Movie
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

1991

4.5

Movie
My Brother's Keeper

My Brother's Keeper

1995

1.0

Movie
Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

6.5

Movie
Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

8.0

Movie
Night Ride Home

Night Ride Home

1999

5.7

Movie
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

2018

5.5

Movie
Our Fathers

Our Fathers

2005

6.4

Movie
Pack of Lies

Pack of Lies

1987

6.6

Movie
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

2021

8.0

Movie
People vs. Jean Harris

People vs. Jean Harris

1981

0.0

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Petals on the Wind

Petals on the Wind

2014

6.5

Movie
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

1991

9.0

Movie
Pieces of a Woman

Pieces of a Woman

2020

7.0

Movie
Pit Stop

Pit Stop

1969

6.7

Movie
Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart

1998

6.6

Movie
poster

Political Animals

2012

7.2

TV
PoliWood

PoliWood

2009

6.5

Movie
Providence

Providence

1977

6.8

Movie
Queen Bees

Queen Bees

2021

6.1

Movie
Red Dragon

Red Dragon

2002

7.0

Movie
Reflections of a Philosopher King

Reflections of a Philosopher King

2010

0.0

Movie
poster

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

2022

7.3

TV
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000

8.0

Movie
Resurrection

Resurrection

1980

6.5

Movie
Ricochet

Ricochet

1961

0.0

Movie
River of Fundament

River of Fundament

2014

6.6

Movie
Roommates

Roommates

1995

6.2

Movie
Same Time, Next Year

Same Time, Next Year

1978

6.6

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

1993

4.5

Movie
Silence of the North

Silence of the North

1981

4.0

Movie
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

2012

5.6

Movie
Something in Common

Something in Common

1986

6.0

Movie
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006

7.0

Movie
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

2019

0.0

Movie
poster

Surfside 6

1960

5.0

TV
Surviving

Surviving

1985

5.3

Movie
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

1992

6.0

Movie
poster

That's Life

2000

7.0

TV
The Age of Adaline

The Age of Adaline

2015

7.5

Movie
The Ambassador

The Ambassador

1985

5.0

Movie
The Baby-Sitters Club

The Baby-Sitters Club

1995

5.4

Movie
poster

The Big Valley

1965

6.0

TV
poster

The Book of Daniel

2006

7.1

TV
The Calling

The Calling

2014

5.8

Movie
The Cemetery Club

The Cemetery Club

1993

5.2

Movie
The Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree

1958

0.0

Movie
The Color of Evening

The Color of Evening

1990

2.0

Movie
poster

The Defenders

1961

6.2

TV
poster

The Detectives

1959

5.6

TV
The Elephant King

The Elephant King

2006

5.9

Movie
poster

The Ellen Burstyn Show

1986

5.0

TV
The Exorcist

The Exorcist

1973

7.7

Movie
The Exorcist: Believer

The Exorcist: Believer

2023

5.9

Movie
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

1998

7.3

Movie
poster

The First Lady

2022

6.3

TV
The Five People You Meet In Heaven

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

2004

6.9

Movie
The Fountain

The Fountain

2006

6.9

Movie
poster

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

5.0

TV
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974

7.7

Movie
The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019

7.1

Movie
The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972

5.8

Movie
The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

1971

7.6

Movie
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

1999

7.3

Movie
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

2008

5.2

Movie
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel

The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel

2004

4.7

Movie
The Making of Requiem for a Dream

The Making of Requiem for a Dream

2001

5.0

Movie
poster

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959

5.9

TV
The Mighty Macs

The Mighty Macs

2011

5.3

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Patron Saint of Liars

The Patron Saint of Liars

1998

4.7

Movie
poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996

3.5

TV
The Spitfire Grill

The Spitfire Grill

1996

6.5

Movie
The Stone Angel

The Stone Angel

2007

5.4

Movie
The Tale

The Tale

2018

7.1

Movie
poster

The Time Tunnel

1966

7.6

TV
The Velveteen Rabbit

The Velveteen Rabbit

2009

6.6

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man

2006

4.3

Movie
The Yards

The Yards

2000

6.2

Movie
Three Months

Three Months

2022

7.0

Movie
Thursday's Game

Thursday's Game

1974

5.2

Movie
Timepiece

Timepiece

1996

7.4

Movie
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Trick of the Eye

Trick of the Eye

1994

5.7

Movie
Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Cancer

1970

4.6

Movie
Twice in a Lifetime

Twice in a Lifetime

1985

5.6

Movie
Two Men in Town

Two Men in Town

2014

5.5

Movie
Unity

Unity

2015

7.5

Movie
poster

Vacation Playhouse

1963

0.0

TV
W.

W.

2008

6.2

Movie
Walking Across Egypt

Walking Across Egypt

1999

4.9

Movie
Watch on the Rhine

Watch on the Rhine

2021

0.0

Movie
When a Man Loves a Woman

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994

6.5

Movie
When You Remember Me

When You Remember Me

1990

5.6

Movie
Wiener-Dog

Wiener-Dog

2016

5.6

Movie
Wish You Well

Wish You Well

2013

6.4

Movie
Within These Walls

Within These Walls

2001

5.3

Movie
You Can Thank Me Later

You Can Thank Me Later

1998

5.9

Movie