Ellen Burstyn
Known for: Acting
Born: December 7, 1932
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…
Known for
Requiem for a Dream
2000
The Elephant King
2006
The Exorcist
1973
The Stone Angel
2007
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
Brush with Fate
2003
The Cemetery Club
1993
Resurrection
1980
Mermaid
2000
Within These Walls
2001
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024
Hello Actors Studio
1988
Pack of Lies
1987
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
Silence of the North
1981
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991
Wish You Well
2013
Follow The River
1995
Wiener-Dog
2016
Hanna's War
1988
Bathing Flo
Trick of the Eye
1994
You Can Thank Me Later
1998
Into Thin Air
1985
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
2017
Queen Bees
2021
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
2004
Easy Out?
1948
Something in Common
1986
Watch on the Rhine
2021
Place to Be
Playing by Heart
1998
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004
The Wicker Man
2006
Alex in Wonderland
1970
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007
Harry and Tonto
1974
Same Time, Next Year
1978
The Spitfire Grill
1996
A Dream of Passion
1978
Lovely, Still
2009
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004
The Ambassador
1985
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
Main Street
2010
Act of Vengeance
1986
About Scout
2015
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
2001
Reflections of a Philosopher King
2010
The Color of Evening
1990
The Christmas Tree
1958
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010
Earth and the American Dream
1992
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
2024
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021
When It Was a Game 2
1992
The Fountain
2006
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
According to Greta
2009
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
The Mighty Macs
2011
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
Providence
1977
Pit Stop
1969
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
Thursday's Game
1974
Night Ride Home
1999
The Calling
2014
30 Days
2006
Surviving
1985
When You Remember Me
1990
All I Wish
2018
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
2019
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
Pieces of a Woman
2020
Another Happy Day
2011
Breakdown: 1975
2025
This Ordinary Thing
2025
Roots of Roe
1993
Walking Across Egypt
1999
Our Fathers
2005
Grand Isle
1991
Timepiece
1996
Three Months
2022
River of Fundament
2014
Roommates
1995
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
The Age of Adaline
2015
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
PoliWood
2009
The Last Picture Show
1971
I Love Liberty
1982
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009
The Yards
2000
Goodbye Charlie
1964
Ricochet
1961
Custody
2016
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999
Lucy in the Sky
2019
American Woman
2019
Getting Out
1994
Duse, the Greatest
2025
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
Dying Young
1991
Two Men in Town
2014
Flash
1997
The House of Tomorrow
2019
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
Deceiver
1997
Mother, Couch
2024
The Tale
2018
Nostalgia
2018
A Deadly Vision
1997
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006
Flowers in the Attic
2014
Getting Gotti
1994
For Those Who Think Young
1964
Interstellar
2014
Draft Day
2014
My Brother's Keeper
1995
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
Petals on the Wind
2014
Friedkin Uncut
2018
Delphine and Carole
2020
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995
Mrs. Harris
2006
Picture This
1991
Love, Marilyn
2013
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
W.
2008
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
Unity
2015
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Tropic of Cancer
1970
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Red Dragon
2002
The Time Tunnel
1966
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Cheyenne
1955
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The View
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Book of Daniel
2006
Surfside 6
1960
Perry Mason
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
Big Love
2006
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
That's Life
2000
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Going My Way
1962
Bus Stop
1961
Ben Casey
1961
The Detectives
1959
The Ellen Burstyn Show
1986
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Defenders
1961
The Oscars
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
Political Animals
2012
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Mom
2013
Saturday Night Live
1975
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
2022
American Experience
1988
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
1962
Checkmate
1960
A Will of their Own
1998
The First Lady
2022
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Big Valley
1965
House of Cards
2013
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Dinah!
1974
The Virginian
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
HARDtalk
1997
Tony Awards
1956
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961
Coma
2012