Acting
Ellen Burstyn
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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.
- 189 titles
- 153 Acting
- 2 Production
- 1 Directing
Acting (153)
Murph (older)
Sara Goldfarb
Chris MacNeil
Flemming
Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
Bernie Stabler
Elizabeth Hale
Dr. Lillian Guzetti
Sister Summersisle
Elizabeth Weiss
Chris MacNeil
Barb Weaver
Lois Farrow
Barbara Bush
Shirley
Alice Hyatt
Val Handler
Mrs. O'Neil
Nettie
Grandmother
Emily
Bernadette Stabler
Vivi
Mildred
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Nana Holbrook
Nana
Olivia Foxworth
Emily Micallef
Katherine
Eve Holland
Hy Dodd
Nancy Davis Dutton
Mook
Mona Winthrope White
Nanette
Doris Baker
Polly / Amy Waters
Ruby
Mrs. Haberman
Shirley
Sally
Celia Berges
Mère Garnett
Doris
Margaret Barrish
Valerie
Georgiana Carr
Sonia Langham
Hannah Ferguson
Josephine Prendergast
Helen Wilson
Mrs. Emerson
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Sister Sarah Jacob
Beatrice Fisher
Mother
Miss Addie
Edna
Narrator (voice)
Mother St. John
Mary
Kate Burden
Narrator (voice)
Hagar
Alex Hacker
Louisa Mae Cardinal
Helen Greer
Swan (voice)
Mrs. Stocks (voice)
Judith
Franny Salzman
Kate MacKenzie
Margaret Yablonski
Ellen McCleod
Betty Benson / Sandra Keene
Emmy Mae
Mona (uncredited)
Gram
Beth Morrison
Former Tarnower Steady
Hathfertiti
Anne Garner
Diana Hunt
Donna Whittaker
Miss Dolly
Gretel
Mattie Rigsbee
Laura Strong
Dr. Leslie Fraser / Connie
Bishop Beatrice Congreve
Esther Moskowitz
Nurse Cooder
Rika
Dr. Pauline Swenson
Mary Ryan
Hilda Wesley
Jo Giacalone
Trish
Nora
Arlie's Mother
Barbara Jackson
Margo as Ellen McRae
Elizabeth / Barbara Jackson / Maggie / Rika
Joan Walker
Maggie
Yvette Watson
Ann Walters
Tina Brogan
Maud Gannon
Brenda Collins
Pauline "Posey" Benetto
Lillian "Lil" Lambert
Tommie
Lynne Evers
Shirley Cooperberg
Louise
Mademoiselle Reisz
June Clatterbuck
Frances Griffin
Joan Thomas
Maura
Marilyn Monroe
Katalin
Joan
Greta Dryden
Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton
Joan Delvecchio
Wilma
Reader (voice)
Wandra Drake
Dolly DeLucca
Veronica Steward
E. Jean Carroll
Olive Frederickson
Kate O'Rielly
Ellen Brewer
Passage Narrator (voice)
Phyllis Dunning
Lynn Hollander
Mary
Jean Harris
Brooke
Rose Maxon
Fanny
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Appearances (36)
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