Ellen Burstyn

Acting · Born 1932-12-07 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Fountain as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
• Requiem for a Dream as Sara Goldfarb
• W. as Barbara Bush
• Playing by Heart as Mildred
• When a Man Loves a Woman as Emily
• The Five People You Meet In Heaven as Ruby
• How to Make an American Quilt as Hy Dodd
• Walking Across Egypt as Mattie Rigsbee
• The Last Picture Show as Lois Farrow
• Dying Young as Mrs. O'Neil