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 Se...
Interstellar
2014
The Exorcist
1973
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004
Goodbye Charlie
1964
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
The Tale
2018
Same Time, Next Year
1978
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
2024
The Yards
2000
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992
The Fountain
2006
The Age of Adaline
2015
The Calling
2014
Requiem for a Dream
2000
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010
For Those Who Think Young
1964
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
The Ambassador
1985
PoliWood
2009
The Exorcist: Believer
2023
River of Fundament
2014
Nostalgia
2018
Delphine and Carole
2020
Dying Young
1991
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998
Brush with Fate
2003
W.
2008
Petals on the Wind
2014
Pieces of a Woman
2020