Ellen Burstyn
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
1975: El fin de una era
Self (2025)
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice) (2025)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage) (2025)
Duse, the Greatest
(2025)
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
E. Jean Carroll (2024)
La familia en el diván
Mother (2024)
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
Self (2024)
Martin Scorsese: Hollywood a la italiana
Self (2024)
El exorcista: Creyente
Chris MacNeil (2023)
The First Lady
Sara Delano Roosevelt (2022)
Three Months
Valerie (2022)
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
Self (2022)
Paul Newman, derrière les yeux bleus
Herself (2021)
El club de las abejas reina
Helen Wilson (2021)
Watch on the Rhine
Fanny (2021)
Ley y orden: Crimen organizado
Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler (2021)
Fragmentos de una mujer
Elizabeth Weiss (2020)
Delphine y Carole
Self (archive footage) (2020)
Lucy in the sky
Nana Holbrook (2019)
American Woman
Miss Dolly (2019)
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
Self (2019)
The House of Tomorrow
Josephine Prendergast (2019)
Friedkin Uncut
Self (2018)
Nostalgia
Helen Greer (2018)
El mejor regalo
Celia Berges (2018)
The Tale
Nettie (2018)
Marilyn Monroe: La subasta de una vida
Self (2017)
Wiener-Dog
Nana (2016)
Custodia
Beatrice Fisher (2016)
Unity
Narrator (voice) (2015)
About Scout
Gram (2015)
El secreto de Adaline
Flemming (2015)
Interstellar
Murph (older) (2014)
La llamada
Emily Micallef (2014)
Flores en el ático 2: Pétalos al viento
Olivia Foxworth (2014)
Two Men in Town
Mère Garnett (2014)
Decisión final
Barb Weaver (2014)
River of Fundament
Hathfertiti (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self - Interviewee (2014)
Flores en el ático
Grandmother (2014)
Los mejores deseos
Louisa Mae Cardinal (2013)
Mom
Shirley (2013)
Love, Marilyn
Self (2013)
House of Cards
Elizabeth Hale (2013)
Coma
Mrs. Emerson (2012)
Political Animals
Margaret Barrish (2012)
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Nanette (2012)
Otro día feliz
Doris Baker (2011)
Las poderosas Mac
Mother St. John (2011)
Reflections of a Philosopher King
Self (2010)
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
Self (2010)
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
Self (2010)
Main Street
Georgiana Carr (2010)
According to Greta
Katherine (2009)
Lovely, Still
Mary (2009)
PoliWood
Self (2009)
El conejo de terciopelo
Swan (voice) (2009)
W.
Barbara Bush (2008)
La pérdida de un diamante lágrima
Miss Addie (2008)
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
Pauline "Posey" Benetto (2007)
The Stone Angel
Hagar (2007)
La fuente de la vida
Dr. Lillian Guzetti (2006)
30 Days
Maura (2006)
Wicker Man
Sister Summersisle (2006)
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Self (2006)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Self (2006)
The Elephant King
Diana Hunt (2006)
Mrs. Harris
Former Tarnower Steady (2006)
The Book of Daniel
Bishop Beatrice Congreve (2006)
Secretos de confesión
Mary Ryan (2005)
Las cinco personas que conoces en el cielo
Ruby (2004)
La casa de Nueva Orleans
Tommie (2004)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
Self (2004)
Una década bajo la influencia
Self (2003)
La generación que cambió Hollywood
Self (2003)
La joven de azul jacinto
Rika (2003)
El dragón rojo
Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited) (2002)
Clan ya-ya
Vivi Abbott Walker (2002)
Su ultima oportunidad
Joan Thomas (2001)
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
Self (2001)
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
Self (2001)
Réquiem por un sueño
Sara Goldfarb (2000)
That's Life
Dolly DeLucca (2000)
Mermaid
Trish (2000)
La otra cara del crimen
Val Handler (2000)
Ley y orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
Bernie Stabler (1999)
Die letzte Vorstellung: Ein Rückblick
Self (1999)
Night Ride Home
Maggie (1999)
Walking Across Egypt
Mattie Rigsbee (1999)
Jugando con el corazón
Mildred (1998)
A Will of their Own
Veronica Steward (1998)
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self (1998)
You Can Thank Me Later
Shirley Cooperberg (1998)
El temor de Dios: 25 años de 'El exorcista'
Self - Chris MacNeil (1998)
The Patron Saint of Liars
June Clatterbuck (1998)
Flash
Laura Strong (1997)
El impostor
Mook (1997)
The View
Self (1997)
Premoniciones asesinas
Yvette Watson (1997)
HARDtalk
(1997)
Timepiece
Maud Gannon (1996)
La historia de Spitfire Grill
Hannah Ferguson (1996)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest (1996)
Donde reside el amor
Hy Dodd (1995)
El club de las niñeras
Mrs. Haberman (1995)
Follow The River
Gretel (1995)
My Brother's Keeper
Helen (1995)
Compañeros de habitación
Judith (1995)
Trick of the Eye
Frances Griffin (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self (1994)
Sola contra el crimen
Jo Giacalone (1994)
Cuando un hombre ama a una mujer
Emily (1994)
Getting Out
Arlie's Mother (1994)
Roots of Roe
Narrator (voice) (1993)
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Joan Delvecchio (1993)
The Cemetery Club
Esther Moskowitz (1993)
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice) (1992)
When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator (voice) (1992)
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Wilma (1992)
Picture This
Self (1991)
Grand Isle
Mademoiselle Reisz (1991)
Elegir un amor
Mrs. O'Neil (1991)
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Lillian "Lil" Lambert (1991)
When You Remember Me
Nurse Cooder (1990)
The Color of Evening
Kate O'Rielly (1990)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (1989)
Hello Actors Studio
Self (1988)
American Experience
Narrator (voice) (1988)
Héroes inocentes
Katalin (1988)
Cartas desde Vietnam
Mrs. Stocks (voice) (1987)
Pack of Lies
Barbara Jackson (1987)
Amor a los 40
Lynn Hollander (1986)
The Ellen Burstyn Show
Ellen Brewer (1986)
Acto de venganza
Margaret Yablonski (1986)
La búsqueda de Brian
Joan Walker (1985)
La vida puede continuar (AKA Dos veces en una vida)
Kate MacKenzie (1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self (1985)
Surviving
Tina Brogan (1985)
Embajador en Oriente Medio
Alex Hacker (1985)
I Love Liberty
Self (1982)
Night of 100 Stars
Self (1982)
Silencio del norte
Olive Frederickson (1981)
People vs. Jean Harris
Jean Harris (1981)
Sois belle et tais-toi !
Self (1981)
Resurrección
Edna (1980)
Κραυγή Γυναικών
Brenda Collins (1978)
El próximo año, a la misma hora
Doris (1978)
Providence
Sonia Langham (1977)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self (1975)
Alicia ya no vive aquí
Alice Hyatt (1974)
Dinah!
Self (1974)
Harry y Tonto
Shirley Mallard (1974)
El juego del Jueves
Lynne Evers (1974)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage) (1974)
El exorcista
Chris MacNeil (1973)
El rey de Marvin Gardens
Sally (1972)
La última película
Lois Farrow (1971)
Alex in Wonderland
Beth Morrison (1970)
Trópico de Cáncer
Mona (uncredited) (1970)
Pit Stop
Ellen McCleod (1969)
El túnel del tiempo
Eve Holland (1966)
Adiós, Charlie
Franny Salzman (1964)
For Those Who Think Young
Dr. Pauline Swenson (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton (1963)
La hora de los famosos
Eva Laurelton (1963)
The Greatest Show on Earth
Susan Mason (1963)
Vacation Playhouse
Ellen (1963)
Going My Way
Louise (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (1962)
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
Joan (1962)
El Virginiano
Kate Burden (1962)
Ricochet
Rose Maxon (1961)
Ben Casey
Connie (1961)
Bus Stop
Phyllis Dunning (1961)
Dr. Kildare
Anne Garner (1961)
Los defensores
Hilda Wesley (1961)
Rompeolas
Wandra Drake (1960)
Checkmate
Margo as Ellen McRae (1960)
Los detectives
Nora (1959)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Donna Whittaker (1959)
The Christmas Tree
Elizabeth (1958)
77 Sunset Strip
Sandra Keene (1958)
Perry Mason
Mona Winthrope White (1957)
Cheyenne
Emmy Mae (1955)
La ley del revólver
Amy Waters (1955)
Letter to Loretta
Ann Walters (1953)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rika (1951)
Easy Out?
Mary (1948)
Premios Globo de Oro
Self - Nominee (1944)
Big Love
Nancy Davis Dutton
Place To Be
Brooke
Bathing Flo
The Big Valley
Sister Sarah Jacob