Ellen Burstyn
Known For
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 (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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bernie Stabler
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Perry Mason
as Mona Winthrope White
Interstellar
as Murph (older)
Mom
as Shirley
The View
as Self
House of Cards
as Elizabeth Hale
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler
The Virginian
as Kate Burden
Big Love
as Nancy Davis Dutton
The Big Valley
as Sister Sarah Jacob
Cheyenne
as Emmy Mae
Dr. Kildare
as Anne Garner
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
77 Sunset Strip
as Betty Benson