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.
as Brooke
as Marilyn Monroe
as Self
as Self (voice)
as E. Jean Carroll
as Mother
as Chris MacNeil
as Sara Delano Roosevelt(6 eps)
as Valerie
as Self(4 eps)
as Herself
as Helen Wilson
as Fanny
as Bernadette Stabler(27 eps)
as Elizabeth Weiss
as Self (archive footage)
as Nana Holbrook
as Miss Dolly
as Self(2 eps)
as Josephine Prendergast
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as Helen Greer
as Celia Berges
as Nettie
as Nana
as Beatrice Fisher
as Narrator (voice)
as Gram
as Flemming
as Murph (older)
as Emily Micallef
as Olivia Foxworth
as Mère Garnett
as Barb Weaver
as Hathfertiti
as Self - Interviewee
as Grandmother
as Louisa Mae Cardinal
as Shirley(1 ep)
as Self
as Elizabeth Hale(5 eps)
as Mrs. Emerson(2 eps)
as Margaret Barrish(6 eps)
as Nanette
as Doris Baker
as Mother St. John
as Georgiana Carr
as Katherine
as Mary
as Self
as Swan (voice)
as Marnie Hunt(1 ep)
as Barbara Bush
as Miss Addie
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto
as Hagar
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
as Maura
as Sister Summersisle
as Diana Hunt
as Nancy Davis Dutton(6 eps)
as Bishop Beatrice Congreve(4 eps)
as Former Tarnower Steady
as Mary Ryan
as Self
as Rika
as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
as Joan Thomas
as Sara Goldfarb
as Dolly DeLucca(36 eps)
as Trish
as Val Handler
as Mattie Rigsbee
as Bernie Stabler(1 ep)
as Maggie
as Mildred
as Veronica Steward(2 eps)
as Self
as Shirley Cooperberg
as Self - Chris MacNeil
as June Clatterbuck
as Laura Strong
as Mook
as Self(2 eps)
as Yvette Watson
as Maud Gannon
as Self
as Hannah Ferguson
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Hy Dodd
as Mrs. Haberman
as Gretel
as Helen
as Judith
as Frances Griffin
as Self(1 ep)
as Jo Giacalone
as Emily
as Arlie's Mother
as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
as Joan Delvecchio
as Esther Moskowitz
as Reader (voice)
as Passage Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Mademoiselle Reisz
as Mrs. O'Neil
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
as Nurse Cooder
as Kate O'Rielly
as Self
as Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Katalin
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
as Barbara Jackson
as Lynn Hollander
as Ellen Brewer(13 eps)
as Margaret Yablonski
as Joan Walker
as Kate MacKenzie
as Self
as Tina Brogan
as Alex Hacker
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as Olive Frederickson
as Jean Harris
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as Edna
as Brenda Collins
as Doris
as Sonia Langham
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Alice Hyatt
as Self(1 ep)
as Shirley
as Lynne Evers
as Self (archive footage)
as Chris MacNeil
as Sally
as Lois Farrow
as Beth Morrison
as Mona (uncredited)
as Ellen McCleod
as Eve Holland(1 ep)
as Sister Sarah Jacob(1 ep)
as Franny Salzman
as Dr. Pauline Swenson
as Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton(1 ep)
as Eva Laurelton(1 ep)
as Susan Mason(1 ep)
as Ellen(1 ep)
as Louise(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Joan(1 ep)
as Kate Burden(1 ep)
as Rose Maxon
as Dr. Leslie Fraser(1 ep)
as Connie(1 ep)
as Phyllis Dunning(1 ep)
as Anne Garner(1 ep)
as Hilda Wesley(1 ep)
as Greta Dryden(1 ep)
as Wandra Drake(1 ep)
as Margo as Ellen McRae(1 ep)
as Nora(1 ep)
as Donna Whittaker(1 ep)
as Elizabeth
as Betty Benson(1 ep)
as Sandra Keene(1 ep)
as Mona Winthrope White(1 ep)
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self - Winner(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(3 eps)
as Self - Host/Presenter(1 ep)
as Self - Audience Member(1 ep)
as Emmy Mae(1 ep)
as Polly(1 ep)
as Amy Waters(2 eps)
as Ann Walters(1 ep)
as Self(3 eps)
as Elizabeth(1 ep)
as Barbara Jackson(1 ep)
as Maggie(1 ep)
as Rika(1 ep)
as Mary
as Self - Presenter(2 eps)
as Self - Nominee(1 ep)