Ellen Burstyn
Acting
Born 1932-12-07
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Saturday Night Live
Perry Mason
Interstellar
The View
Golden Globe Awards
Mom
Tony Awards
The Virginian
American Experience
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
House of Cards
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Dr. Kildare
Cheyenne
The Big Valley
Gunsmoke
The Exorcist
Big Love
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Defenders
The Oscars
Ben Casey
Dinah!
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Surfside 6
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
77 Sunset Strip
The Detectives
The Time Tunnel
Checkmate
The Fountain
The Age of Adaline
HARDtalk
Requiem for a Dream
The Exorcist: Believer
The First Lady
The Wicker Man
The Yards
Draft Day
Going My Way
The Greatest Show on Earth
That's Life
Bus Stop
Vacation Playhouse
Dying Young
The Last Picture Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Political Animals
Flowers in the Attic
Coma
The Tale
Pieces of a Woman
The Book of Daniel
When a Man Loves a Woman
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The Calling
Red Dragon
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