Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicated women in dramas, Burstyn is the recipient of various accolades, and is among the few performers to have won an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony (Triple Crown of Acting).

Ellen Burstyn
Burstyn at the May 1, 2009 Tribeca Film Festival première of Poliwood
Born	Edna Rae Gillooly (1932-12-07) December 7, 1932 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Ellen McRae
Education	Cass Technical High School
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1955–present
Spouse(s)	William Alexander ​ ( m. 1950; div. 1957) Paul Roberts ​ ( m. 1958; div. 1961) Neil Burstyn ​ ( m. 1964; div. 1972)
Children	1
10th President of the Actors' Equity Association
In office 1982–1985
Preceded by	Theodore Bikel
Succeeded by	Colleen Dewhurst

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. She made her stage debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in The Exorcist (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

She appeared in numerous television films and gained further recognition from her performances in Same Time, Next Year (1978), which won her a Golden Globe Award, and Resurrection (1980), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), and Requiem For a Dream (2000). For playing a lonely drug-addicted woman in the last one of these, she was again nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In the 2010s, she made appearances in television series including the political dramas, Political Animals and House of Cards, which have earned her Emmy Award nominations. 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 on stage.

Early life

Burstyn was born Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Correine Marie (née Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly.[1] She has described her ancestry as "Irish, French, Pennsylvania Dutch, a little Canadian Indian".[2][3] Burstyn has an older brother, Jack, and a younger brother, Steve.[1][4] Her parents divorced when she was young, and she and her brothers lived with their mother and stepfather.[1]

Burstyn attended Cass Technical High School, a university-preparatory school which allowed students to choose a specific field of study. Burstyn majored in fashion illustration.[5] In high school, she was a cheerleader, a member of the student council, and president of her drama club. She dropped out of high school during her senior year after failing her classes.[6][7] Soon afterwards, Burstyn worked as a dancer, and then a model until the age of 23.[8] She later relocated to Dallas, where she continued modeling and worked in other fashion jobs before moving to New York City.[9]

From 1955 to 1956, Burstyn appeared as an "away we go" dancing girl on The Jackie Gleason Show under the name Erica Dean.[10] Burstyn then decided to become an actress and chose the name "Ellen McRae" as her professional name; she later changed her surname after her 1964 marriage to Neil Burstyn.[11]

Career

1958–1970: Early work

Burstyn debuted on Broadway in 1957 and joined Lee Strasberg's The Actors Studio in New York City in 1967. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in the comedy Same Time, Next Year, a role in which she would reprise in a film adaptation in 1978. Starting in the late 1950s, and throughout the 1960s, Burstyn frequently played guest roles on a number of primetime television shows, including Dr. Kildare, 77 Sunset Strip, Ben Casey, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, The Big Valley, and The Virginian. During 1964–1965, she had a recurring role as Dr. Kate Bartok on the NBC daytime television soap opera The Doctors. Between 1967 and 1968, she co-starred as Julie Parsons opposite Dale Robertson in the ABC western The Iron Horse.[12] She was credited as Ellen McRae until 1967, when she and her then-husband Neil Nephew both changed their surname to Burstyn, and she began to be credited as Ellen Burstyn.[13] In 1970, she appeared uncredited and fully frontally nude in the Joseph Strick adaptation of Henry Miller's controversial novel Tropic of Cancer.[14]

1971–1983: Film breakthrough

After a number of small film roles, Burstyn gained recognition after starring in the 1971's The Last Picture Show, a coming of age story, directed by Peter Bogdanovich and adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel by Larry McMurtry. The film earned critical acclaim for its nostalgia and visual style that is reminiscent of 1951, the year in which the plot takes place.[15] The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Burstyn and her co-star Cloris Leachman. Leachman won the award.[8] In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[16] She next appeared in the drama The King of Marvin Gardens in 1972, with Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, and Scatman Crothers. A story about a daydreamer who convinces his brother to help fund a get-rich-quick scheme, the film was well received by critics.[17]

Burstyn and Blair in The Exorcist (1973).

In 1972, Burstyn was keen on playing the lead role as Chris MacNeil in the supernatural horror, The Exorcist (1973). The film studio were initially reluctant to cast her, but when no other actors were put forward, Burstyn was chosen for the part. Her co-stars were Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller and Linda Blair. The Exorcist had a production budget of $12 million and its principal photography was held in various parts of New York City. Filming proved to be challenging for the entire cast; it took "six day weeks, twelve hour days for nine months" to film and director William Friedkin used a prop gun to get genuine reactions from the cast.[8][18] Burstyn also injured her coccyx, which led to permanent injury to her spine.[19] Film critic Roger Ebert praised Burstyn for her ability to capture MacNeil's "frustration" when her daughter is possessed by an evil spirit.[20] Against expectations, The Exorcist was a commercial success at the theaters. Adjusted for inflation, the film is the ninth highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada and the top-grossing R-rated film of all time. The film won two Academy Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing, and gained Burstyn a Best Actress nomination.[21][22]

Burstyn followed up with a small role in the comedy-drama, Harry and Tonto in 1974. Her next major role was in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1975) where she played a widowed woman, raising a son and yearning to start a new life for herself as a singer. She was drawn to the script because of the character's resemblance to her own life.[23] Burstyn was also inspired by the works of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, who found that women were searching to "redefine their roles in society."[23] Burstyn was offered to direct but turned it down to concentrate on her performance, but selected then-newcomer Scorsese as director and recalled the collaboration as "one of the best experiences I've ever had".[8][23][24] Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "Burstyn never misses the eccentric beat that distinguishes it—that makes Alice such a hugely appealing character who is both banal and very rare".[25] The film earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress.[26] In 1975, she became a graduate of the first group of participants in the American Film Institute Directing Workshop for Women. In 1977, she served as a member of the jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival.[27]

She had supporting roles in Providence and A Dream of Passion in 1977 and 1978, respectively. Although these were independent dramas and not widely seen, the latter was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film.[28] Also in 1978, Burstyn starred in Same Time, Next Year opposite Alan Alda, a romantic-comedy about two people, married to others, who meet for a romantic tryst once a year for two decades. The film is based on a 1975 play of the same title by Bernard Slade. Upon its release on November 22, the film garnered mixed reviews, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times stating, "Slade's screenplay isn't often funny, and it's full of momentous events that can't be laughed away", but praises Burstyn for giving the role "warmth and grace".[29] Same Time, Next Year was nominated for Academy Awards in Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song, and Best Actress for Burstyn.[30] In the Golden Globes Awards, she won Best Actress in a Motion Picture, and the film received two other nominations—Best Actor for Alda and Best Original Song.[31]

Burstyn hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live, a late-night sketch comedy and variety show, in December 1980.[32] That year, Burstyn starred in the drama Resurrection, a story about a woman who possesses strange powers after a surviving an automobile crash. She was nominated again for Best Actress in the Academy Awards and Best Actress in the Golden Globes.[33][34] In 1981, she starred in the biographical television movie The People vs. Jean Harris (1981), based on the real life murder of Herman Tarnower, a well-known cardiologist and author of the best-selling book The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet. Burstyn was nominated for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film in the Golden Globes for her portrayal of the murderer, Jean Harris.[35] She was also nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie.[36] In 1981, Burstyn recorded "The Ballad of the Nazi Soldier's Wife" for Ben Bagley's album Kurt Weill Revisited, Vol. 2.[37]

1984–2005: Television films and continued success

Burstyn followed up the mid-1980s with a number of roles in television films, including The Ambassador (1984), Surviving (1985), Twice in a Lifetime (1985), Into Thin Air (1985), Act of Vengeance (1986), Something in Common (1986) and play adaptation, Pack of Lies (1987). For Twice in a Lifetime, she co-starred with Gene Hackman and Ann-Margret. Burstyn portrays Kate, the wife that Hackman's character divorces when he falls in love with another woman. Pack of Lies was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, including another one for Burstyn as Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie.[38]

In 1986, Burstyn starred in an ABC television sitcom, The Ellen Burstyn Show, with co-stars Megan Mullally as her daughter and Elaine Stritch as her mother. Created by David Frankel, it ran only for one season. In 1987, she appeared in Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam and Look Away, both which were television movies. In 1988, she then participated again as a member of the jury for the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.[39] A variety of acting performances followed suit, including in the dramas Hanna's War (1987), When You Remember Me (1990), Dying Young (1991) and Grand Isle (1991). In 1990, Burstyn won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.[40] In addition to television movies, Burstyn appeared in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) with co-stars Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan.

In 1995, she portrayed Judith in the comedy-drama Roommates (1995). The film received negative reviews and was a commercial failure, but it did receive a nomination for Best Makeup in the Academy Awards.[41][42] Also that year, Burstyn appeared in How to Make an American Quilt (1995), based on the 1991 novel of the same name by Whitney Otto, which tells the stories of several generations of women who are part of the same quilting circle. Despite a mixed critical response, the cast received a nomination for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.[43][44] In 1998, Burstyn appeared in Playing By Heart, with co-stars including Sean Connery and Angelina Jolie, a story of eleven ordinary people in Los Angeles who are connected in different ways. Some critics such as Roger Ebert viewed the film positively despite the lackluster performance at the box office.[45][46]

Director Darren Aronofsky has worked with Burstyn twice.

Burstyn next found supporting roles in The Spitfire Grill (1996), about a woman starting a new life after being released from prison, and Deceiver (1997), a murder crime drama. Although not box office hits, each film garnered mixed to positive responses, according to film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[47][48] Next, she appeared in James Gray's The Yards (2000) alongside a principal cast of Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, Faye Dunaway and James Caan. The crime drama was unpopular and a commercial failure, earning less than $1 million worldwide from a budget of $24 million.[49][50]

In 1999, director Darren Aronofsky offered Burstyn the role of Sara Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000). She initially rejected the part, objecting to the depressive nature of the story. However, Burstyn changed her mind after seeing Aronofsky's previous work.[50] The film is based on the novel of the same name by Hubert Selby Jr, which tells the story of four New Yorkers whose lives are affected by drug addictions. To prepare for the role, Burstyn had to research troubled women in Brooklyn, "to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is ... their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it".[51] She also had to wear fat suits and lose about 10-pounds (4½ kg) to showcase her character's weight-loss.[51][52] Burstyn and her co-stars, Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto, and Marlon Wayans, found the filming schedule of forty days challenging and intense.[53] Requiem for a Dream premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and was released to theaters on October 6, 2000. The film was well received and praised for its visual style and depiction of drug abuse. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone writes, "Burstyn gives an award-caliber performance that is as raw and riveting as the movie that contains it".[54] Burstyn was nominated for Best Actress in the 2001 Academy Awards.[55]

From 2000 to 2002, Burstyn starred in the CBS television series That's Life. The series, set in suburban New Jersey, ran for two seasons. Burstyn appeared in several more films, including Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), Brush with Fate (2003) and The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004). Burstyn starred in the Broadway production of Martin Tahse's Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, based upon the novel of the same title by Allan Gurganus. The show played 19 previews and officially opened November 17, 2003. Due to unfavorable reviews, all performances after the opening night were cancelled.[56]

2006–2015: Further work in film and television

Burstyn at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

She provided a supporting role as the mother of two sons in the 2006 romantic drama The Elephant King. The film originally premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, and opened in U.S. theaters October 2008.[57] In January 2006, she starred as an Episcopal bishop in the NBC comedy-drama series The Book of Daniel. The series, which also starred Aidan Quinn as a drug-addicted Episcopal priest married to an alcoholic wife, was met with controversy from religious and spiritual leaders due to its unconventional portrayals of religious figures.[58] Conservative groups including American Family Association and Focus on the Family urged supporters to complain to NBC affiliates that carried the show. Subsequently, NBC removed the series from its line-up after four episodes, but did not publicly give a reason for doing so.[59]

In 2006, Burstyn appeared in the epic drama The Fountain, her second collaboration with Darren Aronofsky. Portraying Dr. Lillian Guzetti, the film is about a scientist (played by Hugh Jackman) struggling with mortality and is seeking a medical breakthrough to save his wife (Rachel Weisz) from cancer. Budgeted at $35 million, the screenplay is a blend of fantasy, history, spirituality, and science fiction. The Fountain premiered on November 22, 2006 to mixed reviews and under-performed at the box office.[60][61] Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, "The movie is overloaded with imagery. At times, it's stunning to look at, but gradually becomes too much", but praises Burstyn for her character's "impressive depth".[62] Since its release, the film managed to gain a cult following causing media to revisit the film.[63]

In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie for the role of Former Tarnower Steady in HBO's Mrs. Harris, another biopic about Jean Harris.[64] Soon after the nominations were announced, questions were raised regarding the worthiness of the nomination due to her minor role in the film, consisting of 14 seconds of screen time and 38 words of dialogue. The nominating committee were accused of approving a "familiar" name without actually seeing their performance.[65] The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, administrator of the Emmy Awards, insisted it was a legitimate nomination.[66] Burstyn reacted, "I thought it was fabulous. My next ambition is to get nominated for seven seconds, and ultimately, I want to be nominated for a picture in which I don't even appear", adding, "This doesn't have anything to do with me ... work it out yourself".[67] Ultimately, Kelly Macdonald, who starred in The Girl in the Cafe, won the award.[68] In March 2007, the Academy adjusted the eligibility criteria.[69]

She also appeared in the thriller The Wicker Man (2006), a remake of the 1973 British film of the same name, which was a commercial flop and negatively received by critics.[70][71] Slant magazine was critical of the cast performances, writing that Burstyn "feigns arrogant malevolence".[72] A year later, Burstyn starred in The Stone Angel, based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Margaret Laurence. Like its predecessor, the film also garnered negative reviews, with Stephen Holden of The New York Times writing, "a film of tightly assembled bits and pieces that don’t fit comfortably together despite clever dashes of magical realism connecting past and present ... it leaves you frustrated by its failure to braid subplots and characters into a gripping narrative".[73]

Burstyn at the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

A succession of films including Lovely, Still (2008), The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) and The Mighty Macs (2011), were released in the late 2000s which found success to niche audiences. She then appeared in Main Street (2010) and Another Happy Day (2011), small-scale features with mixed reviews. In addition to film roles, between 2007 and 2011, she had an occasional recurring role on the HBO television drama series Big Love, playing the mother of polygamist wife Barbara Henrickson. Burstyn returned to the stage in March 2008, in the off-Broadway production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Little Flower of East Orange, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in a co-production by LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater.[74] In addition to her stage work, Burstyn portrayed former First Lady Barbara Bush in Oliver Stone's biographical film W. in 2008.[75]

In 2009, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of the bipolar estranged mother of Detective Elliot Stabler on NBC's police procedural Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[76] In 2012, she joined the cast of Political Animals, a television series about the life of a divorced former First Lady, serving as Secretary of State. Political Animals received generally favorable reviews from critics according to Metacritic.[77] At the 2013 Golden Globe Awards, the series was nominated for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television.[78] Burstyn won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series.[79]

She portrayed the grandmother of Lou (played by Mackenzie Foy) in Wish You Well (2013). A year later, Burstyn and Foy worked together again in Christopher Nolan's epic science fiction Interstellar.[80] Set in a dystopian future where humanity is struggling to survive, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity. The film grossed over $677 million in the worldwide box office, making it the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2014. She made a guest appearance in five episodes of Louie in 2014, and starred in a thriller, The Calling, in the same year. Burstyn played Flemming, the daughter of Blake Lively's immortal character, in the film The Age of Adaline (2015). Production started in March 2014, and the film was released in April 2015.[81]

2016–present

In 2016, she guest starred in five episodes of the critically acclaimed political thriller House of Cards. The New York Times praised Burstyn's character for adding "vitality and heart" which was likely to earn her an Emmy nomination.[82] Burstyn was credited on a succession of low-budget films, including Custody (2016), The House of Tomorrow (2017), All I Wish (2017) and Nostalgia (2018). Burstyn also starred in The Tale, a mystery drama which premiered on HBO on May 26, 2018.[83] Burstyn served as an executive producer for Peter Livolsi's film The House of Tomorrow (2017), about her friend R. Buckminster Fuller, in which she also stars.[84] As of 2014, Burstyn is working on directing her first feature film, Bathing Flo.[85][86] In 2019, Burstyn played musicologist Katherine Brandt in an acclaimed Australian production of Moisés Kaufman's play 33 Variations at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre.[87]

Personal life

Burstyn married Bill Alexander in 1950 and divorced in 1957. The following year, she married Paul Roberts, with whom she adopted a son named Jefferson in 1961. The couple divorced that same year.[88] In 1964, she married actor Neil Nephew, who later changed his name to Neil Burstyn. She described Neil Burstyn as "charming and funny and bright and talented and eccentric", but schizophrenia made him violent and he eventually left her.[89] He attempted to reconcile but they divorced in 1972. In her autobiography, Lessons in Becoming Myself, Burstyn revealed that he stalked her for six years after their divorce, and that he broke into her house and raped her. No charges were filed, as spousal rape was not yet a crime. He committed suicide in 1978.[90]

Burstyn was raised Catholic, but now affiliates herself with all religious faiths.[91] She follows a form of Sufism, explaining "I am a spirit opening to the truth that lives in all of these religions...I always pray to Spirit, but sometimes, it's to the Goddess. Sometimes, it's to Jesus...Sometimes, I pray to Ganesha if I need an obstacle removed. Guan Yin is one of my favorite manifestations of the divine, the embodiment of compassion...So, I have Guan Yin with me all the time."[92] In her late 30s, she began to learn about spirituality, under the instruction of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, who gave her the spiritual name Hadiya, which means "she who is guided" in Arabic.[92]

During the 1970s, Burstyn was active in the movement to free convicted boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter from jail.[93] She is a supporter of the Democratic Party,[94] and appeared in the 2009 documentary PoliWood. Burstyn served as president of the Actors' Equity Association from 1982 to 1985.[95] Burstyn is also on the Board of Selectors of Jefferson Awards for Public Service.[96] In 1997, Burstyn was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.[97] Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, alongside Al Pacino and Alec Baldwin.[98] In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work on stage.[99]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Goodbye Charlie	Franzie Salzman	Credited as Ellen McRae
	For Those Who Think Young	Dr. Pauline Thayer
1969	Pit Stop (original title: The Winner)	Ellen McLeod
1970	Alex in Wonderland	Beth Morrison
	Tropic of Cancer	Mona Miller
1971	The Last Picture Show	Lois Farrow
1972	The King of Marvin Gardens	Sally
1973	The Exorcist	Chris MacNeil
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Alice Hyatt
	Harry and Tonto	Shirley Mallard
1977	Providence	Sonia Langham
1978	A Dream of Passion	Brenda
	Same Time, Next Year	Doris
1980	Resurrection	Edna Mae McCauley
1981	Silence of the North	Olive Frederickson
1984	The Ambassador	Alex Hacker
	Terror in the Aisles		Archival footage
1985	Twice in a Lifetime	Kate MacKenzie
1987	Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	Mrs. Stocks (voice)
1988	Hanna's War	Katalin
1991	Grand Isle	Mademoiselle Reisz
	Dying Young	Mrs. O'Neil
1993	The Cemetery Club	Esther Moskowitz
1994	When a Man Loves a Woman	Emily
	The Color of Evening	Kate O'Reilly
1995	How to Make an American Quilt	Hy Dodd
	The Baby-Sitters Club	Emily Haberman
	Roommates	Judith
1996	The Spitfire Grill	Hannah Ferguson
1997	Deceiver	Mook
1998	Playing by Heart	Mildred
	You Can Thank Me Later	Shirley Cooperberg
1999	Walking Across Egypt	Mattie Rigsbee
2000	Requiem for a Dream	Sara Goldfarb
	The Yards	Val Handler
2001	Dodson's Journey	Mother
2002	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Viviane Joan "Vivi" Abbott Walker
	Red Dragon	Grandma Dolarhyde (voice only)	Uncredited
2005	Down in the Valley	Ma
2006	The Fountain	Dr. Lilian Guzetti
	The Wicker Man	Sister Summersisle
	The Elephant King	Diana Hunt
	30 Days	Maura
2007	The Stone Angel	Hagar Shipley
2008	Lovely, Still	Mary
	W.	Barbara Bush
2009	The Velveteen Rabbit	Swan	Voice role
	According to Greta	Katherine
	PoliWood	Herself	Documentary
	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Miss Adie
2010	The Mighty Macs	Mother St. John
	Main Street	Georgiana Carr
2011	Another Happy Day	Doris
	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You	Nanette
2013	Wish You Well	Louisa Mae Cardinal
2014	Two Men in Town	Garnett's mother
	Draft Day	Barb Weaver
	Flowers in the Attic	Olivia Foxworth
	Interstellar	Old Murph
	Petals on the Wind	Olivia Foxworth
2015	The Age of Adaline	Flemming
	Unity	Narrator	Documentary
	About Scout	Gram
2016	Wiener-Dog	Nana
	Custody	Beatrice Fisher
2017	The House of Tomorrow	Josephine Prendergast	Also executive producer
	All I Wish	Celia Berges
2018	Nostalgia	Helen Greer
	The Tale	Nettie
2019	American Woman	Miss Dolly
	Lucy in the Sky	Nana Holbrook
2020	Pieces of a Woman		Post-production
TBA	Welcome to Pine Grove!	Helen Wilson	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Kraft Television Theatre	Linda	Episode: "Trick or Treat"; credited as Ellen McRae
1961	Michael Shayne	Carol	Episode: "Strike Out"; credited as Ellen McRae[100]
	The Loretta Young Show	Ann Walters	Episode: "Woodlot"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Dr. Kildare	Anne Garner	Episode: "Second Chance"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Surfside 6	Wandra Drake	Episode: "Double Image"; credited as Ellen McRae
1961, 1963	77 Sunset Strip	Betty Benson (1961) Sandra Keene (1963)	2 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae
1961	Cheyenne	Emmy Mae	Episode: "Day's Pay"; credited as Ellen McRae
	The Dick Powell Show	Rose Maxon	Episode: "Ricochet"; credited as Ellen McRae
1962, 1971	Gunsmoke	Polly Mims (1962) Amy Waters (1971)	3 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae (1962), credited as Ellen Burstyn (1971)
1962	Ben Casey	Dr. Leslie Fraser (ep. 1) Connie (ep. 2)	2 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae
	Bus Stop	Phyllis Dunning	Episode: "Cry to Heaven"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Checkmate	Margo	Episode: "The Bold and the Tough"; credited as Ellen McRae
	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Dr. Donna Whittaker	Episode: "A Splinter Off the Old Block"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Perry Mason	Mona Winthrope White	Episode: "The Case of the Dodging Domino"; credited as Ellen McRae
	The Real McCoys	Dorothy Carter	Episode: "The Girl Veterinarian"; credited as Ellen McRae
	I'm Dickens, He's Fenster	Joan	Episode: "Harry, the Father Image"; credited as Ellen McRae
1963	Laramie	Amy	Episode: "No Place to Run"; credited as Ellen McRae
	The Defenders	Hilda Wesley	Episode: "The Heathen"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Going My Way	Louise	Episode: "Hear No Evil"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Wagon Train	Margaret Whitlow	Episode: "The Jim Whitlow Story"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Vacation Playhouse	Ellen	Episode: "The Big Brain"; credited as Ellen McRae
1964	Suspense Theater	Barbara / Lucille	Episode: "The Deep End"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Eva Laurelton	Episode: "Runaway"; credited as Ellen McRae
	The Greatest Show on Earth	Susan Mason	Episode: "Big Man from Nairobi"; credited as Ellen McRae
	Death Valley Days	Jenny	Episode: "Hastings Cut-off"; credited as Ellen McRae
1964–1965	The Doctors	Dr. Kate Bartok	Multiple episodes; credited as Ellen McRae
1965	For the People	Maria Haviland	Episode: "Seized, Confined and Detained"; credited as Ellen McRae
1966	The Time Tunnel	Dr. Eve Holland	Episode: "Crack of Doom"; credited as Ellen McRae
1967–1968	Iron Horse	Julie Parsons	9 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae
1967	The Big Valley	Sister Jacob	Episode: "Days of Grace"; credited as Ellen McRae
1968	Insight	Janet	Episode: "All the Things I've Never Liked"; credited as Ellen McRae
1969	The Virginian	Kate Bürden	Episode: "Last Grave at Socorro Creek"
1972	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	Rachel Lambert	Episode: "Lisa, I Hardly Knew You"
1974	Thursday's Game	Lynne Evers	Television movie
1981	The People vs. Jean Harris	Jean Harris	Television movie
1985	Into Thin Air	Joan Walker	Television movie
	Surviving: A Family in Crisis	Tina Brogan
1986	Act of Vengeance	Margaret Yablonski
	Something in Common	Lynn Hollander
1986–1987	The Ellen Burstyn Show	Ellen Brewer	13 episodes
1987	Look Away	Mary Todd Lincoln	Television movie
	Pack of Lies	Barbara Jackson	Television movie
1990	When You Remember Me	Nurse Cooder	Television movie
1991	Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love	Lillian "Lil" Lambert
1992	Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story	Wilma
1993	Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story	Joan Delvecchio
1994	Trick of the Eye	Frances Griffin
	Getting Gotti	Jo Giaclone
	Getting Out	Arlie's Mother
1995	Follow the River	Gretel
	My Brother's Keeper	Helen
1996	Timepiece	Maud Gannon
	Our Son, the Matchmaker	Iva Mae Longwell
1997	Flash	Laura Strong
	A Deadly Vision	Yvette Watson
1998	A Will of Their Own	Veronica Steward	Mini-series
	The Patron Saint of Liars	June Clatterbuck	Television movie
1999	Night Ride Home	Maggie
2000	Mermaid	Trish Gill	Television movie
2000–2002	That's Life	Dolly DeLucca	34 episodes
2001	Within These Walls	Joan Thomas	Television movie
2003	Brush with Fate	Rika
2004	The Five People You Meet in Heaven	Ruby
	The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel	Tommie
2005	Our Fathers	Mary Ryan
	Mrs. Harris	Ex-lover No. 3 (Former Tarnower "Steady")	Television movie
2006	The Book of Daniel	Bishop Beatrice Congreve	8 episodes
2007	For One More Day	Pauline Benetto	Television movie
2007–2011	Big Love	Nancy Davis Dutton	6 episodes
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bernie Stabler	Episode: "Swing"
2012	Political Animals	Margaret Barrish	6 episodes
	Coma	Mrs. Emerson	2 episodes
2014	Flowers in the Attic	Olivia Foxworth	Television movie
	Petals on the Wind	Olivia Foxworth	Television movie
	Louie	Evanka	5 episodes: "Elevator" Parts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
2015	Mom	Shirley Stabler	Episode: "Terrorists and Gingerbread"
2016	House of Cards	Elizabeth Hale	5 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1972	The Last Picture Show	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	[8]
		Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture		[101]
		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress	Won	[102]
		New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress		[103]
1974	The Exorcist	Academy Award for Best Actress	Nominated	[22]
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama		[101]
1975	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Academy Award for Best Actress	Won	[26]
		BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role		[104]
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama	Nominated	[101]
1979	Same Time, Next Year	Academy Award for Best Actress	Nominated	[30]
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Won	[101]
1981	Resurrection	Academy Award for Best Actress	Nominated	[33]
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama		[101]
		Saturn Award for Best Actress
1982	The People vs. Jean Harris	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Mini-Series or a Movie	Nominated	[35]
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Mini-Series or Television Film		[101]
1988	Pack of Lies	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Mini-Series or a Movie	Nominated	[38]
1996	How To Make An American Quilt	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated	[44]
2001	Requiem for a Dream	Academy Award for Best Actress	Nominated	[55]
		Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama		[101]
		Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role		[105]
		Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress	Won	[106]
		Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
		Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress		[107]
		Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
		Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
		New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress		[108]
		Saturn Award for Best Actress
	Mermaid	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special	Nominated
2006	Mrs. Harris	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Mini-Series or a Movie	Nominated	[109]
2008	The Stone Angel	Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role	Won
		Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film	Nominated
	For One More Day	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Mini-Series or Television Movie	Nominated	[110]
		Satellite Award for Best Actress – Mini-Series or Television Film
	Big Love	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series	Nominated	[109]
2009	Law & Order: SVU	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series	Won	[109]
2013	Political Animals	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or a Movie	Won	[109]
		Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Mini-Series Supporting Actress	Nominated	[111]
2015	Flowers in the Attic	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Mini-Series or a Movie	Nominated	[109]
		Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Mini-Series Supporting Actress		[112]
		Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Mini-Series or Television Movie		[113]
2016	Mom	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series	Nominated	[114]
	House of Cards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated	[109]

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External links

• Official website
• Ellen Burstyn on IMDb
• Ellen Burstyn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Ellen Burstyn at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Ellen Burstyn at AllMovie

Preceded by Paul Newman	President of the Actors Studio 1994–present With: Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Lee Strasberg (1982) Carlin Glynn (2007) Lee Grant (2007)	Artistic Director of the Actors Studio 1982–1988 2007–present With: Al Pacino (1982)	Succeeded by Frank Corsaro (1988) Incumbent