Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

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Birthday: 
7 December 1932, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birth Name: 
Edna Rae Gillooly
Height: 
170 cm
Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of mostly Irish, German, and French-Canadian descent. Ellen worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a lunch counter. After graduating from Detroit's Cass Technical High School, she went to T... Show more »
Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of mostly Irish, German, and French-Canadian descent. Ellen worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a lunch counter. After graduating from Detroit's Cass Technical High School, she went to Texas to model and then to New York as a showgirl on The Jackie Gleason Show (1952). From there, it was to Montreal as a nightclub dancer and then Broadway with her debut in "Fair Game (1957)". By 1963, she appeared on the TV series The Doctors (1963), but she gained notice for her role in Goodbye Charlie (1964). Ellen then took time off to study acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio.Her big break came when she was cast as the female lead in The Last Picture Show (1971). For this role, she received nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award. Next, she co-starred with Jack Nicholson in The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), giving a chilling performance. Then came The Exorcist (1973). Ellen was again nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award. In 1974, she starred in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), playing a waitress, which is a job that she well knows. For this performance, she won the Oscar as Best Actress as well as the British award for the same category. For the Golden Globe, she was nominated but lost to Marsha Mason. The same year, Ellen made history by winning a Tony Award for the Broadway play "Same Time, Next Year". She won praise and award nominations for the movie version of Same Time, Next Year (1978) and Resurrection (1980). "Resurrection" was a another great film in which she played a woman with the power to heal. Even with all these successful movies and all the awards, Ellen found that she could barely get a job in the 80s. A succession of TV movies resulting in two Emmy nominations kept Ellen going as did the series The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986). The TV movies continued through the 90s. Also in the 90s, Ellen was cast in the supporting role in such movies as The Cemetery Club (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) and The Spitfire Grill (1996). In addition to her acting, Burstyn was the first woman president of Actor's Equity, the actors' union, from 1982 to 1985. Show less «

Ellen Burstyn's FILMOGRAPHY

Law and Order: Organized Crime - Season 4

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The Talk - Season 14

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American Experience - Season 35

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American Masters - Season 37

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The Exorcist: Believer

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American Experience - Season 34

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Law and Order: Organized Crime - Season 3

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The First Lady - Season 1

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Three Months

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The Talk - Season 13

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Law and Order: Organized Crime - Season 1

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Law and Order: Organized Crime - Season 2

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Queen Bees

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Mom - Season 8

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Pieces of a Woman

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The Movies - Season 1

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Mom - Season 7

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Lucy in the Sky

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House of Cards - Season 6

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Saturday Night Live - Season 44

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Mom - Season 6

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The Tale [Sub: Eng]

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Friedkin Uncut

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Ellen Burstyn'S roles

Katherine
Katherine
Murph
Murph
Flemming
Flemming
Lois Farrow
Lois Farrow
Sara Goldfarb
Sara Goldfarb
Nanette
Nanette
Olivia Foxworth
Olivia Foxworth
Hannah Ferguson
Hannah Ferguson
Chris MacNeil
Chris MacNeil
Barb Weaver
Barb Weaver
Nana
Nana
Mildred
Mildred
Sister Summerslsle
Sister Summerslsle
Georgiana Carr
Georgiana Carr
Dr. Lillian Guzetti
Dr. Lillian Guzetti
Mrs. O'Neil
Mrs. O'Neil
Elizabeth Hale
Elizabeth Hale
Shirley
Shirley
Nettie
Nettie
Celia
Celia
Elizabeth Hale
Elizabeth Hale