Ellen Burstyn
1932-12-07 ( 92 years old ) in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly, December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she receives 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Burstyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Mother, Couch 2024-07-05
Three Months 2022-02-23
Queen Bees 2021-06-11
American Woman 2019-09-12
Friedkin Uncut 2018-11-05
Nostalgia 2018-02-16
All I Wish 2018-02-01
The Tale 2018-01-20
Wiener-Dog 2016-06-24
Custody 2016-04-17
Unity 2015-08-12
About Scout 2015-04-25
Interstellar 2014-11-05
The Calling 2014-08-05
Draft Day 2014-04-11
Wish You Well 2013-10-19
Love, Marilyn 2013-05-30
Lovely, Still 2012-12-09
Main Street 2010-10-21
PoliWood 2009-07-03
W. 2008-10-17
The Fountain 2006-11-22
30 Days 2006-10-06
The Wicker Man 2006-08-31
Mrs. Harris 2006-02-25
Our Fathers 2005-05-11
Red Dragon 2002-10-02
Mermaid 2000-05-21
The Yards 2000-04-27
Flash 1997-12-21
Deceiver 1997-08-31
Timepiece 1996-12-22
Roommates 1995-03-03
Getting Gotti 1994-05-10
Getting Out 1994-04-25
Grand Isle 1991-08-23
Dying Young 1991-06-20
Hanna's War 1988-04-14
Pack of Lies 1987-04-26
Into Thin Air 1985-10-29
Surviving 1985-02-10
The Ambassador 1985-01-11
I Love Liberty 1982-03-21
Resurrection 1980-09-26
Providence 1977-01-25
The Exorcist 1973-12-26
Pit Stop 1969-05-14
Ricochet 1961-10-03
Easy Out? 1948-01-01