Ellen Burstyn
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...
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- Born:
- Dec 7, 1932 In Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 256
- First Appeared:
- In the series Imágenes prohibidas
- Latest Project:
- Movie Old Soul 2016-03-09
Won 1 Oscar. Another 31 wins & 42 nominations.
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Needs of Kim Stanley | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | Wake | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | What Ever Happened to Norma Jeane? | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio | Herself | 2017 |
| Movie | Geraldine Page: Stages of a Dream | Herself | 2017 |
| Movie | When It Was a Game 2 | Herself | 2017 |
| Movie | Custody | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | Diamond in the Dust | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | The Tale | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | Wiener-Dog | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Old Soul | Eileen | 2016-03-09 |
| Movie | About Scout | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Unity | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | Inside Edition | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | A Conversation with Ellen Burstyn and Diane Ladd | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | The Age of Adaline | Flemming | 2015-04-24 |
| Movie | River of Fundament | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | When Marnie Was There | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Petals on the Wind | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Two Men in Town | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Heavenly Bodies | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | The Calling | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Draft Day | Unknown | 2014-04-11 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Herself - Actress | 2014-03-01 |
| Series | The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2014-08-25 |
| Movie | Interstellar | Murph | 2014-11-07 |
| Movie | Flowers in the Attic | Grandmother | 2014-01-18 |
| Series | The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2013-09-22 |
| Movie | Wish You Well | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Mom | Unknown | 2013-09-23 |
| Series | Larry King Now | Unknown | 2012-07-17 |
| Series | Political Animals | Margaret Barrish | 2012-07-15 |
| Series | Teens Wanna Know | Unknown | 2012-08-23 |
| Movie | Love, Marilyn | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Coma | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Visionado obligado | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Another Happy Day | Unknown | 2011 |
| Series | Louie | Unknown | 2010-06-29 |
| Series | Efter Tio | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Main Street | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Reflections of a Philosopher King | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Lovely, Still | Mary Malone | 2010-03-27 |
| Series | A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Saucy 70's Volume 2 | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | America Lost and Found: The BBS Story | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | PoliWood | Unknown | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2009-09-20 |
| Movie | The Mighty Macs | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Possible Side Effects | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | The Velveteen Rabbit | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | According to Greta | Katherine | 2009-12-11 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | W. | Unknown | 2008-10-17 |
| Movie | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | 5 Second Movies | Unknown | 2008-04-08 |
| Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
| Series | Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Unknown | 2007-10-01 |
| Movie | The Stone Angel | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | Mitch Albom's For One More Day | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | CBS Cares | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Fountain': Death and Rebirth | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | The Book of Daniel | Bishop Beatrice Congreve | 2006-01-06 |
| Movie | The Elephant King | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | The Fountain | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Mrs. Harris | Former Tarnower Steady | 2006-02-25 |
| Series | I Love the '70s: Volume 2 | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | 30 Days | Unknown | 2006 |
| Series | Big Love | Unknown | 2006-03-12 |
| Movie | The Wicker Man | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Our Fathers | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Silenci? | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | Second Chances: The Making of 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | The 2004 Annual Matrix Awards | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Unknown | 2003-03-09 |
| Series | Revealed with Jules Asner | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Brush with Fate | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Red Dragon | Unknown | 2002-10-04 |
| Series | HypaSpace | Unknown | 2002-05-13 |
| Movie | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker | 2002-06-07 |
| Movie | Distance | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Intimate Portrait | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | VH1 Cast Party | Unknown | 2002 |
| Series | Bravo Profiles | Unknown | 2002 |
| Movie | Within These Walls | Unknown | 2001-08-20 |
| Movie | The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2001-03-25 |
| Movie | 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2001-03-11 |
| Movie | Memories Dreams & Addictions | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | Dodson's Journey | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Requiem for a Dream' | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | Requiem for a Dream | Unknown | 2000-12-15 |
| Movie | The Yards | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Mermaid | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | That's Life | Dolly DeLucca | 2000-10-01 |
| Series | Comme au cinéma | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | You Can Thank Me Later | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | The Last Picture Show: A Look Back | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Walking Across Egypt | Mattie Rigsbee | 1999-12-17 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Night Ride Home | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | The Hurricane | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Marilyn in Manhattan | Unknown | 1998 |
| Series | A Will of Their Own | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Playing by Heart | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1998-03-23 |
| Movie | Deceiver | Mook | 1998-01-30 |
| Movie | The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | The Patron Saint of Liars | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | A Deadly Vision | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Mary Jane Colter: The Desert View | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Flash | Unknown | 1997 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Cross the Line | Unknown | 1996 |
| Movie | The Spitfire Grill | Hannah Ferguson | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | Our Son, the Matchmaker | Unknown | 1996 |
| Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
| Movie | Timepiece | Unknown | 1996 |
| Movie | Follow the River | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | Empire of the Censors | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | Roommates | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | The Baby-Sitters Club | Emily Haberman | 1995-08-18 |
| Movie | How to Make an American Quilt | Hy | 1995-10-06 |
| Movie | My Brother's Keeper | Helen | 1995-03-19 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
| Movie | When a Man Loves a Woman | Emily | 1994-05-13 |
| Movie | Choosing One's Way: Resistance in Auschwitz/Birkenau | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | The Color of Evening | Unknown | 1994 |
| Series | Imágenes prohibidas | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | Trick of the Eye | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | Getting Out | Unknown | 1994 |
| Series | American Masters | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | Getting Gotti | Unknown | 1994 |
| Movie | The Cemetery Club | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | The 47th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | The 65th Annual Academy Awards | Herself | 1993-03-29 |
| Movie | Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | The Roots of Roe | Unknown | 1993 |
| Movie | Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story | Unknown | 1992 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Oscar's Greatest Moments | Unknown | 1992 |
| Movie | Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas | Unknown | 1991 |
| Series | Charlie Rose | Unknown | 1991-09-30 |
| Movie | Grand Isle | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | Dying Young | Unknown | 1991 |
| Movie | When You Remember Me | Unknown | 1990 |
| Movie | From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival | Unknown | 1989 |
| Movie | Hello Actors Studio | Herself | 1988-11-09 |
| Movie | Hanna's War | Unknown | 1988 |
| Series | Biography | Unknown | 1987-04-06 |
| Movie | The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Look Away | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Pack of Lies | Unknown | 1987 |
| Movie | Act of Vengeance | Unknown | 1986 |
| Series | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986-09-08 |
| Series | The Ellen Burstyn Show | Ellen Brewer | 1986-09-20 |
| Movie | Something in Common | Unknown | 1986 |
| Movie | Into Thin Air | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Surviving | Unknown | 1985 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Unknown | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Twice in a Lifetime | Kate MacKenzie | 1985-11-08 |
| Movie | The Laurence Olivier Awards | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The Ambassador | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | In Our Hands | Herself | 1984-02-16 |
| Movie | The 12th Annual International Emmy Awards Gala | Unknown | 1984 |
| Movie | The 37th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1983 |
| Movie | Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | I Love Liberty | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | The 36th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1982 |
| Movie | The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1981-01-31 |
| Movie | The 35th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | The People vs. Jean Harris | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | The 53rd Annual Academy Awards | Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1981-03-31 |
| Movie | Silence of the North | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Saturn Awards | Unknown | 1981 |
| Movie | Sois belle et tais-toi | Unknown | 1981 |
| Series | Hour Magazine | Unknown | 1980-09-08 |
| Movie | Resurrection | Unknown | 1980 |
| Series | Friday Night, Saturday Morning | Unknown | 1979-09-28 |
| Movie | The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards | Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Motion Picture- Musical / Comedy | 1979-01-27 |
| Movie | Same Time, Next Year | Doris | 1979-04-23 |
| Movie | The 51st Annual Academy Awards | Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1979-04-09 |
| Movie | The 33rd Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1979 |
| Movie | A Dream of Passion | Unknown | 1978 |
| Movie | The 49th Annual Academy Awards | Herself - Co-Host | 1977-03-28 |
| Movie | Providence | Unknown | 1977 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Unknown | 1977 |
| Series | Revista de cine | Unknown | 1976 |
| Movie | The 29th Annual Tony Awards | Unknown | 1975 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
| Movie | Thursday's Game | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | The 46th Annual Academy Awards | Herself - Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role | 1974-04-02 |
| Series | Dinah! | Unknown | 1974-10-21 |
| Movie | Harry and Tonto | Unknown | 1974 |
| Movie | The Exorcist | Unknown | 1973 |
| Series | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Unknown | 1972 |
| Series | Insight | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | The King of Marvin Gardens | Unknown | 1972 |
| Movie | The Last Picture Show | Unknown | 1971 |
| Movie | Tropic of Cancer | Unknown | 1970 |
| Movie | Alex in Wonderland | Unknown | 1970 |
| Movie | Pit Stop | Unknown | 1969 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1968 |
| Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Unknown | 1968 |
| Series | The Time Tunnel | Unknown | 1967 |
| Series | Iron Horse | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | For the People | Unknown | 1965-01-31 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1965 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1964 |
| Movie | Goodbye Charlie | Unknown | 1964 |
| Movie | For Those Who Think Young | Unknown | 1964 |
| Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1964 |
| Movie | The Big Brain | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | Going My Way | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | The Dick Powell Theatre | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | Wagon Train | Unknown | 1963 |
| Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
| Series | The Doctors | Unknown | 1963-04-01 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | Kraft Mystery Theater | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | The Defenders | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | Bus Stop | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | Unknown | 1962 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-28 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1961 |
| Series | Michael Shayne | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Unknown | 1960 |
| Series | The Detectives | Unknown | 1959-10-16 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1958 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | The Christmas Tree | Unknown | 1958 |
| Series | The Real McCoys | Unknown | 1957 |
| Series | The DuPont Show of the Month | Unknown | 1957 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | The Loretta Young Show | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
| Series | Death Valley Days | Unknown | 1952-03-06 |
| Series | Kraft Theatre | Unknown | 1948 |