Interstellar2014
As Murph (older)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Ellen Burstyn
Born
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.
Filmography (147)
The Exorcist1973
As Chris MacNeil
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Age of Adaline2015
As Flemming
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Fountain2006
As Dr. Lillian Guzetti
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Exorcist: Believer2023
As Chris MacNeil
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Requiem for a Dream2000
As Sara Goldfarb
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Wicker Man2006
As Sister Summersisle
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Draft Day2014
As Barb Weaver
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Yards2000
As Val Handler
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Flowers in the Attic2014
As Grandmother
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Dying Young1991
As Mrs. O'Neil
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Last Picture Show1971
As Lois Farrow
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore1974
As Alice Hyatt
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Tale2018
As Nettie
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Pieces of a Woman2020
As Elizabeth Weiss
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Calling2014
As Emily Micallef
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Breakdown: 19752025
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Flesh Impact2026
As Marilyn Monroe
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Playing by Heart1998
As Mildred
TMDb 6.6 / 10
When a Man Loves a Woman1994
As Emily
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Wiener-Dog2016
As Nana
TMDb 5.6 / 10
How to Make an American Quilt1995
As Hy Dodd
TMDb 6.4 / 10
W.2008
As Barbara Bush
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Deceiver1997
As Mook
TMDb 6.0 / 10
All I Wish2018
As Celia Berges
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood2003
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Petals on the Wind2014
As Olivia Foxworth
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Main Street2010
As Georgiana Carr
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Mother, Couch2024
As Mother
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Red Dragon2002
As Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lucy in the Sky2019
As Nana Holbrook
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Lovely, Still2009
As Mary
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Two Men in Town2014
As Mère Garnett
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood2002
As Vivi
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Resurrection1980
As Edna
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Custody2016
As Beatrice Fisher
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Roommates1995
As Judith
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Queen Bees2021
As Helen Wilson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Flash1997
As Laura Strong
TMDb 8.2 / 10
The Baby-Sitters Club1995
As Mrs. Haberman
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Three Months2022
As Valerie
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Another Happy Day2011
As Doris Baker
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Love, Marilyn2013
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond2008
As Miss Addie
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Wish You Well2013
As Louisa Mae Cardinal
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Velveteen Rabbit2009
As Swan (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Twice in a Lifetime1985
As Kate MacKenzie
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Harry and Tonto1974
As Shirley
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Friedkin Uncut2018
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Goodbye Charlie1964
As Franny Salzman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Spitfire Grill1996
As Hannah Ferguson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Unity2015
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
People vs. Jean Harris1981
As Jean Harris
30 Days2006
As Maura
TMDb 2.8 / 10
This Ordinary Thing2025
As Self (voice)
Same Time, Next Year1978
As Doris
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hello Actors Studio1988
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Night of 100 Stars1982
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The King of Marvin Gardens1972
As Sally
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Our Fathers2005
As Mary Ryan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Act of Vengeance1986
As Margaret Yablonski
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The House of Tomorrow2019
As Josephine Prendergast
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Tropic of Cancer1970
As Mona (uncredited)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Picture This1991
As Self
TMDb 9.5 / 10
The Cemetery Club1993
As Esther Moskowitz
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Timepiece1996
As Maud Gannon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Providence1977
As Sonia Langham
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Hanna's War1988
As Katalin
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Five People You Meet In Heaven2004
As Ruby
TMDb 7.0 / 10
I Love Liberty1982
As Self
According to Greta2009
As Katherine
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Stone Angel2007
As Hagar
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Duse, the Greatest2025
The Ambassador1985
As Alex Hacker
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Nostalgia2018
As Helen Greer
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989
As Self
A Decade Under the Influence2003
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You2012
As Nanette
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Mighty Macs2011
As Mother St. John
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Place to Be2026
As Brooke
Night of 100 Stars II1985
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Grand Isle1991
As Mademoiselle Reisz
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Trick of the Eye1994
As Frances Griffin
TMDb 6.4 / 10
About Scout2015
As Gram
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mrs. Harris2005
As Former Tarnower Steady
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Getting Gotti1994
As Jo Giacalone
TMDb 5.0 / 10
PoliWood2009
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
River of Fundament2014
As Hathfertiti
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Thursday's Game1974
As Lynne Evers
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Delphine and Carole2020
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute1974
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Brush with Fate2003
As Rika
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam1987
As Mrs. Stocks (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
And the Oscar Goes To...2014
As Self - Interviewee
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Follow The River1995
As Gretel
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Surviving1985
As Tina Brogan
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist1998
As Self - Chris MacNeil
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Night Ride Home1999
As Maggie
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Elephant King2006
As Diana Hunt
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Earth and the American Dream1992
As Reader (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Something in Common1986
As Lynn Hollander
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Pack of Lies1987
As Barbara Jackson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Be Pretty and Shut Up!1981
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Patron Saint of Liars1998
As June Clatterbuck
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love1991
As Lillian "Lil" Lambert
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story2006
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Bathing Flo
Bathing FloRelease date TBA
A Deadly Vision1997
As Yvette Watson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Walking Across Egypt1999
As Mattie Rigsbee
TMDb 4.9 / 10
American Woman2019
As Miss Dolly
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"2004
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Dream of Passion1978
As Brenda Collins
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Into Thin Air1985
As Joan Walker
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Getting Out1994
As Arlie's Mother
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Alex in Wonderland1970
As Beth Morrison
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist2024
As Self
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes2021
As Herself
TMDb 8.0 / 10
For Those Who Think Young1964
As Dr. Pauline Swenson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
When You Remember Me1990
As Nurse Cooder
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Roots of Roe
Roots of Roe1993
As Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
You Can Thank Me Later1998
As Shirley Cooperberg
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel2004
As Tommie
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies2019
As Self
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime2017
As Self
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Ricochet1961
As Rose Maxon
My Brother's Keeper
My Brother's Keeper1995
As Helen
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story1992
As Wilma
TMDb 8.0 / 10
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance2010
As Self
Watch on the Rhine2021
As Fanny
When It Was a Game 21992
As Passage Narrator (voice)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Marilyn in Manhattan1998
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The Making of Requiem for a Dream2001
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Silence of the North1981
As Olive Frederickson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow2006
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Easy Out?1948
As Mary
Mitch Albom's For One More Day2007
As Pauline "Posey" Benetto
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Pit Stop1969
As Ellen McCleod
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Mermaid2000
As Trish
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Christmas Tree
The Christmas Tree1958
As Elizabeth
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Within These Walls2001
As Joan Thomas
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back1999
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story2010
As Self
The Color of Evening1990
As Kate O'Rielly
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Reflections of a Philosopher King2010
As Self
Memories, Dreams & Addictions2001
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story1993
As Joan Delvecchio
TMDb 4.3 / 10
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump2024
As E. Jean Carroll
TMDb 4.5 / 10
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