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Ellen Burstyn

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Ellen Burstyn

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Also known as Edna Rae Gillooly

American actress

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Ellen Burstyn is an American actor who began her work period in 1955. Born Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan, she is a character actor and stage actor who has worked in television. She is educated at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and was a student of Lee Strasberg. She speaks and writes in English.

Burstyn has received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. She has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her notable works include The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and Same Time, Next Year.

She follows a vegan lifestyle and adheres to Sufism. She has one child.

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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 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…

Known for

  • Duse, the Greatest2025
  • Breakdown: 1975 — Self2025
  • This Ordinary Thing — Self (voice)2025
  • Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist — Self2024
  • Mother, Couch — Mother2024
  • E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump — E. Jean Carroll2024
  • The Exorcist: Believer — Chris MacNeil2023
  • Three Months — Valerie2022
  • Reframed: Marilyn Monroe — Self2022
  • The First Lady — Sara Delano Roosevelt2022

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Instance of
human
Given name
Ellen
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Detroit
Spouse
Neil Nephew
Occupation
model
Educated at
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Religion
Sufism
Award
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Notable work
Political Animals
Student of
Lee Strasberg
Official website
ellenburstyn.net
Image
Ellen Burstyn at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.jpg
Height
1.70
Number of children
1
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Ellen Burstyn
date of birth
1932-12-07
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Actress
name in native language
Ellen Burstyn
start of work period
1955-00-00
lifestyle
veganism
writing language
English language
birth name
Edna Rae Gillooly
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Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Burstyn is 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 for her role 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).

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