Ellen Burstyn

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Ellen Burstyn

Born 1932-12-07 Detroit, Michigan, USA 147 films

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 winni…

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Filmography

147 films

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Mrs. Harris poster

Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly…

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Mrs. Harris

★ 5.8 2005

Our Fathers poster

In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardina…

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Our Fathers

★ 6.5 2005

The Five People You Meet In Heaven poster

On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, di…

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The Five People You Meet In Heaven

★ 7.0 2004

The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel poster

Three generations of New Orleans prostitutes fight the FBI and each other. Based on a true story.

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The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel

★ 4.7 2004

Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" poster

DVD featurette about the making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore."

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Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

★ 10.0 2004

A Decade Under the Influence poster

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of toda…

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A Decade Under the Influence

★ 7.9 2003

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood poster

The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gri…

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

★ 7.1 2003

Brush with Fate poster

A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.

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Brush with Fate

★ 6.0 2003

Red Dragon poster

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lect…

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Red Dragon

★ 7.0 2002

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood poster

In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to…

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

★ 6.0 2002

Within These Walls poster

Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura De…

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Within These Walls

★ 5.6 2001

Memories, Dreams & Addictions poster

Ellen Burstyn interviews Hubert Selby Jr.

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Memories, Dreams & Addictions

★ 7.0 2001