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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 acclaimed American actress with a long career in film, television, and theater. She is notable for her significant contributions to entertainment and is recognized as an important figure in Hollywood.

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  • Lessons in Becoming Myself

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Acting · 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…

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  • 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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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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