The Ellen Burstyn Handbook - Everything you need to know about Ellen Burstyn

Irene Hurt

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Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932) is an American actress, who has worked in film, stage and television.

Burstyn's acting career began in theatre during the late 1950s and over the next ten years she appeared in several films and television series before joining the Actors Studio in 1967. She achieved recognition for her supporting role in The Last Picture Show (1971) and the lead role in The Exorcist (1973), receiving Academy Award nominations for both performances. She won the Best Actress Oscar the following year for her work in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1973). In 1975 she won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway production of Same Time, Next Year, and received a Golden Globe Award and a fourth Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 1978 film version.

She continued to work extensively during the 1980s and 1990s, and was acclaimed for her performance in the film Requiem for a Dream, for which she received several critic's awards.

This book is your ultimate resource for Ellen Burstyn. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career, Personal life and Filmography right away: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, Main Street (film), The Mighty Macs (film), PoliWood (film), According to Greta, The Velveteen Rabbit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, W. (film), The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, Big Love, For One More Day, The Stone Angel (2007 film), 30 Days (film), The Elephant King, The Wicker Man (2006 film), The Fountain (film), Down in the Valley (film), Mrs. Harris (film), The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Brush with Fate, Red Dragon (film), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film), The Yards, Requiem for a Dream, Mermaid (film), The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist (film), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Same Time, Next Year, Walking Across Egypt, You Can Thank Me Later, Playing by Heart, Deceiver (film), Flash (1997 film), The Spitfire Grill, Our Son, the Matchmaker, Roommates (film), The Baby-Sitters Club (film), How to Make an American Quilt, Getting Out, When a Man Loves a Woman (film), Getting Gotti, The Cemetery Club, Dying Young, Grand Isle (film), When You Remember Me

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Contents

Articles Ellen Burstyn Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Main Street (film) The Mighty Macs (film) PoliWood (film) According to Greta The Velveteen Rabbit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit W. (film) The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Big Love For One More Day The Stone Angel (2007 film) 30 Days (film) The Elephant King The Wicker Man (2006 film) The Fountain (film) Down in the Valley (film) Mrs. Harris (film) The Five People You Meet in Heaven Brush with Fate Red Dragon (film) Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film) The Yards Requiem for a Dream Mermaid (film) The Last Picture Show The Exorcist (film) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Same Time, Next Year Walking Across Egypt You Can Thank Me Later Playing by Heart Deceiver (film)

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Flash (1997 film) The Spitfire Grill Our Son, the Matchmaker Roommates (film) The Baby-Sitters Club (film) How to Make an American Quilt Getting Out When a Man Loves a Woman (film) Getting Gotti The Cemetery Club Dying Young Grand Isle (film) When You Remember Me

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Born

Ellen Burstyn

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Edna Rae Gillooly December 7, 1932 Detroit, Michigan

Other namescredited asEllen McRaeuntil 1970 in nearly all her film and television appearances

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Actress

1958–present

William Alexander (1950–1957)divorced Paul Roberts (1958–1962)divorced Neil Burstyn (1964–1972)divorced

Website

[1] ellenburstyn.net

Ellen Burstyn(born December 7, 1932) is an American actress, who has worked in film, stage and television. Burstyn's acting career began in theatre during the late 1950s and over the next ten years she appeared in several films and television series before joining the Actors Studio in 1967. She achieved recognition for her supporting role inThe Last Picture Show(1971) and the lead role inThe Exorcist(1973), receiving Academy Award nominations for both performances. She won the Best Actress Oscar the following year for her work inAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1973). In 1975 she won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway production ofSame Time, Next Year, and received a Golden Globe Award and a fourth Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 1978 film version. She continued to work extensively during the 1980s and 1990s, and was acclaimed for her performance in the film Requiem for a Dream, for which she received several critic's awards.

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Ellen Burstyn

Early life Burstyn was bornEdna Rae Gilloolyin Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Correine Marie (née Hamel) and John [2] Austin Gillooly, who was a building contractor. She has described her ancestry as "Irish, French, Pennsylvania [3] [4] [5] [6] Dutch, a little Canadian Indian". She was raised Catholic but is now known to practice Sufism. Her parents divorced when she was young. She would later refer to her mother as tough, violent and controlling. She left Detroit's Cass Technical high school without graduating and also left home in 1950.

Career Burstyn debuted on Broadway in 1957 and joined Lee Strasberg's The Actors Studio in New York City, New York, in 1967. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for her performance in the comedySame Time, Next Year(a role she would reprise in the film version in 1978). Until 1970, she was credited asEllen McRaein nearly all her film and television appearances. Burstyn received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in 1971 for her role in the drama film The Last Picture Showand for Best Actress in 1973 for the horror filmThe Exorcist. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1974 for her performance in the dramaAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, directed by Martin Scorsese. She also received Best Actress nominations in 1978 forSame Time, Next Year, in 1980 for the fantasy-dramaResurrection, and for the dramaRequiem for a Dreamin 2000. In the early to mid 1960s, Burstyn played Dr. Kate Bartok on the NBC television soap operaThe Doctors. She worked on several primetime television shows of the 1960s, including guest appearances onPerry Mason,The Virginian,Maverick,Wagon Train,77 Sunset Strip,The Big ValleyandGunsmoke. She hosted NBC'sSaturday Night Live, a late-night sketch comedy and variety show, in 1980.

Burstyn at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, September 2007

In 1977, she was a member of the jury at the 27th Berlin [7] International Film Festival. In 1986, she had her own ABC television situation comedy,The Ellen Burstyn Showcostarring Megan Mullally as her daughter and Elaine Stritch as her mother; it was canceled after one season. From 2000 to 2002, Burstyn appeared in the CBS television drama That's Life. In 2006, she starred as an Episcopalian bishop in the controversial NBC comedy-drama seriesThe Book of Daniel; although eight episodes were taped, it was canceled after four episodes.

In 2006, Burstyn appeared in the drama-romance filmThe Fountain, directed by Darren Aronofsky, with whom she worked inRequiem for a Dream. Since 2007, she has had an occasional recurring role on the HBO television drama seriesBig Love, playing the mother of polygamist wife Barbara Henrickson. She provided a supporting role as the mother of two sons in the drama-romance filmThe Elephant King. The film originally premièred at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival but did not open in U.S. theaters until October 2008. At the time, it was credited as receiving the highest per-screen opening gross as any film in the country. Burstyn returned to the stage from March 18–May 4, 2008, in an Off-Broadway production of Stephen Adly Guirgis'sThe Little Flower of East Orange, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in a co-production by LAByrinth Theater Company and The Public Theater; Burstyn played the role of Marie Therese.

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In addition to her stage work, Burstyn portrayed former First Lady Barbara Bush in director Oliver Stone's biographical filmWin 2008. In 2009, she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of the bipolar estranged mother of Detective Elliot Stabler on NBC's police proceduralLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit. With this win, Burstyn became the eighteenth actor to win the "triple crown of acting"—an Academy, Emmy and Tony Award. In 1990 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre.

Emmy Awards and controversy Burstyn was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, for her role as Jean Harris in the biographical television filmThe People vs. Jean Harris(1981) and again for another television drama film,Pack of Lies(1987), an adaptation of the 1983 play. In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for a role credited as "Former Tarnower Steady" in HBO's biographical television filmMrs. Harris. (She had played Jean Harris inThe People vs. Jean Harris). Soon after the nominations were announced, an outcry ensued from the press and the public regarding the worthiness of the nomination due to her minor role in the film. One explanation for the nomination was that people were honoring Burstyn for her nominated but non-winning performance from the firstHarristelevision film. A more popular accusation was that the nominating committee was either confused in their recollection, or merely "threw in" her name from sheer recognition, assuming a worthy performance without actually seeing it. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the administrator of the Primetime Emmy Awards, initially insisted that "based on the popular vote, this is a legitimate nomination". Meanwhile, HBO deflected the blame for submitting the nomination to the movie-production company. Burstyn's own reaction ranged from initial silence to comments such as, "I thought it was fabulous. My next ambition is to get nominated for seven seconds, and ultimately I want to be nominated for a picture in which I don't even appear," and "This doesn't have anything to do [8] with me. I don't even want to know about this. You people work it out yourself." Ultimately, Kelly Macdonald, who starred inThe Girl in the Cafe, won the award. In March 2007, the Academy officially announced that eligibility for a Primetime Emmy Award in any long-form supporting-actor category required nominees to appear on-screen in at least ten percent of the project (nine minutes in a typical ninety-minute television film). Many critics still cite this incident to criticize the Emmy Award nomination process, claiming that name recognition [9] has played an increasingly visible role over the years.

Other activities During the 1970s Burstyn was active in the movement to free convicted boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter from jail. In 1981, Burstyn recorded "The Ballad of the Nazi Soldier's Wife" (Kurt Weill's musical setting of Bertolt Brecht's text "Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib?") for Ben Bagley's albumKurt Weill Revisited, Vol. 2. Burstyn served as president of the Actors' Equity Association from 1982 to 1985. In 1997, Burstyn was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. In 2000, she was named co-president of The Actors Studio, alongside Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel.

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Academy Award for Best Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama

In 1964, she married fellow actor Neil Burstyn, but the union was turbulent. Neil Burstyn was schizophrenic; he would have episodes of violence, and eventually left her. He attempted to come back to her, but she rejected him, ultimately divorcing him in 1972. In her autobiography,Lessons in Becoming Myself, Burstyn revealed that he stalked her over a period of six years after she divorced him. He eventually broke into her house and raped her, but [11] no charges were filed, as spousal rape was not yet legally a crime. He committed suicide in 1978, upon which his [12] parents sent Burstyn a telegram stating "Congratulations, you've won another Oscar; Neil killed himself".

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In 1950, she married Bill Alexander, but they were divorced in 1957. The following year, she married Paul Roberts, [10] with whom she adopted a boy named Jefferson in 1962; the couple was divorced the same year.

Dr. Pauline Thayer

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Burstyn affiliates herself to all religious faiths as she explains: "I am a spirit opening to the truth that lives in all of [13] these religions”.

Brenda

Doris

Lynne Evers

Same Time, Next Year

1977

A Dream of Passion

1970

1969

Tropic of Cancer

The Winner

1978

Ellen McLeod

Mona Miller

Beth Morrison

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress– Motion Picture

Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama

Filmography

TV

TV "Last Grave at Socorro Creek" Season 7, Episode 16

Role

Harry and Tonto

Providence

Alice Hyatt

Personal life

Thursday's Game

1974

Shirley Mallard

Sonia Lngham

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

TV

Chris MacNeil

Sally

1973

The King of Marvin Gardens

The Exorcist

1972

1963

1964

Year

Film

For Those Who Think Young

The Greatest Show on Earth

Goodbye Charlie

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—American Movie Award for Best Actress

Lois Farrow

Alex in Wonderland

Kate Burden (as Ellen MacRae)

The Virginian

The Last Picture Show

1971

1969

Notes

Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress–Miniseries or a Movie

The Spitfire Grill

Mary Todd Lincoln

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

Barbara Jackson

Esther Moskowitz

The Cemetery Club

Our Son, the Matchmaker

My Brother's Keeper

1992

Grand Isle

1991

Joan Walker

Frances Griffin

Jo Giaclone

Roommates

Timepiece

1996

The Baby-Sitters Club

The Color of Evening

Arlie's Mother

Kate O'Reilly

Kate MacKenzie

TV

TV

Getting Out

Trick of the Eye

1994

Getting Gotti

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

Maud Gannon

1993

TV

1995

Hannah Ferguson

The People vs. Jean Harris

Wilma

Mademoiselle Reisz

Mrs. O'Neil

Lillian "Lil" Lambert

Hy Dodd

Emily Haberman

Ellen Brewer

Katalin

Margaret Yablonski

Alex Hacker

Jean Harris

Edna Mae McCauley

Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress

Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress–Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Miniseries or Television Film

Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress

Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

1980

The Ambassador

1981

1987

Look away

Silence of the North

Ellen Burstyn

Resurrection

1984

Something in Common

Hannah's War

1988

Act of Vengeance

Pack of Lies

1985

Into Thin Air

1986

Twice in a Lifetime

The Ellen Burstyn Show

5

Follow the River

Dying Young

Emily

When You Remember Me

Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

1990

TV

TV

TV

TV

TV

TV

Joan Delvecchio

TV

Nurse Cooder

Lynn Hollander

TV

TV

TV

archival footage

How to Make an American Quilt

Gretel

TV

Helen

Judith

When a Man Loves a Woman

TV

TV

Terror in the Aisles

Olive Frederickson

Brush with Fate

Grandma Dolarhyde (voice only)

Ruby

Rika

2004

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

2003

Ma

Ex-lover #3

Mary Ryan

Trish Gill

Mildred

Mook

Laura Strong

June Clatterbuck

2005

Shirley Cooperberg

Down in the Valley

Mrs. Harris

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Stockholm Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

TV Nominated—Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special

Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

Night Ride Home

Mermaid

2000

The Patron Saint of Liars

Playing by Heart

Flash

You Can Thank Me Later

1997

Ellen Burstyn

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Joan Thomas

Val Handler

The Yards

Mother

Dodson's Journey

1998

2001

Within These Walls

A Deadly Vision

Deceiver

Sara Goldfarb

TV

Requiem for a Dream

1999

Maggie

TV

TV

Mattie Rigsbee

TV

Walking Across Egypt

Yvette Watson

TV

Our Fathers

Tommie

TV

Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker

TV

TV

Red Dragon

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

2002

TV

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

[1] http://www.ellenburstyn.net/ [2] Staff writer (undated). "Ellen Burstyn Biography (1932–)" (http://www.filmreference.com/film/86/Ellen-Burstyn.html). filmreference.com. Accessed December 20, 2009. [3] Clark, John (October 19, 2009). Movies; Independent Minded; Academy Award Winner Ellen Burstyn, "A 'Tough Cookie,' Is Back with Two Gritty Films and a TV Show" (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/62762742.html?dids=62762742:62762742&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+19,+2000&author=JOHN+CLARK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Movies;+Independent+Minded;+ Academy+Award+winner+Ellen+Burstyn,+a+'tough+cookie,'+is+back+with+two+gritty+films+and+a+TV+show.& pqatl=google)(Abstract; (subscription required) for full article).Los Angeles Times(viaProQuest Archiver). Accessed December 20, 2009. [4] Staff writer (February 17, 1975). "Show Business: Gillooly Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (http:/ /www.time.com/time/magazine/article/ 0,9171,912880,00.html).Time. Accessed December 20, 2009. [5] Staff writer (November 20, 2006). "Ellen Burstyn: U.S. Acting 'Needs Some Help'" (http:/ /archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/ 11/20/130821.shtml?s=en).Reuters(viaNewsmax Media). Accessed December 20, 2009. [6] Reiss, Valerie (Undated;circa2006). "Ellen Burstyn's True Face—The Oscar-Winning Actress Talks about Embracing Her Essence, a Love of Sufi Poetry, and Her Scorchingly Honest New Memoir" (http:/ /www.beliefnet.com/story/205/story_20576.html).Beliefnet. Accessed December 20, 2009.

References

The Mighty Macs

PoliWood

Documentary

voice

Episode "Swing" Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress–Drama Series Nominated—Prism Award for Performance in a Drama Episode

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

Swan

Pauline Benetto

Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

Herself

Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress–Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Diana Hunt

Sister Summersisle

Dr. Lilian Guzetti

Hagar Shipley

Maura

The Elephant King

2006

2007

30 Days

The Wicker Man

The Fountain

Ellen Burstyn

The Stone Angel

Miss Adie

Mary

Nancy Davis Dutton

2010

Katherine

filming

in post-production

Nanette

Mother St. John

Georgiana Carr

completed

2011

Main Street

Lovely, Still

Bernie Stabler

Big Love

7

Barbara Bush

TV, 2007-2009 Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress–Drama Series

Bibliography • Burstyn, Ellen (2006).Lessons in Becoming Myself. Riverhead Books (New York City, New York). ISBN 978-1-59448-929-7.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Velveteen Rabbit

2009

W.

According to Greta

2008

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You