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Ellen Burstyn

  • actor
  • character actor
  • stage actor
  • television actor
  • film actor
  • model
  • dancer
  • Born 1932-12-07 (age 93)
  • Nationality United States
  • Years active 1955–present

Biography

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Filmography

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Career timeline

Award won Role or nomination

  1. 1932 age 0

    Born

  2. 1971 age 39

    CreditThe Last Picture Show

  3. 1973 age 41

    CreditThe Exorcist

  4. 1974 age 42

    CreditAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

  5. 2000 age 68

    CreditRequiem for a Dream

  6. 2002 age 70

    CreditRed Dragon

  7. 2006 age 74

    CreditThe Fountain

  8. 2008 age 76

    CreditW.

  9. 2014 age 82

    CreditInterstellar

  10. 2015 age 83

    CreditThe Age of Adaline

  11. 2023 age 91

    CreditThe Exorcist: Believer

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Family and influences

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Quotes

  • It’s when you create the sensory aspect of a scene, where the sunlight is coming through the window, and the smell of the room and all of your senses that you have memorized have an effect on you, and it brings you alive in that memory so that it becomes real to you.

    Ellen Burstyn, CC BY-SA 4.0

TV appearances

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Facts

Personal details
Nationalities
United States
Height
170 cm
Languages
English
Years active
1955–
Notable works
The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Same Time, Next Year, Resurrection, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Requiem for a Dream, The Stone Angel, Political Animals
Education
Cass Technical High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute

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