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Ellen Burstyn

Highest Rated:: 100% Resurrection (1980)
Lowest Rated:: 9% Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012)

Birthday:: Dec 7, 1932
Birthplace:: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Bio:: Actress Ellen Burstyn enjoyed her greatest prominence during the '70s, a decade during which she was a virtual fixture of Academy Award voters' ballots. Born Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, MI, on December 7, 1932, as a teen she studied dancing and performed in an acrobatic troupe. She later became a…

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Highest Rated Movies

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
100%
Harry and Tonto
100%
The Last Picture Show
100%
Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam
100%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 9% - 100%

Number of Movies: 96

Box Office Since 2001: $172.9M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2012	56%	Love, Marilyn	Actor	$7.0k
2012	9%	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You	Nanette	--
2011	13%	Main Street	Georgiana Carr	$1.6k
2011	45%	Another Happy Day	Doris	$8.5k
2011	47%	The Mighty Macs	Mother St. John	$1.9M
2009		PoliWood	Actor	--
2009	86%	The Velveteen Rabbit	The Swan	--
2008	59%	W.	Barbara Bush	$25.5M
2008		Walking Across Egypt	Actor	--
2008		Greta	Actor	--
2008	26%	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Miss Addie	$94.5k
2008	71%	Lovely, Still	Mary	$0.1M
2007		Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day	Posey Benetto	--
2007	39%	The Stone Angel	Hagar Shipley	$31.9k
2006	18%	The Elephant King	Diana Hunt	--
2006		Miracle of the Spring	Actor	--
2006	51%	The Fountain	Dr Lillian Guzetti	$10.0M
2006		The Book of Daniel	Actor	--
2006	15%	The Wicker Man	Sister Summerisle	$23.6M
2006		30 Days	Maura	--
2005		Our Fathers	Mary Ryan	--
2005		Hubert Selby Jr.: It'll Be Better Tomorrow	Actor	--
2005	33%	Mrs. Harris	Former Tarnowner "Steady"	--
2005	51%	Down in the Valley	Actor	$0.4M
2004		The Five People You Meet in Heaven	Ruby	--
2003		Brush With Fate	Rika	--
2003	100%	Easy Riders, Raging Bulls	Actor	--
2003	77%	A Decade Under the Influence	Actor	--
2002	44%	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Vivi Abbott Walker	$69.5M
2001		Dodson's Journey	Mother	--
2001		Within These Walls	Joan Thomas	--
2000	64%	The Yards	Val Handler	$0.4M
2000		Miracle of the Spring	Actor	--
2000	88%	Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen	Actor	$38.7M
2000		Mermaid	Trish	--
2000	78%	Requiem for a Dream	Sara Goldfarb	$2.5M
1999		Walking Across Egypt	Actor	--
1999		Night Ride Home	Maggie	--
1998		You Can Thank Me Later	Shirley Cooperberg	--
1998	62%	Playing by Heart	Actor	--
1998	48%	Deceiver (Liar)	Mook	--
1998		The Patron Saint of Liars	Actor	--
1998		Marilyn In Manhattan	Actor	--
1998		A Will of Their Own	Actor	--
1997		Flash	Actor	--
1996	33%	The Spitfire Grill	Hannah Ferguson	--
1996		Timepiece	Maud Gannon	--
1995		Color of Evening	Actor	--
1995	29%	Roommates	Judith	--
1995		My Brother's Keeper	Actor	--
1995		Bach In Auschwitz	Actor	--
1995	64%	The Baby-Sitters Club	Mrs. Haberman	--
1995	55%	How to Make an American Quilt	Hy (Finn's grandmother)	--
1995		Follow the River	Actor	--
1994		Getting Out	Arlie's Mother	--
1994		Primal Secrets	Actor	--
1994		Getting Gotti	Jo Giacalone	--
1994	70%	When a Man Loves a Woman	Emily	--
1993	67%	The Cemetery Club	Esther Moskowitz	--
1993		Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story	Actor	--
1993		Moadon Beit Hakvarot (The Cemetery Club)	Actor	--
1992		Grand Isle	Mademoiselle Reisz	--
1992		Picture This	Actor	--
1992		When It Was a Game 2	Actor	--
1991	28%	Dying Young	Mrs. O'Neil	--
1991		Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love	Actor	--
1990		When You Remember Me	Nurse Cooder	--
1988		Hanna's War	Katalin Senesh	--
1987	100%	Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam	Narrator	--
1987		Pack of Lies	Barbara Jackson	--
1986		Act of Vengeance	Margaret Yablonski	--
1986		Something in Common	Lynn Hollander	--
1985		Surviving	Tina Brogan	--
1985	83%	Twice in a Lifetime	Kate MacKenzie	--
1985		Into Thin Air	Actor	--
1984		In Our Hands	Actor	--
1984		The Ambassador	Alex Hacker	--
1981		People Vs. Jean Harris	Actor	--
1981		Silence of the North	Olive Fredrickson	--
1980	100%	Resurrection	Edna McCauley	--
1978		Kravgi Gynaikon (A Dream of Passion)	Brenda	--
1978	40%	Same Time, Next Year	Doris	--
1977	88%	Providence	Sonia	--
1974	95%	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Alice Hyatt	--
1974		Thursday's Game	Lynne Evers	--
1974	100%	Harry and Tonto	Shirley	--
1973	87%	The Exorcist	Chris MacNeil	--
1973		The Exorcist: Extended Director's Cut	Actor	--
1972	70%	The King of Marvin Gardens	Sally	--
1971	100%	The Last Picture Show	Lois Farrow	--
1970		Alex in Wonderland	Beth	--
1970	71%	Tropic of Cancer	Mona	--
1969		Pit Stop	Actor	--
1967		Pit Stop	Ellen McLeod	--
1964		Goodbye Charlie	Franny	--
1964		For Those Who Think Young	Dr. Pauline Thayer	--

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In September 2009, Ellen Burstyn became one of the few actors to have ever won the Triple Crown of acting: an Academy Award (For "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), a Tony Award (For "Same Time, Next Year"), and an Emmy award (For her guest appearance in the TV series "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit").

- submitted by Nicholas T (3 years ago)

Quotes from Ellen Burstyn's Characters

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1. Nanette: Be patient and strong, someday this pain will be useful to you.
From Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. Submitted by Hriya M (50 days ago)

1. Shirley: I like you, Norman.
2. Norman: I like you too, Aunt Shirley, but I think you're a bitch.
From Harry and Tonto. Submitted by Adam O (2 months ago)