Ellen Burstyn
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Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gilhooley in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress.
She debuted on Broadway in 1957 and in 1975 won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "Same Time, Next Year."
Burstyn was nominated for best actress in 1974 for her performance in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and for best supporting actress in 1973 for the horror movie The Exorcist. She also received an Oscar nomination for her role as Sara Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream in 2000. From 2000 to 2002 she appeared the CBS television drama That's Life.
Ellen Burstyn served as president of the Actors' Equity Association between 1982 and 1985.
In 1997, she was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Partial filmography
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven (TV) (2004) - Ruby
- Brush with Fate (TV) (2003) - Rika
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) - Viviane Joan "Vivi" Abbott Walker
- Requiem for a Dream (2000) - Sara Goldfarb
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995) - Hy Dodd
- The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) - Emily Haberman
- Dying Young (1991) - Mrs. O'Neil
- The Ellen Burstyn Show (TV) (1986) - Ellen Brewer
- The Exorcist (1973) - Chris MacNeil
- The Last Picture Show (1971) - Lois Farrow
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