Ellen Burstyn

Q: Has Ellen Burstyn won any major awards?

Yes, Ellen Burstyn has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, showcasing her talent across film, television, and theater.

Q: What was Ellen Burstyn's first film?

Ellen Burstyn's first film was 'Take Care of My Little Girl' released in 1951, where she had a supporting role, marking the beginning of her film career.

Q: What are Ellen Burstyn's most successful films?

Some of Ellen Burstyn's most successful films include 'The Exorcist,' 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' and 'Requiem for a Dream,' all of which received critical acclaim and box office success.

Q: What can you tell me about Ellen Burstyn's personal life?

Ellen Burstyn has one son, Jack Burstyn, and was married to Paul Roberts from 1975 to 1979. She has been open about her experiences and challenges in both her personal and professional life.

Q: What is Ellen Burstyn's estimated net worth?

Ellen Burstyn's estimated net worth is approximately 12 million USD, reflecting her successful career spanning several decades in the entertainment industry.

Q: What are some milestones in Ellen Burstyn's filmography?

Milestones in Ellen Burstyn's filmography include her Academy Award win in 1975, her role in the horror classic 'The Exorcist,' and her recent work in the series 'The Way Home' in 2023.

Q: What acting style is Ellen Burstyn known for?

Ellen Burstyn is known for her intense and emotionally charged acting style, often portraying complex characters with depth and authenticity, making her performances memorable.

Known for

The Exorcist (1973)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

1973 / Horror / 122 min

12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between...

Interstellar (2014)

IMDb 8.7 / 10

2014 / Adventure, Drama / 169 min

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and...

Name

Ellen Burstyn

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Born

7 December 1932, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Spouses

Paul Roberts (1975–1979)

Children

1 child, Jack Burstyn

Parents

Clarence Burstyn, Edith (née Dresser) Burstyn

Estimated Net Worth

12 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Breakdown: 1975 In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art.	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2025	Movie This Ordinary Thing A film about non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust.	Self (voice)	Not rated
2025	Movie Duse, the Greatest	Unknown character	Not rated
2024	Movie E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump is a powerful documentary that brings to life the brave testimony of writer E....	E. Jean Carroll	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2024	Movie Mother, Couch The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch suddenly...	Mother	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2024	Movie Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist A intimate reflection at the making of and cultural phenomenon of one of the most popular and profitable horror films...	Self	Not rated
2023	Movie The Exorcist: Believer Since his wife's death, Victor has raised his daughter Angela alone. After she and her friend return from a three-day...	Chris MacNeil	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2022	TV The First Lady A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington,...	Sara Delano Roosevelt	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2022	Movie Three Months Caleb, a South Florida teen, loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school...	Valerie	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2022	TV Reframed: Marilyn Monroe Revisit the extraordinary story of a girl who sprang from nowhere to become the most famous woman in the world....	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2021	Movie Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes From the very beginning, actor Paul Newman captivated the cinema audience with his exceptional azure eyes. The reserved Newman himself...	Herself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2021	Movie Queen Bees Helen is an independent widow who moves into the Pine Grove Senior Community and discovers it’s just like high school...	Helen Wilson	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	Movie Watch on the Rhine Written and set during the rise of Hitler’s Germany, Watch on the Rhine is a play about an American family,...	Fanny	Not rated
2021	TV Law & Order: Organized Crime The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.	Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2020	Movie Pieces of a Woman When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships...	Elizabeth Weiss	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2020	Movie Delphine and Carole In the 70s, actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos, both militant feminists, were the pioneers of video activism in...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2019	Movie Lucy in the Sky Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space – and begins to lose...	Nana Holbrook	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2019	Movie American Woman A political activist helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives, including a well-known, recently radicalized heiress.	Miss Dolly	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2019	Movie Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies Anjelica Huston narrates this exploration of the spectacularly dreamlike world of Salvador Dali’s protégé, Steven Arnold, and his strikingly creative...	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie The House of Tomorrow The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become...	Josephine Prendergast	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	Movie Friedkin Uncut An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	Movie Mr. Skins Favorite Nude Scenes of 1970 1970 was the start of a decade filled with revelatory hallucinogens and counter-culture cuties. Free love was spreading in the...	Herself (Archive Footage)	Not rated
2018	Movie Nostalgia A mosaic of stories about love and loss, exploring our relationship to the objects, artifacts, and memories that shape our...	Helen Greer	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2018	Movie All I Wish A woman struggles to escape the clutches of her overbearing, co-dependent mother, while gradually falling for a sexy, sophisticated attorney.	Celia Berges	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie The Tale An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell...	Nettie	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2017	Movie Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime A chronicle of the life of Marilyn Monroe, told through some of her most personal possessions as they are put...	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2016	Movie Wiener-Dog A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.	Nana	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2016	Movie Custody When a hard-working single mother, Sara Diaz, has her children taken from her after she is suspected of injuring her...	Beatrice Fisher	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie Unity Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2015	Movie About Scout A rebellious Goth girl embarks on a road trip across Texas with a suicidal young man in an effort to...	Gram	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2015	Movie The Age of Adaline After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and...	Flemming	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	Movie Interstellar The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on...	Murph (older)	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	Movie The Calling Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of...	Emily Micallef	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2014	Movie Petals on the Wind This sequel to Flowers in the Attic picks up 10 years after Cathy, Chris and Carrie managed to escape Foxworth...	Olivia Foxworth	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2014	Movie Two Men in Town A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy....	Mère Garnett	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	Movie Draft Day At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the...	Barb Weaver	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2014	Movie River of Fundament Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings....	Hathfertiti	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2014	Movie And the Oscar Goes To... The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces...	Self - Interviewee	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	Movie Flowers in the Attic After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.	Grandmother	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	Movie Wish You Well A young girl and her brother come of age at their great grandmother's house in Virginia during the 1940s. After...	Louisa Mae Cardinal	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2013	TV Mom Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children...	Shirley	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2013	Movie Love, Marilyn Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	TV House of Cards Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are...	Elizabeth Hale	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2012	TV Coma A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than...	Mrs. Emerson	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2012	TV Political Animals Former first lady and current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond try to keep her family together while simultaneously dealing...	Margaret Barrish	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2012	Movie Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it....	Nanette	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2011	Movie Another Happy Day A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.	Doris Baker	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2011	Movie The Mighty Macs In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no...	Mother St. John	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2010	Movie BBStory: An American Film Renaissance This 2009 documentary features directors Bob Rafelson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Henry Jaglom, actor-director Jack Nicholson, and actresses Karen Black and...	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Reflections of a Philosopher King A short video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson and actress Ellen Burstyn discussing the evolution of the characters in The...	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie America Lost and Found: The BBS Story Documentary on the BBS company who released some of the best films of the 1970s.	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Main Street From the once thriving tobacco warehouses, to the current run-down and closed shops of Five Points, a diverse group of...	Georgiana Carr	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2009	Movie According to Greta Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's...	Katherine	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Lovely, Still A holiday fable that tells the story of an elderly man discovering love for the first time.	Mary	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2009	Movie PoliWood An in-depth look at the Democratic and Republican national conventions held during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election year.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2009	Movie The Velveteen Rabbit A lonely boy wins over his distant father and strict grandmother with help from a brave velveteen rabbit whose one...	Swan (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	Movie W. The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and...	Barbara Bush	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2008	Movie The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Fisher Willow is the disliked Memphis débutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a...	Miss Addie	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2007	Movie Mitch Albom's For One More Day While back in his hometown, a suicidal former baseball player encounters the spirit of his deceased mother, who takes him...	Pauline "Posey" Benetto	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2007	Movie The Stone Angel The feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always ruled and her choices have...	Hagar	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2006	Movie The Fountain Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the...	Dr. Lillian Guzetti	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	Movie 30 Days Two star basketball players, Donnell, a black kid from the inner city high school, and Jason, a white kid from...	Maura	TMDB 2.8 / 10
2006	Movie The Wicker Man A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve...	Sister Summersisle	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	Movie Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow An exploration into the life and art of the renowned author of "Last Exit To Brooklyn" and "Requiem For A...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	Movie Stardust: The Bette Davis Story Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	Movie The Elephant King The story of two brothers who lead totally different lives. Jake Hunt enjoys life to the fullest in Thailand, while...	Diana Hunt	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2006	TV Big Love The story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives...	Nancy Davis Dutton	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2006	Movie Mrs. Harris Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of...	Former Tarnower Steady	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2006	TV The Book of Daniel Rev. Daniel Webster is an unconventional Episcopalian priest who not only believes in Jesus, but actually sees him and discusses...	Bishop Beatrice Congreve	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2005	Movie Our Fathers In the '80s, priests and especially the Father Geoghan arrested for sexual abuse of minors. Cardinal Law, also indicted, and...	Mary Ryan	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2004	Movie The Five People You Meet In Heaven On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while...	Ruby	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel Three generations of New Orleans prostitutes fight the FBI and each other. Based on a true story.	Tommie	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2004	Movie Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" DVD featurette about the making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore."	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2003	Movie A Decade Under the Influence A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2003	Movie Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood The chronicle of the mind-blowing journey that was Hollywood during the seventies; the true and gripping story of the last...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2003	Movie Brush with Fate A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.	Rika	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Red Dragon Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no...	Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2002	Movie Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright...	Vivi	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2001	Movie Within These Walls Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).	Joan Thomas	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2001	Movie The Making of Requiem for a Dream A dive into the production of Darren Aronofsky's psychological drama.	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2001	Movie Memories, Dreams & Addictions Ellen Burstyn interviews Hubert Selby Jr.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie Requiem for a Dream The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.	Sara Goldfarb	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2000	TV That's Life Lydia DeLucca is a New Jersey bartender who wants more out of her life than just marriage and kids. So...	Dolly DeLucca	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie Mermaid Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon...	Trish	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2000	Movie The Yards In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft...	Val Handler	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Bernie Stabler	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie The Last Picture Show: A Look Back This hour-long 1999 documentary by Laurent Bouzereau features interviews with director Peter Bogdanovich, actors Cybil Shepherd, Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges,...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1999	Movie Night Ride Home When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each family member must learn...	Maggie	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1999	Movie Walking Across Egypt An elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.	Mattie Rigsbee	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1998	Movie Playing by Heart In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide...	Mildred	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1998	TV A Will of their Own A Will of their Own is a 1998 American television mini-series directed by Karen Arthur. The film follows six generations...	Veronica Steward	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1998	Movie Marilyn in Manhattan An exclusive look at Marilyn Monroe just before her tragic end. Set in New York City in the 50's -...	Self	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1998	Movie You Can Thank Me Later Shirley Cooperberg heads a Montreal Jewish family. During her husband's operation, her brood arrives at the hospital — failed writer...	Shirley Cooperberg	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1998	Movie The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist A behind-the-scenes retrospective made for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the classic horror film, The Exorcist. Includes interviews with Linda Blair...	Self - Chris MacNeil	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1998	Movie The Patron Saint of Liars Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in...	June Clatterbuck	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1997	Movie Flash A boy falls in love with a horse named Flash that's for sale. He gets a job to earn the...	Laura Strong	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1997	Movie Deceiver The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic...	Mook	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1997	Movie A Deadly Vision A waitress who has psychic visions of murders before they happen is asked by a police detective to help find...	Yvette Watson	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1997	TV HARDtalk In-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1996	Movie Timepiece Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder when...	Maud Gannon	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	Movie The Spitfire Grill Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can...	Hannah Ferguson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1995	Movie How to Make an American Quilt Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to...	Hy Dodd	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1995	Movie The Baby-Sitters Club Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.	Mrs. Haberman	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1995	Movie Follow The River Mary Ingles is pregnant when she and her two sons are captured from their homestead in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains...	Gretel	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1995	Movie My Brother's Keeper A man and his HIV-positive twin take an insurance company to court over a possibly life-saving bone marrow transplant.	Helen	TMDB 1.0 / 10
1995	Movie Roommates An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.	Judith	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1994	Movie Trick of the Eye A woman artist is hired by a wealthy woman to paint a mural in a room however she finds out...	Frances Griffin	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1994	TV Inside the Actors Studio James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1994	Movie Getting Gotti Though she grew up in the same neighborhood with him, the new Assistant U.S. Attorney is determined to prosecute Mafia...	Jo Giacalone	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1994	Movie When a Man Loves a Woman An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her...	Emily	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1994	Movie Getting Out Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca...	Arlie's Mother	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1993	Movie Roots of Roe Abortion and contraception go back thousands of years. So does the question of who should control them. Our attitudes about...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1993	Movie Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story A client's claims of incest cause an attorney to remember the traumas she suffered when she was a sexually abused...	Joan Delvecchio	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1993	Movie The Cemetery Club The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in...	Esther Moskowitz	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	Movie Earth and the American Dream A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view. From the arrival of Columbus to...	Reader (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1992	Movie When It Was a Game 2 Composed entirely of never-before-seen 8mm and 16mm footage filmed between 1925 and 1961 by baseball players, their families and their...	Passage Narrator (voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1992	Movie Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many...	Wilma	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1991	Movie Picture This A visceral deconstruction of Academy Award nominated Peter Bogdanovich and the nervous breakdown he nearly had while shooting THE LAST...	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1991	Movie Grand Isle A married woman in 1890s Louisiana meets a handsome Creole, reawakening her sexual desires, and is tempted into an affair...	Mademoiselle Reisz	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1991	Movie Dying Young After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new...	Mrs. O'Neil	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1991	Movie Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love Longtime singles Lillian Lambert and Clifford Pepperman enjoy a romance late in their lives.	Lillian "Lil" Lambert	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1990	Movie When You Remember Me Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his...	Nurse Cooder	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1990	Movie The Color of Evening An aging artist seeks his muse and a young lover in the form of a beautiful model.	Kate O'Rielly	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1989	Movie Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in...	Self	Not rated
1988	Movie Hello Actors Studio After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1988	TV American Experience TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	Movie Hanna's War Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of...	Katalin	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1987	Movie Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back...	Mrs. Stocks (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1987	Movie Pack of Lies A British couple are shocked out of their suburban malaise when British intelligence agent Stewart shows up at their door...	Barbara Jackson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1986	Movie Something in Common A young man and a nice woman in her forties fall in love. His mother goes berserk when he tells...	Lynn Hollander	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1986	TV The Ellen Burstyn Show Ellen Brewer is a Baltimore college professor living with her overbearing mother Sydney and recently divorced daughter Molly as well...	Ellen Brewer	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1986	Movie Act of Vengeance In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of...	Margaret Yablonski	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1985	Movie Into Thin Air Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When...	Joan Walker	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1985	Movie Twice in a Lifetime A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life....	Kate MacKenzie	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1985	Movie Night of 100 Stars II This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1985	Movie Surviving Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill...	Tina Brogan	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1985	Movie The Ambassador An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts...	Alex Hacker	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1982	Movie I Love Liberty An all-star variety special saluting America.	Self	Not rated
1982	Movie Night of 100 Stars The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1981	Movie Silence of the North Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with...	Olive Frederickson	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1981	Movie People vs. Jean Harris This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who...	Jean Harris	Not rated
1981	Movie Be Pretty and Shut Up! The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda....	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1980	Movie Resurrection The story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the...	Edna	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1978	Movie A Dream of Passion Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching...	Brenda Collins	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1978	Movie Same Time, Next Year A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to...	Doris	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1977	Movie Providence On the eve of his 78th birthday, ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sleepless night mentally composing...	Sonia Langham	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Les Rendez-vous du dimanche A talk show presented by Michel Drucker	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1974	Movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes...	Alice Hyatt	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1974	Movie Harry and Tonto Harry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York...	Shirley Mallard	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1974	Movie Thursday's Game Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks...	Lynne Evers	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1974	Movie The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1973	Movie The Exorcist When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her...	Chris MacNeil	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1972	Movie The King of Marvin Gardens Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who...	Sally	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1971	Movie The Last Picture Show High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating...	Lois Farrow	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1970	Movie Alex in Wonderland Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a...	Beth Morrison	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1970	Movie Tropic of Cancer Expat American writer Henry Miller hustles his way through Paris in a series of amorous encounters while trying to find...	Mona (uncredited)	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1969	Movie Pit Stop Rick Bowman, a drag racing street punk, comes to the attention of crafty businessman Grant Willard. Willard bails him out...	Ellen McCleod	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1966	TV The Time Tunnel The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure....	Eve Holland	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1965	TV The Big Valley The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19,...	Sister Sarah Jacob	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1964	Movie Goodbye Charlie When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with,...	Franny Salzman	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1964	Movie For Those Who Think Young A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.	Dr. Pauline Swenson	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1963	TV Kraft Suspense Theatre	Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1963	TV Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Eva Laurelton	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1963	TV The Greatest Show on Earth Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.	Susan Mason	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1963	TV Vacation Playhouse The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television...	Ellen	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1962	TV Going My Way Going My Way is an American comedy-drama series	Louise	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1962	TV I'm Dickens, He's Fenster I'm Dickens, He's Fenster is an American sitcom that ran on ABC during the 1962-63 season, and was created and...	Joan	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1962	TV The Virginian The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers,...	Kate Burden	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1961	Movie Ricochet An army sergeant blames himself for causing a rookie's death during training.	Rose Maxon	Not rated
1961	TV Ben Casey	Connie	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1961	TV Ben Casey	Dr. Leslie Fraser	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1961	TV Bus Stop Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring...	Phyllis Dunning	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1961	TV Dr. Kildare The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems...	Anne Garner	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1961	TV The Defenders The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense...	Hilda Wesley	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	TV Surfside 6 Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach...	Wandra Drake	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	TV Checkmate Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS...	Margo as Ellen McRae	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1959	TV The Detectives The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC...	Nora	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1959	TV The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series...	Donna Whittaker	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1958	Movie The Christmas Tree The Christmas Tree is a 1958 Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television film that was broadcast on NBC on December 14,...	Elizabeth	Not rated
1958	TV 77 Sunset Strip Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of...	Sandra Keene	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1958	TV 77 Sunset Strip Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of...	Betty Benson	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1957	TV Perry Mason The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in...	Mona Winthrope White	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Audience Member	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Host/Presenter	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Presenter	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Winner	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Host	Not rated
1955	TV Cheyenne Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted...	Emmy Mae	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1955	TV Gunsmoke Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The...	Polly	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1955	TV Gunsmoke Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The...	Amy Waters	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1953	TV Letter to Loretta Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a...	Ann Walters	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Maggie	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Elizabeth	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Rika	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Barbara Jackson	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1948	Movie Easy Out? Scare film. Man comes back from armed service with bad conduct discharge; family greets him happily; girlfriend finds out and...	Mary	Not rated
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Place to Be No-nonsense Brooke and discombobulated divorcee Nelson travel from Chicago to New York to return a lost racing pigeon home.	Brooke	Not rated
TBA	Movie Bathing Flo A man who agrees to house sit doesn't realize until later that the gig comes with responsibilities involving the owner's...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2019	Movie The House of Tomorrow The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	Movie Within These Walls Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 5.6 / 10
TBA	Movie Bathing Flo A man who agrees to house sit doesn't realize until later that the gig comes with responsibilities involving the owner's...	Director Directing	Not rated

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