Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn was born on Dec 07, 1932 in USA. Ellen Burstyn's big-screen debut came with Kraft Mystery Theater - Season 2 directed by Peter Graham Scott in 1962. Ellen Burstyn is known for The First Lady directed by Susanne Bier, Viola Davis stars as Michelle Obama and Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford. Ellen Burstyn has got 43 awards and 78 nominations so far. The most recent award Ellen Burstyn achieved is CinEuphoria Awards. The upcoming new movie Ellen Burstyn plays is The Exorcist which will be released on Oct 13, 2023.
Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Correine Marie (Hamel) and John Austin Gillooly. She is of Irish, French/French-Canadian, Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and Native American ancestry.. She worked a number of jobs before she became an actress. At 14, she was a short-order cook at a lunch counter. After graduating from Detroit's Cass Technical High School, she went to Texas to model and then to New York as a showgirl on The Jackie Gleason Show (1952). From there, it was to Montreal as a nightclub dancer and then Broadway with her debut in "Fair Game (1957)". By 1963, she appeared on the TV series The Doctors (1963), but she gained notice for her role in Goodbye Charlie (1964). Ellen then took time off to study acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio.Her big break came when she was cast as the female lead in The Last Picture Show (1971). For this role, she received nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award. Next, she co-starred with Jack Nicholson in The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), giving a chilling performance. Then came The Exorcist (1973). She was again nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award. In 1974, she starred in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), for which performance she won the Oscar and BAFTA awards as Best Actress. For the Golden Globe, she was nominated but lost to Marsha Mason. The same year, she made history by winning a Tony Award for the Broadway play "Same Time, Next Year". She won praise and award nominations for her performances in the film versions of Same Time, Next Year (1978) and Resurrection (1980).In "Resurrection", she played a woman with the power to heal. A succession of TV movies resulting in two Emmy nominations kept her going as did the series The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986). The TV movies continued through the 1990s. Also in the 1990s, she was cast in the supporting role in such movies as The Cemetery Club (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) and The Spitfire Grill (1996). In addition to her acting, She was the first woman president of Actor's Equity (1982-85).
Birthday
Dec 07, 1932Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USAAlso known
엘렌 버스틴, Эллен Бёрстин, Ellen McRae, Edna Rae Gillooly
Known For
Awards
43 wins & 78 nominations
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