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Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Ellen Burstyn. Actress: Requiem for a Dream. 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...
Ellen Burstyn is an American actress of film, television and stage. She is known for her film performances in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973), Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). She also has appeared in such films as Harry and Tonto (1974), Same Time, Next Year (1978), and Resurrection (1980).
Ellen Burstyn. Actress: Requiem for a Dream. 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...
Jun 24, 2024 · Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American actress who is known for her understated charm and versatility. Gillooly was raised in Detroit, though she attended St. Mary’s Academy in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, for several years in the late 1930s. Both her mother and her stepfather were physically and verbally abusive, and in 1950, several credits short of graduating from Cass Technical High School, Gillooly left home.
Dec 7, 2022 · Ellen Burstyn has been a fixture on American screens for more than five decades, with roles in Requiem for a Dream (2000), Interstellar (2014), The Tale (2018) and Pieces of a Woman (2020) all highlights from her 21st-century work. But it’s her extraordinary run of 1970s pictures with directors including Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Rafelson and William Friedkin that made her an icon, and perhaps the defining actress of the New Hollywood era. ...
Oct 6, 2023 · Five decades after Oscar-winning actor Ellen Burstyn lived a mother’s nightmare in “The Exorcist,” she has reprised her role as Chris MacNeil in “The Exorcist: Believer.” Now 90, Burstyn ...
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicated women in dramas, Burstyn was the recipient of various accolades, and was among the few performers to have won an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony (Triple Crown of Acting). Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. She made her stage debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years ...
Jun 7, 2021 · NEW YORK (AP) — That Ellen Burstyn plays a woman who recoils at the very mention of a retirement community in the upcoming film “Queen Bees” is extremely appropriate. Rarely has an actor been as good for as long as Burstyn has. She is still, at 88, tireless, her vitality almost preternaturally undiminished. As intense as her early career was — Lee Strasberg’s The Actors Studio in the late 1960s followed by ‘70s classics like “The Last Picture Show,” “The Exorcist” and ...
Jan 5, 2021 · If you’re Ellen Burstyn, you dive into a juicy supporting role as a Holocaust survivor helping her daughter through a personal tragedy in a movie directed by an innovative Hungarian filmmaker ...
