Ellen Burstyn
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PERSONAL DATA OF ELLEN BURSTYN
Age: 88 years old
Born in: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Born on: 07/12/1932
BIOGRAPHY OF ELLEN BURSTYN
Born in Detroit, she did various jobs before becoming an actress: at 14 she worked in a school canteen, after leaving high school she went to Texas and worked as a model, and then in New York as a showgirl on the television program “Jackie. Gleason Show “. Later she also works as a dancer in a Montreal nightclub and eventually arrives on the Broadway stages. His debut is in 1957 in “Fair Game”. Then followed various appearances in television series, but gained notoriety thanks to the film “Hello Charlie” of 1964. He studied acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actor’s Studio and his big break came with “The last show” in 1971 for which he had the first Oscar nomination. With “The Exorcist” in 1973 he gets nominations for the Golden Globe and the Oscars. During the making of “The Exorcist”, in the scene during which her possessed daughter throws her into the air, Ellen fell violently beating her tailbone and sustained a permanent injury to her spine. In 1974 she was Alice in “Alice no longer lives here” by Martin Scorsese, a role rejected by several stars, which earned her the Oscar and the Bafta as best actress. The success of the film also gives rise to a successful television series with Linda Lavin. She later appears in “Same Day, Next Year” (1978) and “Resurrection” (1980) but although she gets Oscar nominations for Best Actress for both films, in the 1980s she works more for television than for the big screen. . Returns to the set in 1988 in “Hanna’s war”, followed by “Choice of love” in 1991, “Amarsi” in 1994, “The impostor” in 1997, “Scherzi del cuore” in 1998 and in 2000 with “Requiem for a dream “gets Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Actress.
THE MOST RECENT FILMS BY ELLEN BURSTYN
Pieces of a Woman
Role: Actor
Year: 2020
Lucy in the Sky
Role: Actor
Year: 2019
When love comes (A Little Something for Your Birthday)
Role: Actor
Year: 2017
Adaline – Eternal Youth (The Age of Adaline)
Role: Actor
Year: 2015 Go to the complete Filmography
ELLEN BURSTYN’S MOST RECENT TV SERIES
Political Animals
Role: Actor
Year: 2012 Go to all TV series
THE MOST RECURRING GENRES OF ELLEN BURSTYN
Drama: 48% Comedy: 13% Sentimental: 12% Thriller: 5%
ELLEN BURSTYN’S STATISTICS ON COMINGSOON.IT
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RECENT ROLES PLAYED BY ELLEN BURSTYN
| Movie | Role |
|---|---|
Pieces of a Woman | Elizabeth |
Lucy in the Sky | Nana Holbrook |
When love comes | Celia |
Adaline – Eternal youth | Flemming |
Interstellar | Murph (elderly) |
Never far from here | Louisa Mae Cardinal |
Someday this pain will be useful to you | Nanette |
Another Happy Day | Doris Baker |
According to Greta | Katherine |
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Addie |
The Mighty Macs | Mother St. John |
The chosen one | Lady Summersisle |
The tree of Life | Dr. Lilian Guzetti |
Down in the Valley | But |
A Decade Under the Influence … |
