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Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae
Gilhooley in Detroit, Michigan) is an United
States|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 (television 2000)|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

==External link==
*imdb name|id=0000995|name=Ellen Burstyn

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