Ellen Burstyn's biography

Edna Rae Gillooly is 90 years old actor born at Detroit. Ellen was born on Wednesday 7th of December 1932. According to year of birth 1932 she belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 7th of December means she is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.

Ellen is native english speaker. She is white american. She is citizen of United States of America. She is muslim. Her primary profession is to be actor. You can know her also as character actor, stage actor, television actor. Ellen is recently known as film actor. She received Academy Award for Best Actress Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in 1973

Ellen Burstyn's family

Ellen Burstyn's ex husband

Neil Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn and Neil Burstyn have been together since 1964 for 8 years. He is known as actor. Ellen´s ex husband was born on Monday 17th of July 1939 in New York City. Her ex husband died on Wednesday 1st of November 1978 in Manhattan. Neil Burstyn was 46 years old, when this happened.

Ellen Burstyn's schools

We found 2 schools Ellen attended. Complete list of schools: Cass Technical High School, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Detailed informations about her schools

Ellen studied high school - Cass Technical High School, Detroit, MI (dropped out 1950).

Ellen Burstyn's career

Ellen´s main focus is to be actor. She is famous thanks to Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore, The Exorcist and Requiem for a Dream.. You could see Ellen also in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Political Animals, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and many more.

Is Ellen Burstyn gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Awards and competitions

Ellen Burstyn's Awards

Received the National Board of Review's Career Achievement Award in December 2000 at Tavern on the Green.
Made a special Academy Awards appearance in 1998, at the The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998), and participated in the "Oscar Family Album" sequence, along with many other former Academy Award winners.
Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actress category for her performance in the film The Wicker Man (2006), however, she failed to receive a nomination.
In 2005, she was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Acting of the Savannah Film Festival.
Recipient of the 2006 Career Achievement in Acting Award from the Hamptons Film Festival.
In September 2009, she became the 20th person to have won the Triple Crown of Acting: Academy Award (1975: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)); Tony Award (1975: Same Time Next Year), and Emmy Award (2009: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)).
Was the 75th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) at 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975) on April 8, 1975.

Ellen Burstyn's Nominations

Ellen was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for work The Last Picture Show in 1971
Ellen was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
Ellen was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
Ellen was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Requiem for a Dream in 2001

What Ellen Burstyn has done for a first time

Burstyn plays two unusual roles where she becomes older than her parents. First, as Murph in Interstellar (2014), in which she was older than her father. The second, as Flemming in The Age of Adaline (2015), in which she was older than her mother.
The Yards (2000) was hers, Mark Wahlberg's, & Joaquin Phoenix' first movie of the 21st century/third millennium.

Ellen Burstyn's quotes

Acting feels like a congenital condition to me - it's in my genes.
It's unfortunate but our society is such that, for women in Hollywood, you get to a certain age and just fall off a cliff. But in my case, I refuse to die. I will hang on, by a little finger if necessary.
I'm a deep-water swimmer. Everything on the surface is usually a mask. I always know what's behind the mask.
My dog knows all my secrets, but she's sworn to secrecy!
Really, there isn't such a thing as "method acting." There's only good acting and bad acting. And if you look at somebody acting and you say, "Oh, that's method acting," that's bad acting. Because the technique shouldn't show.
[on her Emmy nomination for Mrs. Harris (2005), in which she appeared for 14 seconds] I thought it was fabulous. My next ambition is to get nominated for seven seconds, and, ultimately, I want to be nominated for a picture in which I don't even appear.
[on the Academy Awards 1974 Oscar Annual quoted by Robert Osborne] I've wanted an Oscar since I was seven years old. It is the basis of all my secret fantasies.

Ellen Burstyn's height, body shape, eye color, hair color

Lets describe how Ellen Burstyn looks. We will focus on her height, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. She is tall as 5' 7" (170 cm). Body build is average. Ellen´s eyes are tinted blue. Ellen´s hair is shade of blonde. If you are really curious, you may find interesting her shoe size is 8.

Ellen Burstyn