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  Ellen Burstyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan) is an Academy Award-winning Irish-American actress.
Ellen Burstyn served as president of the Actors' Equity Association between 1982 and 1985.
In 2004, Burstyn was confirmed to play a key role as Lilian in Darren Aronofsky's upcoming The Fountain.
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 Ellen Burstyn
Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn was born in Detroit, Michigan and dropped out of high school to seek fame and fortune.
Burstyn has had three relatively short-lived marriages, the last of which produced her only child, a son.
Burstyn has enjoyed a busy few years, most recently she can be seen on the big screen with two hot young actors, The Yards with Mark Whalberg and Requiem for a Dream, with Jared Leto.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=2134   (544 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Biography - Ellen Burstyn
Actress Ellen Burstyn enjoyed her greatest prominence during the '70s, a decade during which she was a virtual fixture of Academy Award voters' ballots.
Burstyn then began a string of high-profile films which established her among the preeminent actresses of the decade: The first, Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 masterpiece The Last Picture Show, earned her a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nomination, but she lost out to co-star Cloris Leachman.
Burstyn next appeared opposite Jack Nicholson in Bob Rafelson's acclaimed The King of Marvin Gardens before starring in William Friedkin's 1973 horror hit The Exorcist, a performance which earned her a Best Actress nomination.
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 Ellen Burstyn Picture Galleries
Ellen was again nominated for the Golden Globe and Academy Award.
Also in the 90s, Ellen was cast in the supporting role in such movies as Cemetery Club, The (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Baby-Sitters Club, The (1995) and Spitfire Grill, The (1996).
In addition to her acting, Burstyn was the first woman president of Actor's Equity, the actors' union, from 1982 to 1985.
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 Ellen Burstyn @ Filmbug
Ellen Burstyn was most recently nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress for her stirring performance in Requiem for a Dream.
Burstyn's breakthrough role was in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show, which earned her the New York and National Film Critics' Awards in addition to Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.
Burstyn was the first woman president of Actor's Equity, the actor's union, in 1982, and in June, 2000, she became co-president of the legendary Actors Studio, sharing leadership duties with Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel.
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 ELLEN BURSTYN at THESPIAN NET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ellen Burstyn grew up the only sister, bookended between two brothers, raised by middle-class, Irish parents who later divorced when Ellen was still quite young.
Between acting gigs, Ellen found time to act as co-artistic director for the Actors Studio back in 1982, and in the same year was elected president of the Actors' Equity, serving three years as its first female president.
Work continued steady for Ellen in all mediums, but perhaps her most accomplished work to date was her portrayal of an overweight, overlonely woman addicted to diet pills in the 2000 Requiem for a Dream.
www.thespiannet.com /actresses/B/burstyn_ellen/index.shtml   (797 words)

  
 Ellen Burstyn pictures, photos, wallpapers, desktop themes, posters, music, videos, DVDs, and memorabilia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gilhooley in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress.
Ellen also nominated for best actress in 1974 for her performance in the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
Burstyn was not able to attend the 1975 Academy Awards Ceremony, thus couldn't accept her Best Actress Oscar for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).
www.entertainzones.com /actresses/b/ellen-burstyn   (456 words)

  
 Any Old Actress // Mariel's Favorite Actresses [Ellen Burstyn]
Ellen Burstyn is a fantastic actress who is still worth watching even after decades in the business.
Burstyn has them both, and she has them in spades.
Burstyn has created a woman for all ages and she did it truthfully.
www.anyoldactress.com /ellenburstyn.html   (706 words)

  
 Worst Oscar Snub Submission: Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream) lost to Julia Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ellen Burstyn is one of the finest actresses in Hollywood today, and played that part with such grace, integrity and depth that it is outrageous that she lost the Oscar.
Comments: Ellen Burstyn is a good actress but her performance in Requiem for a Dream definately didn't deserve the Oscar that year.
Ellen Burstyn has won an oscar previously for Alice Doesnt Live here Anymore, a Martin Scorsese film, she is spectacular in that.
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 Prison rehab story inspires Ellen Burstyn's TV pet project | csmonitor.com
Burstyn heard about a nun who teaches female prisoners how to train dogs to assist the disabled, she was inspired to bring the story to television.
Burstyn was thrilled when she heard that the program not only saved dogs, but also helped handicapped people while "prisoners themselves very often experience unconditional love for the first time in their lives and it transforms them."
Burstyn, who also served as executive producer of the film, located the nun to obtain the rights to her story.
www.csmonitor.com /2001/0817/p19s2-altv.html   (522 words)

  
 CBS.com
Born in Detroit, Ellen Burstyn worked a number of jobs before she became an actress.
The same year, Ellen made history by winning a Tony Award for the Broadway play "Same Time, Next Year." She won praise and award nominations for the movie version of "Same Time, Next Year" (1978) and "Resurrection" (1980).
Also in the 90s, Burstyn 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).
www.cbs.com /specials/madams_family/bio/bio_burstyn.shtml   (495 words)

  
 iFMagazine.com Features - Burstyn at the Seams
Ellen Burstyn on the re-issue of "THE EXORCIST", the searing drug drama "REQUIEM FOR A DREAM" and her new goofy sitcom "THAT’S LIFE"...
REQUIEM director Darren Aronofsky says of Burstyn, “She is the best actress in the English language.” But she insists the hardest part was not the emotional drainage she endured but the prosthetic fat neck she wore before her character’s dramatic change.
Burstyn gladly sat down with iF and discussed her resurgence, her thoughts on THE EXORCIST, REQUIEM and why she is doing a sitcom.
www.ifmagazine.com /feature.asp?article=894   (1463 words)

  
 The Exorcist
As Ellen McRae, she made her Broadway debut in Fair Game in 1957 and appeared on television in the daytime drama The Doctors and the Western Iron Horse.
While Burstyn's output in the '80s was generally limited to television movies, she did earn her fifth Oscar® nomination for 1980's Resurrection.
In addition to her acting, Burstyn was the first female president of the actor's union, Actor' s Equity, serving from 1982 to 1985.
www.tnt.tv /title?oid=36448-2595   (439 words)

  
 Ellen Burstyn: Boxoffice Sneak Preview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Burstyn plays mothers in both -- to Mark Wahlberg in "The Yards" and to Jared Leto in "Requiem" -- but neither role is anything Donna Reed would covet.
For a few scenes, Aronofsky mounted a heavy camera on Burstyn's front, to film her face as she walked through an apartment, and then on her back.
Burstyn's first instinct was to reject the role when she read the script.
www.boxoff.com /issues/aug00/burstyn.html   (814 words)

  
 Getting Their Fix
Requiem for a Dream’s Ellen Burstyn and Darren Aronofsky on the sweet rush of moviemaking.
In the film, adapted from Hubert Selby’s novel, Burstyn plays Sara Goldfarb, a lonely Coney Island widow whose obsession with appearing on television becomes so all-encompassing that she starts crash dieting, just in case she needs to look thin for the cameras.
In 1973, Burstyn — who, coming off The Exorcist, was at the height of her box-office clout — hand-picked a 31-year-old Martin Scorsese to direct her in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
citypaper.net /articles/110200/mov.requiem.interview.shtml   (1308 words)

  
 The Exorcist
Born Edna Rae Gillooly in 1932, Burstyn is a Detroit native.
Burstyn was a regular dancer on "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1956-57).
Burstyn made guest appearances on "The Time Tunnel," "Maverick" and "Gunsmoke." She also began studying at the Actors Studio in New York, where she would later serve as co-artistic director in the 1980s.
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 Ellen Burstyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1974, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." All told, Burstyn has received six, count 'em six, Oscar nominations including roles in "The Exorcist" (1973) and most recently "Requiem For A Dream" (2000).
As of 2002, she had made 44 movies in a career that is still going strong.
Although, maybe not a household name like some other CT grads and despite rumors that she dropped out before graduating, Ellen Burstyn is one of the most accomplished former students in Cass Tech history.
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 Amazon.ca: Alice Doesnt Live/Anymore >: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 'Alice' he allows Burstyn's instincts about her character to come to the fore in the scene in the kitchen with Kris Kristofferson where she talks of her early showbiz career with her brother.
Ironically, filming had to be stopped on this movie for a couple of days because Ellen Burstyn had to go to the Oscars as she was nominated for her role in 'The Exorcist' that year.
Nothing more needs to be said about Ellen Burstyn here other than she still remains in my mind as one of the luminary, top-drawer actresses in American cinema these past 30+ years.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6300268136   (1343 words)

  
 FilmStew.com • Wicker Wins Over Two
Ellen Burstyn and Leelee Sobieski have been added to the cast of the Nicolas Cage-starring remake.
Nicolas Cage has been attached for some time, and now Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn and Leelee Sobieski are joining the cast of Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 British horror film The Wicker Man.
Burstyn, repped by CAA, recently worked for Darren Aronofsky, who directed her to an Oscar nomination for Requiem for a Dream, in The Fountain.
www.filmstew.com /Content/Article.asp?ContentID=12103&Pg=1   (254 words)

  
 Ellen Burstyn Show   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It's hard to win a battle of wits with Ellen Brewer (Ellen Burstyn), who's not only a writer but a college professor.
Here's an example: Ellen teaches a writing seminar in her home.
When a student fails to hand in his paper, Ellen tells him to write it today -- before he leaves the house.
www.billywirthfanclub.com /tv/ELLENBURSTYN   (239 words)

  
 "The Ellen Burstyn Show" (1986)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ellen Burstyn agreed to do a series, but the show was stuck with a terrible lead-in ("Life With Lucy") and a terrible timeslot (on Saturday night), and Burstyn, while a fantastic actress and movie star, wasn't the kind of star likely to draw a large audience from name-ID alone.
With Megan Mullally as her daughter (about as far from her "Will and Grace" character as you can get) and Elaine Stritch as her mother, plus one of the cutest child actors ever as her grandson, Burstyn was ably supported in this family sitcom.
Unfortunately, no miracle occurred, and the show was cancelled in a matter of weeks.
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 Playbill Biography: ELLEN BURSTYN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Burstyn has been nominated for an Academy Award for five other films: The Last Picture Show (1971); The Exorcist (1973); Same Time, Next Year (1978); Resurrection (1980); and, most recently, in Requiem for a Dream (1999).
Burstyn's many theatre credits include the 1982 Broadway production of 84 Charing Cross Road and Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, in which she starred with Burgess Meredith Off-Broadway.
Burstyn returns to the Longacre Theatre, where she made her Broadway debut in 1957 in Sam Locke's Fair Game starring Sam Levene.
www.playbill.com /celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/2132   (304 words)

  
 Savannah College of Art and Design > About the College > News > Savannah Film Festival to honor actress Ellen ...
Burstyn’s esteemed career includes acting for film stage and television.
She became the first woman to win both a Tony award and an Academy Award in the same year for her work in Bernard Slade’s “Same Time, Next Year” on Broadway and in Martin Scorsese’s “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (1975).
She also received the Golden Globe and the British Academy Award for her role in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Burstyn has received Academy Award nominations for five other films including, “The Last Picture Show’ (1971), “The Exorcist” (1973), “Same Time Next Year” (1978) and “Requiem for a Dream” (1999).
www.scad.edu /about/news/topstories/2005/110305.cfm   (341 words)

  
 Ellen Burstyn Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1957, she changed her stage name to Ellen McRae for her Broadway debut in "Fair Game" and continued to work under that moniker for over a decade, during which she found constant employment in TV appearances and minor film roles.
Burstyn spent the better part of the 1980s dividing her time between running the Actors Studio and establishing a notable and acclaimed television presence.
Later that same year, Burstyn returned to series TV work as the mother of young woman who returns home to resume her college studies in lieu of marriage in the CBS drama "That's Life".
www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/199435   (1597 words)

  
 Saturday Night Live: Ellen Burstyn/Aretha Franklin - TV.com
We don't have allusions for Ellen Burstyn/Aretha Franklin.
NBC executives had a blazing row against her insistence to have a sketch featuring a nun who was not a virgin.
It had gotten to the point where NBC boss Fred Silverman told the Standards department that the Ellen Burstyn show would not air.
www.tv.com /saturday-night-live/ellen-burstynaretha-franklin/episode/116858/summary.html   (282 words)

  
 Ellen Burstyn Pics - Ellen Burstyn News - Ellen Burstyn Information
Earthy, appealing star of the 1970s who acted under several names (most often Edna Rae) on stage and in TV shows during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Later adopting her (then third) married name, Burstyn, she appeared in several other nondescript pictures...
Married to William Alexander from 1950 to 1955, Paul Roberts from 1957 to 1959, and Neil Burstyn from 1960 until 1971.
www.tv.com /ellen-burstyn/person/1274/summary.html   (274 words)

  
 Playbill News: PHOTO CALL: Ellen Burstyn Tells All as Widow Opens on Broadway
Ellen Burstyn takes her opening night bow in Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Nov. 17 at the Longacre Theatre in New York City.
The play, by author Martin Tahse, tells the story of Lucy Marsden, the world's oldest living confederate widow, as she recounts her life from the age of fifteen, when she married a fifty-year old Civil War soldier, to the present day.
Academy Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn is the sole perfomer.
www.playbill.com /news/article/82843.html   (388 words)

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