Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn’s illustrious career encompasses film, stage, and television. In 1975, she became only the third woman in history to win both the Tony Award and the AcademyAward® 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,” for which she also received a Golden Globe nomination and a British Academy Award for Best Actress. She has been nominated for an Academy Award® five other times, for the films: “The Last Picture Show” (1972), “The Exorcist” (1974), “Same Time, Next Year” (1979),“Resurrection” (1981), and “Requiem for a Dream” (2001).

Burstyn has worked with some of film’s most visionary directors, from Martin Scorseseto Darren Aronofsky – and has appeared in such films as “Alex in Wonderland” (1970),“The King of Marvin Gardens” (1972), “Harry and Tonto” (1974), “Providence” (1976),“Dream of Passion” (1978), “Silence of the North” (1980), “Twice in a Lifetime” (1986),“Dying Young” (1990), “The Cemetery Club” (1993), “Roommates” (1995), “How ToMake An American Quilt” (1995), “The Babysitter’s Club” (1995), “The Spitfire Grill”(1996), “Playing By Heart” (1998), “The Yards” (1998), “Walking Across Egypt”(1999), “The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” (2002), “The Elephant King”(2006) and “The Wicker Man” (2006)