Who is ellen burstyn

Says she is often mistaken for fellow actress Louise Fletcher. Fletcher reports being told frequently that she did a wonderful job in one of Burstyn's roles. An ordained minister, Burstyn does not consume alcohol or drink coffee and practices yoga. Burstyn was quoted in the book "On Women Turning 50" that she did not attend the Academy Awards ceremony the year she won as she felt she could not handle the pressure and attention if she won.

After attending several later Oscar ceremonies at which she lost, she later regretted not being there to accept her award. Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival Co-head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival The character of Jean Harris seems to be a favorite for Burstyn. Jean Harris and, in , she was nominated as a supporting character as an ex-lover of Jean Harris's lover in the cable-movie based on the Harris case in Mrs.

Harris Burstyn is perhaps the first actress to be nominated for a performance that is less than 1-minute long in fact, it is approximately 15 seconds. She vied for the Emmy with fellow "Mrs. Neither won. Made a special Academy Awards appearance in , at the The 70th Annual Academy Awards , and participated in the "Oscar Family Album" sequence, along with many other former Academy Award winners.

Was listed as a potential nominee on the Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actress category for her performance in the film The Wicker Man , however, she failed to receive a nomination.

Her third and last husband, Neil Burstyn was a bright, talented upcoming actor and writer The Monkees According to Ellen, he eventually degenerated into mental illness and became schizophrenic and violent. He left her just before she became a star.

When she refused his pleas to get back together, he stalked and terrorized her for many years. He committed suicide in Became a mother in , when she adopted her son, Jefferson Roberts, with her now ex-2nd husband, Paul Roberts. The Elephant King. Possible Side Effects. Main Street. Draft Day. The Age of Adaline. Two Men in Town. Another Happy Day. The Wicker Man. Petals on the Wind. The Calling. River of Fundament.

Wish You Well. About Scout. The Tale. A Little Something for Your Birthday. The House of Tomorrow. American Woman. Lucy in the Sky. Pieces of a Woman.

Thursday's Game. The Cemetery Club. The Exorcist. Harry and Tonto. How to Make an American Quilt. Same Time, Next Year. Queen Bees. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The Spitfire Grill. The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. Lovely, Still. Our Lady of Victory. Pauline Swenson as Ellen McRae. Jenny as Ellen McRae. Susan Mason as Ellen MacRae. Eva Laurelton as Ellen McRae. Ellen as Ellen McRae. Margaret Whitlow as Ellen McRae. Louise as Ellen McRae.

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Hide Show Director 1 credit. Hide Show Soundtrack 4 credits. Hide Show Thanks 3 credits. Throughout the s and s, she also built up a considerable resume of acclaimed television features and series, beginning in with her Emmy-nominated performance in the fact-based miniseries The People vs. Jean Harris. Burstyn went on to play a number of small, if memorable, performances in a variety of more films, including How to Make an American Quilt , starring Winona Ryder , and The Spitfire Grill Burstyn plays a woman dealing with her grown son's battle with AIDS in the film.

In , Burstyn played to a decidedly younger audience with her co-starring role opposite teen heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Thomas in the little-seen Walking Across Egypt. On the small screen, she was a regular on the new comedy series That's Life , playing the busybody mother of a grown woman who decides to go back to college to get her degree.

By far her crowning achievement of that year, however, was her harrowing portrayal of a woman addicted to diet pills in the edgy, disturbing drama Requiem for a Dream , directed by Darren Aronofsky. Burstyn continued to juggle film and television projects. In recent years, Burstyn has thrived on the small screen.