Ellen Burstyn
Biography
Movies 149
Interstellar
as Murph (older)
2014
The Exorcist
as Chris MacNeil
1973
The Age of Adaline
as Flemming
2015
The Exorcist: Believer
as Chris MacNeil
2023
Requiem for a Dream
as Sara Goldfarb
2000
The Fountain
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
2006
Pieces of a Woman
as Elizabeth Weiss
2020
The Last Picture Show
as Lois Farrow
1971
Flowers in the Attic
as Grandmother
2014
The Wicker Man
as Sister Summersisle
2006
When a Man Loves a Woman
as Emily
1994
How to Make an American Quilt
as Hy Dodd
1995
Draft Day
as Barb Weaver
2014
The Yards
as Val Handler
2000
Dying Young
as Mrs. O'Neil
1991
Lucy in the Sky
as Nana Holbrook
2019
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Alice Hyatt
1974
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
as Vivi
2002
W.
as Barbara Bush
2008
Same Time, Next Year
as Doris
1978
Playing by Heart
as Mildred
1998
Petals on the Wind
as Olivia Foxworth
2014
Breakdown: 1975
as Self
2025
Red Dragon
as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
2002
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
as Miss Addie
2008
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self - Interviewee
2014
The Tale
as Nettie
2018
The Baby-Sitters Club
as Mrs. Haberman
1995
Deceiver
as Mook
1997
Nostalgia
as Helen Greer
2018
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Another Happy Day
as Doris Baker
2011
Tropic of Cancer
as Mona (uncredited)
1970
Two Men in Town
as Mère Garnett
2014
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
2003
The House of Tomorrow
as Josephine Prendergast
2019
Custody
as Beatrice Fisher
2016
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
as Nanette
2012
Lovely, Still
as Mary
2009
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
1987
Three Months
as Valerie
2022
Queen Bees
as Helen Wilson
2021
Twice in a Lifetime
as Kate MacKenzie
1985
Wiener-Dog
as Nana
2016
Act of Vengeance
as Margaret Yablonski
1986
Mother, Couch
as Mother
2024
River of Fundament
as Hathfertiti
2014
Main Street
as Georgiana Carr
2010
The King of Marvin Gardens
as Sally
1972
Harry and Tonto
as Shirley
1974
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
as Ruby
2004
Providence
as Sonia Langham
1977
Flesh Impact
as Marilyn Monroe
2026
Delphine and Carole
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
as Joan Delvecchio
1993
The Calling
as Emily Micallef
2014
According to Greta
as Katherine
2009
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
The Mighty Macs
as Mother St. John
2011
This Ordinary Thing
as Self (voice)
2025
Wish You Well
as Louisa Mae Cardinal
2013
30 Days
as Maura
2006
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
The Patron Saint of Liars
as June Clatterbuck
1998
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
All I Wish
as Celia Berges
2018
The Cemetery Club
as Esther Moskowitz
1993
Mermaid
as Trish
2000
Roommates
as Judith
1995
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
2006
American Woman
as Miss Dolly
2019
Mrs. Harris
as Former Tarnower Steady
2005
The Spitfire Grill
as Hannah Ferguson
1996
Getting Gotti
as Jo Giacalone
1994
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Swan (voice)
2009
Friedkin Uncut
as Self
2018
Our Fathers
as Mary Ryan
2005
The Stone Angel
as Hagar
2007
For Those Who Think Young
as Dr. Pauline Swenson
1964
Flash
as Laura Strong
1997
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
as Herself
2021
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
1991
Into Thin Air
as Joan Walker
1985
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
I Love Liberty
as Self
1982
Follow The River
as Gretel
1995
Picture This
as Self
1991
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Chris MacNeil
1998
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1989
People vs. Jean Harris
as Jean Harris
1981
Within These Walls
as Joan Thomas
2001
Trick of the Eye
as Frances Griffin
1994
PoliWood
as Self
2009
Pack of Lies
as Barbara Jackson
1987
Place to Be
as Brooke
2026
When You Remember Me
as Nurse Cooder
1990
Resurrection
as Edna
1980
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self
1981
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
as Tommie
2004
Goodbye Charlie
as Franny Salzman
1964
About Scout
as Gram
2015
Watch on the Rhine
as Fanny
2021
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto
2007
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
as Wilma
1992
Surviving
as Tina Brogan
1985
The Elephant King
as Diana Hunt
2006
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
as Self
2006
My Brother's Keeper
as Helen
1995
Hanna's War
as Katalin
1988
Grand Isle
as Mademoiselle Reisz
1991
Alex in Wonderland
as Beth Morrison
1970
Getting Out
as Arlie's Mother
1994
Reflections of a Philosopher King
as Self
2010
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
as Self
2001
Brush with Fate
as Rika
2003
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
1992
You Can Thank Me Later
as Shirley Cooperberg
1998
Timepiece
as Maud Gannon
1996
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
as Self
2024
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
as Self
2019
Thursday's Game
as Lynne Evers
1974
The Christmas Tree
as Elizabeth
1958
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
as Self
2010
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
as E. Jean Carroll
2024
Something in Common
as Lynn Hollander
1986
Pit Stop
as Ellen McCleod
1969
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
as Self
2010
Walking Across Egypt
as Mattie Rigsbee
1999
Silence of the North
as Olive Frederickson
1981
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
as Self
1999
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
as Self
2004
The Color of Evening
as Kate O'Rielly
1990
A Deadly Vision
as Yvette Watson
1997
Ricochet
as Rose Maxon
1961
Marilyn in Manhattan
as Self
1998
The Ambassador
as Alex Hacker
1985
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
as Self
2017
Night Ride Home
as Maggie
1999
A Dream of Passion
as Brenda Collins
1978
Didn't You Used to Be Satan?
as Self
1996
Bathing Flo
Duse, the Greatest
2025
Easy Out?
as Mary
1948
Roots of Roe
as Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
1993
Presenting Geraldine Page
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
as Self
2001TV Shows 63
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Bernie Stabler
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
The View
as Self
1997
Perry Mason
as Mona Winthrope White
1957
Mom
as Shirley
2013
House of Cards
as Elizabeth Hale
2013
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
The Virginian
as Kate Burden
1962
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Host/Presenter
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1956
Cheyenne
as Emmy Mae
1955
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Bernadette Stabler
2021
Dr. Kildare
as Anne Garner
1961
The Big Valley
as Sister Sarah Jacob
1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Eva Laurelton
1963
Ben Casey
as Dr. Leslie Fraser
1961
Ben Casey
as Connie
1961
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Big Love
as Nancy Davis Dutton
2006
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Donna Whittaker
1959
The Defenders
as Hilda Wesley
1961
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Gunsmoke
as Polly
1955
Gunsmoke
as Amy Waters
1955
77 Sunset Strip
as Betty Benson
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as Sandra Keene
1958
Laramie
as Amy
1959
The Detectives
as Nora
1959
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton
1963
The Time Tunnel
as Eve Holland
1966
Surfside 6
as Wandra Drake
1960
HARDtalk
1997
Checkmate
as Margo as Ellen McRae
1960
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
That's Life
as Dolly DeLucca
2000
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Susan Mason
1963
Vacation Playhouse
as Ellen
1963
Going My Way
as Louise
1962
The First Lady
as Sara Delano Roosevelt
2022
Letter to Loretta
as Ann Walters
1953
Bus Stop
as Phyllis Dunning
1961
Political Animals
as Margaret Barrish
2012
Kraft Mystery Theatre
as Greta Dryden
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Elizabeth
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Barbara Jackson
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Maggie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rika
1951
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
as Joan
1962
The Book of Daniel
as Bishop Beatrice Congreve
2006
Coma
as Mrs. Emerson
2012
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
as Self
2022
A Will of their Own
as Veronica Steward
1998
The Ellen Burstyn Show
as Ellen Brewer
1986
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Possible Side Effects
as Marnie Hunt
2009