Ellen Burstyn is a Actor American born on 7 december 1932 at Detroit (USA)
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn participated to
86 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
5 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actress
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Directed by William FriedkinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
HorrorThemes Films about children,
Films about religion,
Films about television,
Demons in filmActors Ellen Burstyn,
Max von Sydow,
Lee J. Cobb,
Kitty Winn,
Jack MacGowran,
Jason MillerRoles Chris MacNeil
Rating80%
Lankester Merrin is a veteran Catholic priest who is on an archeological dig in Iraq. There he finds an amulet which resembles the statue of Pazuzu, a demon who Merrin defeated years ago. Merrin then realizes the demon has returned to seek revenge. , 1h58
Directed by Peter BogdanovichOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about children,
Films about sexuality,
Sports films,
LGBT-related films,
Basketball filmsActors Timothy Bottoms,
Jeff Bridges,
Ellen Burstyn,
Ben Johnson,
Cloris Leachman,
Cybill ShepherdRoles Lois Farrow
Rating79%
In 1951, Sonny Crawford (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane Jackson (Jeff Bridges) are high-school seniors and friends in a small, declining Texas town. Duane is dating Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd), the prettiest (and wealthiest) girl in town. Sonny decides to break up with girlfriend Charlene Duggs (Sharon Ullrick)., 1h52
Directed by Martin ScorseseOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Feminist films,
Transport films,
Political films,
Road moviesActors Ellen Burstyn,
Alfred Lutter,
Kris Kristofferson,
Billy "Green" Bush,
Diane Ladd,
Lelia GoldoniRoles Alice Hyatt
Rating72%
When Socorro, New Mexico, housewife Alice Hyatt's uncaring husband Donald is killed in an accident, she decides to have a garage sale, pack what's left of her meager belongings and take her precocious son Tommy to her childhood hometown of Monterey, California, where she hopes to pursue the singing career she'd abandoned when she married., 1h50
Directed by Darren AronofskyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films about sexuality,
Films about television,
Erotic films,
LGBT-related films,
Films about prostitution,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitals,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Ellen Burstyn,
Jared Leto,
Jennifer Connelly,
Marlon Wayans,
Christopher McDonald,
Louise LasserRoles Sara Goldfarb
Rating82%
During the summer in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, elderly widow Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) constantly watches television, particularly infomercials hosted by Tappy Tibbons (Christopher McDonald). After receiving an unexpected phone call that she has won a spot to participate on a television game show, she becomes obsessed with regaining the youthful appearance she possesses in an old photograph from her son Harry's (Jared Leto) graduation many years earlier. In order to fit into her old red dress seen in the picture, the favorite one of her deceased husband Seymour, she goes on a crash diet. In order to reach her goal sooner, she goes to a doctor to discuss weight loss. The doctor gives her a prescription for weight-loss amphetamine pills throughout the day and a sedative at night. Harry warns her about amphetamine dependence and risk of life-threatening consequences, but she rebuffs him and insists that the chance to be on television has given her a reason to live. As the months go by, Sara's tolerance for the pills adjust and as a result she is no longer able to feel the same high the pills once gave her. When her invitation has still not arrived, she wrongfully increases her dosage from double to triple and, as a result, begins to suffer from amphetamine psychosis. Soon, her delusions worsen and she is driven to the brink of madness when she suffers a hallucination that she appears on the game show as the principal subject while being attacked by her monstrous, anthropomorphized refrigerator., 1h55
Directed by Paul MazurskyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
Transport films,
Films about cats,
Road movies,
Children's filmsActors Art Carney,
Herbert Berghof,
Ellen Burstyn,
Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Larry Hagman,
Chief Dan GeorgeRoles Shirley Mallard
Rating72%
Harry Coombes (Art Carney) is an elderly widower and retired teacher who is forced from his Upper West Side apartment in New York City when his building is condemned. He initially stays with his eldest son Burt's family in the suburbs but eventually chooses to travel cross country with his pet cat "Tonto" in tow.