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Acting

Ellen Burstyn

Career: Active from 1948 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 72
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 108 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ellen Burstyn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.8
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Scare
1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 25
Social Commentary 9
Character Study 9
Moral Ambiguity 6
Emotional Journey 5
Political Intrigue 4
Family Dysfunction 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Nostalgic 4
Emotional Catharsis 4
True Story 4
Psychological Impact 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

152

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Director

2020s

11 titles · average score 58

Flesh Impact

50

as Marilyn Monroe

Place to Be

as Brooke

Mother, Couch

51

as Mother

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

as E. Jean Carroll

The Exorcist: Believer

37

as Chris MacNeil

Three Months

73

as Valerie

The First Lady

51

TV show · as Sara Delano Roosevelt

Queen Bees

57

as Helen Wilson

Law & Order: Organized Crime

70

TV show · as Bernadette Stabler

Watch on the Rhine

as Fanny

Pieces of a Woman

71

as Elizabeth Weiss

2010s

27 titles · average score 56

All I Wish

43

as Celia Berges

The Tale

84

as Nettie

Wiener-Dog

61

as Nana

The Age of Adaline

61

as Flemming

About Scout

50

as Gram

The Calling

51

as Emily Micallef

Interstellar

80

as Murph (older)

Wish You Well

68

as Louisa Mae Cardinal

Political Animals

69

TV show · as Margaret Barrish

Another Happy Day

51

as Doris Baker

The Mighty Macs

53

as Mother St. John

Main Street

28

as Georgiana Carr

2000s

25 titles · average score 57

Lovely, Still

68

as Mary

According to Greta

59

as Katherine

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

46

as Miss Addie

The Stone Angel

47

as Hagar

The Fountain

62

as Dr. Lillian Guzetti

The Wicker Man

30

as Sister Summersisle

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

74

as Ruby

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

52

as Vivi

Requiem for a Dream

80

as Sara Goldfarb

The Yards

63

as Val Handler

Mermaid

67

as Trish

That's Life

61

TV show · as Dolly DeLucca

1990s

33 titles · average score 58

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Bernie Stabler

Walking Across Egypt

70

as Mattie Rigsbee

Playing by Heart

56

as Mildred

A Will of their Own

72

TV show · as Veronica Steward

The Patron Saint of Liars

58

as June Clatterbuck

The Spitfire Grill

54

as Hannah Ferguson

How to Make an American Quilt

62

as Hy Dodd

Follow The River

61

as Gretel

When a Man Loves a Woman

68

as Emily

The Cemetery Club

52

as Esther Moskowitz

Dying Young

43

as Mrs. O'Neil

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

57

as Lillian "Lil" Lambert

1980s

14 titles · average score 67

Hanna's War

56

as Katalin

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

90

as Mrs. Stocks (voice)

Pack of Lies

69

as Barbara Jackson

Act of Vengeance

54

as Margaret Yablonski

The Ellen Burstyn Show

TV show · as Ellen Brewer

Twice in a Lifetime

56

as Kate MacKenzie

The Ambassador

51

as Alex Hacker

Into Thin Air

71

as Joan Walker

Surviving

71

as Tina Brogan

People vs. Jean Harris

as Jean Harris

Silence of the North

64

as Olive Frederickson

Resurrection

76

as Edna

1970s

11 titles · average score 69

Same Time, Next Year

56

as Doris

A Dream of Passion

70

as Brenda Collins

Providence

74

as Sonia Langham

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

79

as Alice Hyatt

Harry and Tonto

78

as Shirley

Thursday's Game

66

as Lynne Evers

The Exorcist

80

as Chris MacNeil

The King of Marvin Gardens

65

as Sally

The Last Picture Show

88

as Lois Farrow

Alex in Wonderland

47

as Beth Morrison

Tropic of Cancer

59

as Mona (uncredited)

1960s

20 titles · average score 62

Pit Stop

51

as Ellen McCleod

The Time Tunnel

76

TV show · as Eve Holland

The Big Valley

69

TV show · as Sister Sarah Jacob

Goodbye Charlie

46

as Franny Salzman

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Eva Laurelton

Kraft Suspense Theatre

70

TV show · as Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Kate Burden

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Anne Garner

Ben Casey

65

TV show · as Connie / Dr. Leslie Fraser

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Hilda Wesley

Checkmate

40

TV show · as Margo as Ellen McRae

Surfside 6

71

TV show · as Wandra Drake

1950s

9 titles · average score 75

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

70

TV show · as Donna Whittaker

The Detectives

71

TV show · as Nora

The Christmas Tree

as Elizabeth

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Sandra Keene / Betty Benson

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Mona Winthrope White

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Amy Waters / Polly

Cheyenne

71

TV show · as Emmy Mae

Letter to Loretta

70

TV show · as Ann Walters

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Elizabeth / Barbara Jackson

1940s

1 title

Easy Out?

as Mary