| Jméno: | Ellen Burstyn |
| Datum narození: | 1932-12-07 |
| Místo narození: | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Výška: | 1.68 m |
| IMDb ID: | nm0000995 |
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicated women in dramas, Burstyn was the recipient of various accolades, and was among the few performers to have won an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony (Triple Crown of Acting). Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. She made her stage debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in The Exorcist (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. She appeared in numerous television films and gained further recognition from her performances in Same Time, Next Year (1978), which won her a Golden Globe Award, and Resurrection (1980), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), and Requiem For a Dream (2000). For playing a lonely drug-addicted woman in the last one of these, she was again nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In the 2010s, she made appearances in television series including the political dramas, Political Animals and House of Cards, which have earned her Emmy Award nominations. From 2000 till her death, she had been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work on stage. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Burstyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
- Suffered a permanent spinal injury while filming Vymítač ďábla (1973). In the sequence where she is thrown away from her possessed daughter, a harness jerked her hard away from the bed. She fell on her coccyx and screamed in pain, which was kept in the final version of the released film.
- Turned down the lead role in Přelet nad kukaččím hnízdem (1975) because she had a sick husband to care for.
- Her third (and last) husband, Neil Burstyn was a bright, talented upcoming actor and writer (The Monkees (1965)). 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 1978.
- Worked as an acrobat and as a model for paperback covers.
- In September 2009, she became the 20th person to have won the Triple Crown of Acting: Academy Award (1975: Alice už tu nebydlí (1974)); Tony Award (1975: Same Time Next Year), and Emmy Award (2009: Zákon a porádek: Útvar pro zvlástní obeti (1999)).
- An ordained minister, Burstyn does not consume alcohol or drink coffee and practices yoga.
- Played her Academy Award nominated character from Same Time, Next Year (1978) on Broadway first and won a Tony Award as Best Actress (Dramatic) for the role in 1975. 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. Martin Scorsese, the director of Alice už tu nebydlí (1974), accepted on her behalf.
- Is one of 17 actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony); the others in chronological order are Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Booth, Liza Minnelli, Rita Moreno, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Audrey Hepburn, Anne Bancroft, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Frances McDormand, Jessica Lange, Viola Davis and Glenda Jackson.
- Along with Al Pacino and Harvey Keitel, was named co-president of The Actor's Studio in 2000.
- Wore 20- and 40-pound fat suits and prosthetic necks to play Sara Goldfarb in Requiem za sen (2000).
- Became a mother in 1962, when she adopted her son, Jefferson Roberts, with her now ex-2nd husband, Paul Roberts. She has one grandchild.
- Says she is often mistaken for fellow actress Louise Fletcher. People tell her she was great in Přelet nad kukaččím hnízdem (1975) (for which Fletcher won an Oscar). Fletcher reports being told frequently that she did a wonderful job in one of Burstyn's roles.
- Underwent an illegal abortion at 5 months pregnant in 1950. The operation left her infertile.
- Following her birth parent's divorce, she was sent to St. Mary's Academy in neighboring Windsor, Ontario. She returned home to Detroit after her mother's remarriage.
- Chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." (May 2001)
- She wrote to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences to protest Liv Ullmann's elimination from Oscar contention in 1974 for her performance in Scener ur ett äktenskap (1973) (aka "Scenes from a Marriage"). AMPAS used a rule under which TV presentations must have appeared in movie theaters in the same year, to prevent Ullmann from being nominated. The result is that Burstyn won the Oscar for her performance in Alice už tu nebydlí (1974).
- Is one of 14 Best Actress Oscar winners to have not accepted their Academy Award in person, Burstyn's being for Alice už tu nebydlí (1974). The others are Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Judy Holliday, Vivien Leigh Anna Magnani, Ingrid Bergman, Sophia Loren, Anne Bancroft, Patricia Neal, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith and Glenda Jackson.
- Part of remarkable Strasberg alumni: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, James Dean, Steve McQueen, Christopher Walken, Marilyn Monroe,Paul Newman, Martin Landau, Angelina Jolie, Ray Liotta, Dennis Hopper, Matt Zemlin, Anne Bancroft etc.
- Godmother of her The Spitfire Grill (1996) co-star (Marcia Gay Harden)'s children.
- Served as co-artistic director for The Actor's Studio.
- In 2005, she was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Acting of the Savannah Film Festival.
- Release of her book, "Lessons in Becoming Myself". (2006)
- Burstyn plays two unusual roles where she becomes older than her parents. First, as Murph in Interstellar (2014), in which she was older than her father. The second, as Flemming in The Age of Adaline (2015), in which she was older than her mother.
- Member of the Official Competition Jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival (1977). Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival (1981). Co-head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival (1988).
- Made a special Academy Awards appearance in 1998, at the The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998), and participated in the "Oscar Family Album" sequence, along with many other former Academy Award winners.
- She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Poslední představení (1971) and Vymítač ďábla (1973).
- The character of Jean Harris seems to be a favorite for Burstyn. She was Emmy-nominated for the lead role as Jean Harris in the 1981 TV-movie, The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) and, in 2006, 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 (2005). 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. Harris" (and Poslední představení (1971)) co-star and Oscar-winner Cloris Leachman. Neither won.
- Was the 75th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Alice už tu nebydlí (1974) at The 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975) on April 8, 1975.
- Received the National Board of Review's Career Achievement Award in December 2000 at Tavern on the Green.
- Recipient of the 2006 Career Achievement in Acting Award from the Hamptons Film Festival.
- In 1975, Ellen won the Oscar for "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and the Tony for "Same Time, Next Year", making her one of five actresses to win the Tony and the Oscar in the same year. The others are Shirley Booth, Audrey Hepburn, Mercedes Ruehl, and Judi Dench.
- Daughter of Austin (1903-1988), born in the state of New Jersey, and Correine (née Hamel) Gillooly (1907-1985) , born in the state of North Dakota. They married in the state of Ohio on September 1, 1928.
- Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2007 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actress category for her performance in the film Rituál (2006), however, she failed to receive a nomination.
- Is one of 3 actresses who have won the Best Actress Oscar for playing a character called Alice. The others are Simone Signoret for Room at the Top (1958) and Julianne Moore for Pořád jsem to já (2014).
- Has two brothers.
- The runaway story of her character Alice Hyatt in Alice už tu nebydlí (1974) inspired the character of Dolors (Montse Caminal) in the Short film Silenci (2007).
- The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on her 9th birthday, & the following movies/TV shows were released/aired on her birthday: Log 111: The Boa Constrictor (1968)(#1.11)The New Improved Mel (1980)(#5.7) (an episode of Alice (1976) which is based on Alice už tu nebydlí (1974)) ,where she played the title role.2010 (1984).
- Log 111: The Boa Constrictor (1968)(#1.11)
- The New Improved Mel (1980)(#5.7) (an episode of Alice (1976) which is based on Alice už tu nebydlí (1974)) ,where she played the title role.
- 2010 (1984).
- Is one of 19 actresses to have received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance where they acted out a labor and/or birth; hers being for Same Time, Next Year (1978). The others in chronological order are Luise Rainer for The Good Earth (1937), Jane Wyman for Johnny Belinda (1948), Eleanor Parker for Caged (1950), Elizabeth Taylor for Raintree County (1957), Leslie Caron for The L-Shaped Room (1962), Shirley MacLaine for Sladká Irma (1963), Vanessa Redgrave for Isadora (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Tisíc dnů s Annou (1969), Marsha Mason for Cinderella Liberty (1973), Ann-Margret for Tommy (1975), Jessica Lange for Sweet Dreams (1985), Meryl Streep for Výkřik ve tmě (1988), Samantha Morton for In America (2002), Elliot Page for Juno (2007), Gabourey Sidibe for Precious (2009), Ruth Negga for Loving (2016), Yalitza Aparicio for Roma (2018) and Vanessa Kirby for Pieces of a Woman (2020).
- Born at 4:00 AM EST.
- Went to the same high school with Della Reese.
- Temná zákoutí (2000) was hers, Mark Wahlberg's, & Joaquin Phoenix' first movie of the 21st century/third millennium.
