Ellen Burstyn began a career on Broadway in 1957, but joined “The Actor’s Studio” ten years later. Throughout the 1960s, Ellen Burstyn appeared on several films, including “Goodbye Charlie,” “For Those Who Think Young,” “The Winner,” “Alex in Wonderland,” and “Tropic of Cancer.” Ellen Burstyn was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award for her work on the 1971 film “The Last Picture Show.” After working on “The King of Marvin Gardens” in 1972, she was again nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for the 1973 movie “The Exorcist.” In 1974, she won a BAFTA and an Academy Award for Best Actress after portraying Alice Hyatt in the film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.”

Between feature films and TV gigs, Ellen Burstyn continued to act on stage. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress for her work as Doris on “Same Time, Next Year,” a role she reprised in its movie adaptation in 1978. For the movie version, Ellen Burstyn won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated with an Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1980, she earned nominations from both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for her performance in the film “Resurrection.”

Aside from her award-winning performances on the big screen, Ellen Burstyn is also a household name in TV. She has appeared on numerous TV shows and series, including “The Greatest Show on Earth,” and “Thursday’s Game.” Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ellen Burstyn appeared in numerous TV shows and made-for-TV films, including “The People vs. Jean Harris,” “Into Thin Air,” “Act of Vengeance,” “Something in Common,” “Look away,” “Pack of Lies,” “When You Remember Me,” “Trick of the Eye,” “Follow the River,” “Flash,” “A Deadly Vision,” and “Mermaid,” among others. In 1986, Ellen Burstyn even landed on her own sitcom entitled “The Ellen Burstyn Show.”

In 2000, Ellen Burstyn received two more nominations from Golden Globe and Academy Award for playing Sara Goldfarb in “Requiem for a Dream.” That same year, she starred in the CBS drama “That’s Life” until 2002. In 2006, she starred in the NBC comedy drama “The Book of Daniel” and appeared in several films such as “The Fountain,” “The Wicker Man,” “The Elephant King” and “30 Days.” The following year, she guest-starred in the hit HBO series “Big Love” and appeared on the film “The Stone Angel” and the telefilm “Mitch Albom’s For One More Day.” In 2008, she portrayed Barbara Bush in the movie “W” and went back to her roots in the production of “The Little Flower of East Orange.”