Ellen Burstyn

The Exorcist: Believer
Chris MacNeil
Movie, 2023

• Director: David Gordon Green
• Main cast: Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Lidya Jewett, Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair
• Music: David Wingo

Mother, Couch
Mother
Movie, 2023

• Director: Niclas Larsson
• Main cast: Ewan McGregor, Lake Bell, Taylor Russell
• Music: Christopher Bear

Welcome to Pine Grove!
Helen Wilson
Movie, 2021

• Main cast: James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret Olsson

Pieces of a Woman
Elizabeth
Movie, 2020

• Director: Kornél Mundruczó
• Main cast: Vanessa Kirby, Shia LaBeouf, Iliza Shlesinger, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Howard Shore

Lucy in the Sky
Nana Holbrook
Movie, 2019

• Director: Noah Hawley
• Main cast: Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm
• Music: Jeff Russo

American Woman
Miss Dolly
Movie, 2019

• Director: Semi Chellas
• Main cast: John Gallagher Jr., Sarah Gadon, Lola Kirke, Hong Chau
• Music: Lesley Barber

The Age of Adaline
Flemming
Movie, 2015

• Director: Lee Toland Krieger
• Main cast: Harrison Ford, Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman
• Music: Rob Simonsen

About Scout
Gram
Movie, 2015

• Director: Laurie Weltz
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, James Frecheville, Onata Aprile
• Music: John Dragonetti

Interstellar
Murph (Old)
Movie, 2014

• Director: Sir Christopher Nolan
• Main cast: Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain
• Music: Hans Zimmer

Draft Day
Barb Weaver
Movie, 2014

• Director: Ivan Reitman
• Main cast: Jennifer Garner, Sam Elliott, Kevin Costner, Tom Welling
• Music: John Debney

Wish You Well
Louisa Mae Cardinal
Movie, 2013

• Director: Darnell Martin
• Main cast: Josh Lucas, Mackenzie Foy, Ellen Burstyn, Ned Bellamy

Fragments: Marilyn Monroe
Self
Movie, 2012

• Director: Liz Garbus
• Main cast: Elizabeth Banks, Evan Rachel Wood, Uma Thurman, Lindsay Lohan

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Nanette
Movie, 2011

• Director: Roberto Faenza
• Main cast: Peter Gallagher, Marcia Gay Harden, Lucy Liu, Toby Regbo
• Music: Andrea Guerra

The Mighty Macs
Mother St. John
Movie, 2009

• Director: Tim Chambers
• Main cast: Carla Gugino, Ellen Burstyn, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton

According to Greta
Katherine
Movie, 2009

• Director: Nancy Bardawil
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Evan Ross, Hilary Duff, Michael Murphy
• Music: John E. Nordstrom

W. Bush
Barbara Bush
Movie, 2008

• Director: Oliver Stone
• Main cast: Elizabeth Banks, Toby Jones, Josh Brolin, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Paul Cantelon

Lovely, Still
Mary
Movie, 2008

• Main cast: Elizabeth Banks, Martin Landau, Adam Scott, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Miss Addie
Movie, 2008

• Director: Jodie Markell
• Main cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret Olsson
• Music: Mark Orton

The Fountain
Dr. Lillian Guzetti
Movie, 2006

• Director: Darren Aronofsky
• Main cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis
• Music: Clint Mansell

The Wicker Man
Sister Summersisle
Movie, 2006

• Director: Neil LaBute
• Main cast: Nicolas Cage, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Angelo Badalamenti

The Color of Evening
Movie, 2006

• Director: Steve Stafford
• Main cast: Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Leonard Rosenman

The Elephant King
Diana Hunt
Movie, 2006

• Director: Seth Grossman
• Main cast: Tate Ellington, Ellen Burstyn

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
Movie, 2005

• Main cast: Darren Aronofsky, Hubert Selby Jr.

Five People You Meet in Heaven, The (2004)
Ruby
Movie, 2004

• Director: Lloyd Kramer
• Main cast: Jeff Daniels, Jon Voight, Michael Imperioli, Ellen Burstyn, Dagmara Dominczyk

Second Chances: The Making of 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'
Movie, 2004

• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson

Brush with Fate
Rika
Movie, 2003

• Director: Brent Shields
• Main cast: Glenn Close, Ellen Burstyn, Thomas Gibson, Phyllida Law

A Decade Under the Influence
Movie, 2003

• Director: Richard LaGravenese, Ted Demme
• Main cast: Francis Ford Coppola, Sydney Pollack, Julie Christie

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Movie, 2003

• Director: Kenneth Bowser
• Main cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Hopper

Hannibal 3
Grandma Dolarhyde
Movie, 2002

• Director: Brett Ratner
• Main cast: Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Harvey Keitel
• Music: Danny Elfman

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker
Movie, 2002

• Main cast: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner
• Music: T Bone Burnett, David Mansfield

The Making of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Self
Movie, 2001

• Main cast: Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn

Memories Dreams & Addictions
Movie, 2001

• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Hubert Selby Jr.

Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut)
Sara Goldfarb
Movie, 2000

• Director: Darren Aronofsky
• Main cast: Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto, Ellen Burstyn, Marlon Wayans
• Music: Clint Mansell

The Yards
Val Handler
Movie, 2000

• Director: James Gray
• Main cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Joaquin Phoenix
• Music: Howard Shore

You Can Thank Me Later
Shirley Cooperberg
Movie, 1999

• Director: Shimon Dotan
• Main cast: Amanda Plummer, Ellen Burstyn, Mary McDonnell
• Music: Walter Christian Rothe

Walking Across Egypt
Mattie Rigsbee
Movie, 1999

• Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
• Main cast: Mark Hamill, Ellen Burstyn, Judge Reinhold, Jonathan Taylor Thomas
• Music: Marco Beltrami

Night Ride Home
Maggie
Movie, 1999

• Director: Glenn Jordan
• Main cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Keith Carradine, Thora Birch, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Bruce Broughton

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
Movie, 1999

• Director: Laurent Bouzereau
• Main cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Cybill Shepard

Marilyn In Manhattan
Self
Movie, 1998

• Main cast: Ben Gazzara, Cynthia Adler, Joshua Greene, Milton H. Greene

Miracle of the Spring
June Clatterbuck
Movie, 1998

• Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
• Main cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dana Delany, Clancy Brown, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Daniel Licht

Playing by Heart
Mildred
Movie, 1998

• Director: Willard Carroll
• Main cast: Ryan Phillippe, Gillian Anderson, Angelina Jolie, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: John Barry

The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist'
- 'Chris MacNeil'
Movie, 1998

• Director: Nick Freand Jones
• Main cast: William Friedkin, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Kermode, William O'Malley

Murder in Mind
Movie, 1997

• Director: Bill L. Norton
• Main cast: Peter Boyle, Kristin Davis, Matthew Settle
• Music: Chris Walden

The Spitfire Grill
Hannah Ferguson
Movie, 1996

• Director: Lee David Zlotoff
• Main cast: Will Patton, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Elliott, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: James Horner

Timepiece
Maud Gannon
Movie, 1996

• Director: Marcus Cole
• Main cast: Naomi Watts, James Earl Jones, Kevin Kilner, Ellen Burstyn

How to Make an American Quilt
Hy Dodd
Movie, 1995

• Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
• Main cast: Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan
• Music: Thomas Newman

The Babysitter's Club
Emily Haberman
Movie, 1995

• Director: Melanie Mayron
• Main cast: Bre Blair, Rachael Leigh Cook, Schuyler Fisk, Larisa Oleynik
• Music: David Michael Frank

Follow the River
Gretel
Movie, 1995

• Director: Martin Davidson
• Main cast: Sheryl Lee, Ellen Burstyn, Tim Guinee, Eric Schweig
• Music: Ernest Troost

Roommates
Judith
Movie, 1995

• Director: Peter Yates
• Main cast: Julianne Moore, D.B. Sweeney, Ellen Burstyn, Peter Falk
• Music: Elmer Bernstein

When a Man Loves a Woman
Emily
Movie, 1994

• Director: Luis Mandoki
• Main cast: Andy Garcia, Meg Ryan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tina Majorino
• Music: Zbigniew Preisner

Getting Gotti
Movie, 1994

• Director: Roger Young
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Denison
• Music: Patrick Williams

Getting Out
Arlie's Mother
Movie, 1994

• Director: John Korty
• Main cast: Rebecca De Mornay, Robert Knepper, Carol Mitchell-Leon
• Music: Mason Daring

Primal Secrets
Frances Griffin
Movie, 1994

• Director: Ed Kaplan
• Main cast: Paxton Whitehead, Ellen Burstyn, Alastair Duncan, Meg Tilly

The Cemetery Club
Esther Moskowitz
Movie, 1993

• Director: Bill Duke
• Main cast: Danny Aiello, Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd, Olympia Dukakis
• Music: Elmer Bernstein

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Joan Delvecchio
Movie, 1993

• Director: Bill Corcoran
• Main cast: Melissa Gilbert, Shirley Douglas, Kate Nelligan
• Music: Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon

Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
Wilma
Movie, 1992

• Director: Harry Winer
• Main cast: Stephen Lang, Shelley Hack, Patricia Wettig
• Music: Randy Edelman

When It Was a Game 2
Passage Narrator
Movie, 1992

• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Joe Mantegna, Jack Palance

Earth and the American Dream
Movie, 1992

• Director: Bill Couturié
• Main cast: James Caan, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Burstyn

Dying Young
Mrs. O'Neil
Movie, 1991

• Director: Joel Schumacher
• Main cast: Julia Roberts, Vincent D'Onofrio, Campbell Scott, Colleen Dewhurst
• Music: James Newton Howard

Grand Isle
Mademoiselle Reisz
Movie, 1991

• Director: Mary Lambert
• Main cast: Glenne Headly, Kelly McGillis, Ellen Burstyn, Adrian Pasdar
• Music: Elliot Goldenthal

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Lillian "Lil" Lambert
Movie, 1991

• Director: Charles Matthau
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Walter Matthau

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Self
Movie, 1991

• Director: George Hickenlooper
• Main cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Cybill Shepard, Antonia Bogdanovich

When You Remember Me
Nurse Cooder
Movie, 1990

• Director: Harry Winer
• Main cast: Kevin Spacey, Ellen Burstyn, Fred Savage
• Music: J. Peter Robinson

American Masters: Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
Movie, 1989

• Director: David Heeley
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Stella Adler, Joanne Woodward

Hello Actors Studio
Self
Movie, 1988

• Director: Annie Tresgot
• Main cast: Elia Kazan, Harvey Keitel, Ellen Burstyn, Lee Grant

Hanna's War
Katalin
Movie, 1988

• Director: Menahem Golan
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Donald Pleasence, Anthony Andrews, Maruschka Detmers
• Music: Dov Seltzer

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Mrs. Stocks
Movie, 1987

• Director: Bill Couturié
• Main cast: Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn, J. Kenneth Campbell, Richard Chaves

Pack of Lies
Barbara Jackson
Movie, 1987

• Director: Anthony Page
• Main cast: Teri Garr, Ellen Burstyn, Sammi Davis, Ronald Haines
• Music: Stanley Myers

Something in Common
Lynn Hollander
Movie, 1986

• Director: Glenn Jordan
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Tuesday Weld, Patrick Cassidy
• Music: John Addison

Into Thin Air
Joan Walker
Movie, 1985

• Director: Roger Young
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Robards
• Music: Brad Fiedel

Terror in the Aisles
Movie, 1984

• Director: Andrew J. Kuehn
• Main cast: Nancy Allen, Angie Dickinson, Morgan Fairchild, Donald Pleasence, Fred Asparagus
• Music: John Beal

I Love Liberty
Self
Movie, 1982

• Director: Bill Carruthers
• Main cast: Christopher Atkins, Valerie Bertinelli, Desi Arnaz Jr.

Sois belle et tais-toi
Movie, 1981

• Director: Delphine Seyrig
• Main cast: Jill Clayburgh, Ellen Burstyn, Jenny Agutter, Marie Dubois, Delia Salvi, Delphine Seyrig

The People vs. Jean Harris
Jean Harris
Movie, 1981

• Director: George Schaefer
• Main cast: Martin Balsam, Richard Dysart, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Brad Fiedel

Silence of the North
Olive Frederickson
Movie, 1981

• Director: Allan King
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Tom Skerritt, Colin Fox

A Dream of Passion
Movie, 1978

• Director: Jules Dassin
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Despo Diamantidou, Melina Mercouri, Andréas Voutsinas

Same Time, Next Year
Doris
Movie, 1978

• Director: Robert Mulligan
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Alan Alda, Ivan Bonar, Bernie Kuby
• Music: Marvin Hamlisch

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Wyatt
Movie, 1974

• Director: Martin Scorsese
• Main cast: Harvey Keitel, Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Alfred Lutter
• Music: Richard LaSalle

Harry and Tonto
Shirley Mallard
Movie, 1974

• Director: Paul Mazursky
• Main cast: Ellen Burstyn, Art Carney, Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Music: Bill Conti

Thursday's Game
Lynne Evers
Movie, 1974

• Main cast: Cloris Leachman, Bob Newhart, Ellen Burstyn, Gene Wilder
• Music: Billy Goldenberg

Exorcist
Chris MacNeil
Movie, 1973

• Director: William Friedkin
• Main cast: Lee J. Cobb, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn
• Music: Jack Nitzsche

The King of Marvin Gardens
Sally
Movie, 1972

• Director: Bob Rafelson
• Main cast: Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson

The Last Picture Show
Lois Farrow
Movie, 1971

• Director: Peter Bogdanovich
• Main cast: Jeff Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Cybill Shepard, Timothy Bottoms

Alex in Wonderland
Beth Morrison
Movie, 1970

• Director: Paul Mazursky
• Main cast: Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn, Meg Mazursky, Glenna Sargent
• Music: Tom O'Horgan

Tropic of Cancer
Mona
Movie, 1970

• Director: Joseph Strick
• Main cast: Rip Torn, David Baur, James T. Callahan, Sheila Steafel
• Music: Stanley Myers

Goodbye Charlie
Franny Salzman
Movie, 1964

• Director: Vincente Minnelli
• Main cast: Joanna Barnes, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis, Pat Boone
• Music: André Previn

For Those Who Think Young
Dr. Pauline Swenson
Movie, 1964

• Director: Leslie H. Martinson
• Main cast: Tina Louise, Paul Lynde, James Darren, Pamela Tiffin
• Music: Jerry Fielding