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Ellen Burstyn

English
Filmography

The Exorcist: Believer

2023
as Chris MacNeil

Three Months

2022

Pieces of a Woman

2021
as Elizabeth Weiss

Queen Bees

2021
as Helen Wilson

Dangerous

2021

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

2019
as Ellen Burstyn

Lucy in the Sky

2019
as Nana Holbrook

Nostalgia

2018
as Helen Greer

The Tale

2018
as Nadine 'Nettie' Fox

All I Wish

2018
as Celia Berges

Friedkin Uncut

2018

The House of Tomorrow

2017
as Josephine Prendergast

Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime

2017
as Ellen Burstyn

Custody

2016
as Beatrice Fisher

Wiener-Dog

2016
as Nana

The Age of Adaline

2015
as Flemming

Unity

2015
as Herself - Narrator (voice)

About Scout

2015
as Gram

Flowers in the Attic

2014
as Olivia Foxworth

Petals on the Wind

2014
as Olivia Foxworth

The Calling

2014
as Emily Micallef

Two Men in Town

2014
as Mère Garnett

River of Fundament

2014
as Hathfertiti

Draft Day

2014
as Barb Weaver

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014
as Herself - Interviewee

Wish You Well

2013
as Louisa Mae Cardinal

Love, Marilyn

2012
as Herself

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

2011
as Nanette

Reflections of a Philosopher King

2010
as Interviewee

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story

2010
as Ellen Burstyn

The Mighty Macs

2009
as Mother St. John

PoliWood

2009

The Velveteen Rabbit

2009
as Swan

According to Greta

2009
as Katherine

Lovely, Still

2008
as Mary

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

2008
as Miss Addie

W.

2008
as Barbara Bush

The Stone Angel

2007
as Hagar

Mitch Albom's For One More Day

2007
as Pauline "Posey" Benetto

30 Days

2006
as Maura

The Elephant King

2006
as Diana Hunt

Hubert Selby Jr: It'll Be Better Tomorrow

2006
as Herself

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006
as Herself

Mrs. Harris

2006
as Former Tarnower Steady

The Fountain

2006
as Dr. Lillian Guzetti

The Wicker Man

2006
as Sister Summersisle

Our Fathers

2005
as Mary Ryan

The Five People You Meet In Heaven

2004
as Ruby

The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel

2004
as Tommie

Brush with Fate

2003
as Rika

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

2003
as Herself

Red Dragon

2002
as Grandma Dolarhyde (Voice)

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

2002
as Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker

Within These Walls

2001
as Joan Thomas

Memories, Dreams & Addictions

2001
as Ellen Burstyn

Requiem for a Dream

2001
as Sara Goldfarb

The Yards

2000
as Val Handler

Mermaid

2000
as Trish

The Last Picture Show: A Look Back

1999
as Ellen Burstyn

Night Ride Home

1999
as Maggie

Walking Across Egypt

1999
as Mattie Rigsbee

You Can Thank Me Later

1999
as Shirley Cooperberg

Playing by Heart

1998
as Mildred

The Patron Saint of Liars

1998
as June Clatterbuck

Marilyn in Manhattan

1998
as Herself

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

1998
as Herself - 'Chris MacNeil'

Flash

1997
as Laura Strong

Deceiver

1997
as Mook

A Deadly Vision

1997

Our Son, the Matchmaker

1996
as Iva Mae

The Spitfire Grill

1996
as Hannah Ferguson

How to Make an American Quilt

1995
as Hy Dodd

Roommates

1995
as Judith

The Baby-Sitters Club

1995
as Emily Haberman

Follow The River

1995
as Gretel

When a Man Loves a Woman

1994
as Emily

Getting Gotti

1994

Trick of the Eye

1994
as Frances Griffin

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

1993
as Joan Delvecchio

The Cemetery Club

1993
as Esther Moskowitz

Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story

1992
as Wilma

When It Was a Game 2

1992
as Self - Passage Narrator

Earth and the American Dream

1992
as Reader

Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love

1991
as Lillian "Lil" Lambert

Dying Young

1991
as Mrs. O'Neil

The Color of Evening

1990
as Kate O'Rielly

When You Remember Me

1990
as Nurse Cooder

Hanna's War

1988
as Katalin

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

1987
as Mrs. Stocks (voice)

Pack of Lies

1987
as Barbara Jackson

Act of Vengeance

1986
as Margaret Yablonski

Surviving

1985
as Tina Brogan

Twice in a Lifetime

1985
as Kate MacKenzie

Into Thin Air

1985
as Joan Walker

The Ambassador

1984
as Alex Hacker

The People vs. Jean Harris

1981
as Jean Harris

Silence of the North

1981
as Olive Frederickson

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981
as Herself

Resurrection

1980
as Edna

Same Time, Next Year

1978
as Doris

A Dream of Passion

1978

Providence

1977
as Sonia Langham

Thursday's Game

1974
as Lynne Evers

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974
as Alice Wyatt

Harry and Tonto

1974
as Shirley Mallard

The Exorcist

1973
as Chris MacNeil

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972
as Sally

The Last Picture Show

1971
as Lois Farrow

Alex in Wonderland

1970
as Beth Morrison

Tropic of Cancer

1970
as Mona

Pit Stop

1969
as Ellen McLeod

For Those Who Think Young

1964
as Dr. Pauline Swenson (as Ellen McRae)

Goodbye Charlie

1964
as Franny Salzman

Saturn Awards

as Self - Nominee

Bathing Flo

Director

Movie Bathing Flo

Producer

Movie Bathing Flo