Ellen Burstyn is an American actress which acting career began in theatre during the late 1950s.
She was born on December 7, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan.
Birth name: Edna Rae Gillooly.
Her astrological sign: Sagittarius.
Ellen Burstyn won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1973).
Parents: Correine Marie and John Austin Gillooly.
Ellen's height is 5' 7" (1.70 m).
Ellen practices Sufism.
In the early to mid 1960s, Burstyn played Dr. Kate Bartok on the NBC television soap opera The Doctors.
She hosted "Saturday Night Live" (1975) in 1980.
Burstyn is a Vegetarian.
Ellen received a permanent spinal injury while filming The Exorcist (1973).
Godmother of Marcia Gay Harden,'s children.
Ellen Burstyn was the first female president of The Actor's Equity (1982-1985).
