Ellen Burstyn

Full filmography

• Breakdown: 1975 (2025) as Self
• This Ordinary Thing (2025) as Self (voice)
• Duse, the Greatest (2025)
• Mother, Couch (2024) as Mother
• E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump (2024) as E. Jean Carroll
• Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist (2024) as Self
• The Exorcist: Believer (2023) as Chris MacNeil
• The First Lady (2022) as Sara Delano Roosevelt
• Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022) as Self
• Three Months (2022) as Valerie
• Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) as Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler
• Queen Bees (2021) as Helen Wilson
• Watch on the Rhine (2021) as Fanny
• Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes (2021) as Herself
• Pieces of a Woman (2020) as Elizabeth Weiss
• Delphine and Carole (2020) as Self (archive footage)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
• The House of Tomorrow (2019) as Josephine Prendergast
• The House of Tomorrow (2019) Executive Producer
• Lucy in the Sky (2019) as Nana Holbrook
• American Woman (2019) as Miss Dolly
• Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies (2019) as Self
• The Tale (2018) as Nettie
• All I Wish (2018) as Celia Berges
• Friedkin Uncut (2018) as Self
• Nostalgia (2018) as Helen Greer
• Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime (2017) as Self
• Custody (2016) as Beatrice Fisher
• Wiener-Dog (2016) as Nana
• The Age of Adaline (2015) as Flemming
• Unity (2015) as Narrator (voice)
• About Scout (2015) as Gram
• Interstellar (2014) as Murph (older)
• Flowers in the Attic (2014) as Grandmother
• Draft Day (2014) as Barb Weaver
• Petals on the Wind (2014) as Olivia Foxworth
• Two Men in Town (2014) as Mère Garnett
• And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) as Self - Interviewee
• River of Fundament (2014) as Hathfertiti
• The Calling (2014) as Emily Micallef
• Mom (2013) as Shirley
• House of Cards (2013) as Elizabeth Hale
• Love, Marilyn (2013) as Self
• Wish You Well (2013) as Louisa Mae Cardinal
• Political Animals (2012) as Margaret Barrish
• Coma (2012) as Mrs. Emerson
• Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012) as Nanette
• Another Happy Day (2011) as Doris Baker
• The Mighty Macs (2011) as Mother St. John
• Main Street (2010) as Georgiana Carr
• BBStory: An American Film Renaissance (2010) as Self
• America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (2010) as Self
• Reflections of a Philosopher King (2010) as Self
• Lovely, Still (2009) as Mary
• According to Greta (2009) as Katherine
• The Velveteen Rabbit (2009) as Swan (voice)
• PoliWood (2009) as Self
• W. (2008) as Barbara Bush
• The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) as Miss Addie
• The Stone Angel (2007) as Hagar
• Mitch Albom's For One More Day (2007) as Pauline "Posey" Benetto
• Big Love (2006) as Nancy Davis Dutton
• The Wicker Man (2006) as Sister Summersisle
• The Fountain (2006) as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
• 30 Days (2006) as Maura
• The Book of Daniel (2006) as Bishop Beatrice Congreve
• The Elephant King (2006) as Diana Hunt
• Mrs. Harris (2006) as Former Tarnower Steady
• Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) as Self
• Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2006) as Self
• Our Fathers (2005) as Mary Ryan
• The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004) as Ruby
• Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (2004) as Self
• The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel (2004) as Tommie
• A Decade Under the Influence (2003) as Self
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self
• Brush with Fate (2003) as Rika
• Red Dragon (2002) as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) as Vivi
• Within These Walls (2001) as Joan Thomas
• Within These Walls (2001) Executive Producer
• Memories, Dreams & Addictions (2001) as Self
• The Making of Requiem for a Dream (2001) as Self
• Requiem for a Dream (2000) as Sara Goldfarb
• That's Life (2000) as Dolly DeLucca
• The Yards (2000) as Val Handler
• Mermaid (2000) as Trish
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Bernie Stabler
• Walking Across Egypt (1999) as Mattie Rigsbee
• Night Ride Home (1999) as Maggie
• The Last Picture Show: A Look Back (1999) as Self
• A Will of their Own (1998) as Veronica Steward
• Playing by Heart (1998) as Mildred
• The Patron Saint of Liars (1998) as June Clatterbuck
• Marilyn in Manhattan (1998) as Self
• The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998) as Self - Chris MacNeil
• You Can Thank Me Later (1998) as Shirley Cooperberg
• The View (1997) as Self
• HARDtalk (1997)
• Flash (1997) as Laura Strong
• Deceiver (1997) as Mook
• A Deadly Vision (1997) as Yvette Watson
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self - Guest
• The Spitfire Grill (1996) as Hannah Ferguson
• Timepiece (1996) as Maud Gannon
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995) as Hy Dodd
• The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) as Mrs. Haberman
• Roommates (1995) as Judith
• Follow The River (1995) as Gretel
• My Brother's Keeper (1995) as Helen
• When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) as Emily
• Getting Gotti (1994) as Jo Giacalone
• Trick of the Eye (1994) as Frances Griffin
• Getting Out (1994) as Arlie's Mother
• Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
• The Cemetery Club (1993) as Esther Moskowitz
• Roots of Roe (1993) as Narrator (voice)
• Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (1993) as Joan Delvecchio
• When It Was a Game 2 (1992) as Passage Narrator (voice)
• Earth and the American Dream (1992) as Reader (voice)
• Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992) as Wilma
• Dying Young (1991) as Mrs. O'Neil
• Picture This (1991) as Self
• Grand Isle (1991) as Mademoiselle Reisz
• Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (1991) as Lillian "Lil" Lambert
• When You Remember Me (1990) as Nurse Cooder
• The Color of Evening (1990) as Kate O'Rielly
• Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) as Self
• American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
• Hello Actors Studio (1988) as Self
• 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
• Something in Common (1986) as Lynn Hollander
• The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986) as Ellen Brewer
• Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
• Twice in a Lifetime (1985) as Kate MacKenzie
• Into Thin Air (1985) as Joan Walker
• The Ambassador (1985) as Alex Hacker
• Surviving (1985) as Tina Brogan
• Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
• I Love Liberty (1982) as Self
• People vs. Jean Harris (1981) as Jean Harris
• Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981) as Self
• Silence of the North (1981) as Olive Frederickson
• Resurrection (1980) as Edna
• Same Time, Next Year (1978) as Doris
• A Dream of Passion (1978) as Brenda Collins
• Providence (1977) as Sonia Langham
• Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
• Dinah! (1974) as Self
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) as Alice Hyatt
• Thursday's Game (1974) as Lynne Evers
• Harry and Tonto (1974) as Shirley Mallard
• The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974) as Self (archive footage)
• 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 (uncredited)
• Pit Stop (1969) as Ellen McCleod
• The Time Tunnel (1966) as Eve Holland
• The Big Valley (1965) as Sister Sarah Jacob
• Goodbye Charlie (1964) as Franny Salzman
• For Those Who Think Young (1964) as Dr. Pauline Swenson
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Eva Laurelton
• Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) as Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton
• Vacation Playhouse (1963) as Ellen
• The Greatest Show on Earth (1963) as Susan Mason
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
• The Virginian (1962) as Kate Burden
• Going My Way (1962) as Louise
• I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962) as Joan
• Dr. Kildare (1961) as Anne Garner
• The Defenders (1961) as Hilda Wesley
• Ben Casey (1961) as Dr. Leslie Fraser
• Ben Casey (1961) as Connie
• Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961) as Greta Dryden
• Bus Stop (1961) as Phyllis Dunning
• Ricochet (1961) as Rose Maxon
• Surfside 6 (1960) as Wandra Drake
• Checkmate (1960) as Margo as Ellen McRae
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) as Donna Whittaker
• The Detectives (1959) as Nora
• 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Betty Benson
• 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Sandra Keene
• The Christmas Tree (1958) as Elizabeth
• Perry Mason (1957) as Mona Winthrope White
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Host
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Host/Presenter
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Audience Member
• Cheyenne (1955) as Emmy Mae
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Polly
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Amy Waters
• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ann Walters
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Elizabeth
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Barbara Jackson
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Maggie
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Rika
• Easy Out? (1948) as Mary
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
• Bathing Flo
• Bathing Flo Director
• Place to Be as Brooke
• Flesh Impact as Marilyn Monroe