Filmography
Ellen Burstyn
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Bernie Stabler
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The View
1997 · Self
Perry Mason
1957 · Mona Winthrope White
Interstellar
2014 · Murph (older)
Mom
2013 · Shirley
House of Cards
2013 · Elizabeth Hale
American Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee
The Virginian
1962 · Kate Burden
Cheyenne
1955 · Emmy Mae
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Host, Self - Winner
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Anne Garner
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · Bernadette Stabler
The Big Valley
1965 · Sister Sarah Jacob
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Eva Laurelton
Ben Casey
1961 · Dr. Leslie Fraser, Connie
Big Love
2006 · Nancy Davis Dutton
The Defenders
1961 · Hilda Wesley
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Donna Whittaker
Gunsmoke
1955 · Polly, Amy Waters
The Oscars
1953 · Self
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Betty Benson, Sandra Keene
The Exorcist
1973 · Chris MacNeil
Laramie
1959 · Amy
The Detectives
1959 · Nora
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Eve Holland
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Barbara Sherwood / Lucille Benton
HARDtalk
1997 · Actor
Surfside 6
1960 · Wandra Drake
Checkmate
1960 · Margo as Ellen McRae
That's Life
2000 · Dolly DeLucca
The Age of Adaline
2015 · Flemming
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Ellen
The First Lady
2022 · Sara Delano Roosevelt
Bus Stop
1961 · Phyllis Dunning
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · Susan Mason
Going My Way
1962 · Louise
The Exorcist: Believer
2023 · Chris MacNeil
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Ann Walters
Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Sara Goldfarb
Political Animals
2012 · Margaret Barrish
Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961 · Greta Dryden
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Elizabeth, Barbara Jackson
The Last Picture Show
1971 · Lois Farrow
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
1962 · Joan
The Fountain
2006 · Dr. Lillian Guzetti
The Book of Daniel
2006 · Bishop Beatrice Congreve
Pieces of a Woman
2020 · Elizabeth Weiss
The Wicker Man
2006 · Sister Summersisle
Flowers in the Attic
2014 · Grandmother
When a Man Loves a Woman
1994 · Emily
Draft Day
2014 · Barb Weaver
Coma
2012 · Mrs. Emerson
Lucy in the Sky
2019 · Nana Holbrook
The Yards
2000 · Val Handler
Dying Young
1991 · Mrs. O'Neil
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 · Alice Hyatt
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Hy Dodd
A Will of their Own
1998 · Veronica Steward
Same Time, Next Year
1978 · Doris
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe
2022 · Self
W.
2008 · Barbara Bush
The Ellen Burstyn Show
1986 · Ellen Brewer
Petals on the Wind
2014 · Olivia Foxworth
Playing by Heart
1998 · Mildred
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2002 · Vivi
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Red Dragon
2002 · Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
The Tale
2018 · Nettie
Another Happy Day
2011 · Doris Baker
The Baby-Sitters Club
1995 · Mrs. Haberman
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Twice in a Lifetime
1985 · Kate MacKenzie
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014 · Self - Interviewee
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008 · Miss Addie
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
Two Men in Town
2014 · Mère Garnett
Wiener-Dog
2016 · Nana
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012 · Nanette
The House of Tomorrow
2019 · Josephine Prendergast, Executive Producer
Deceiver
1997 · Mook
Nostalgia
2018 · Helen Greer
Main Street
2010 · Georgiana Carr
Lovely, Still
2009 · Mary
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009 · Swan (voice)
Act of Vengeance
1986 · Margaret Yablonski
A Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
Custody
2016 · Beatrice Fisher
Queen Bees
2021 · Helen Wilson
Tropic of Cancer
1970 · Mona (uncredited)
Harry and Tonto
1974 · Shirley
Mother, Couch
2024 · Mother
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Love, Marilyn
2013 · Self
Three Months
2022 · Valerie
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004 · Ruby
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · Sally
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
River of Fundament
2014 · Hathfertiti
Hanna's War
1988 · Katalin
Flesh Impact
2026 · Marilyn Monroe
The Calling
2014 · Emily Micallef
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998 · June Clatterbuck
According to Greta
2009 · Katherine
Friedkin Uncut
2018 · Self
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 · Mrs. Stocks (voice)
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998 · Self - Chris MacNeil
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 · Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 · Self
Into Thin Air
1985 · Joan Walker
Getting Gotti
1994 · Jo Giacalone
All I Wish
2018 · Celia Berges
When It Was a Game 2
1992 · Passage Narrator (voice)
This Ordinary Thing
2025 · Self (voice)
Delphine and Carole
2020 · Self (archive footage)
The Mighty Macs
2011 · Mother St. John
The Spitfire Grill
1996 · Hannah Ferguson
Wish You Well
2013 · Louisa Mae Cardinal
Follow The River
1995 · Gretel
30 Days
2006 · Maura
When You Remember Me
1990 · Nurse Cooder
Surviving
1985 · Tina Brogan
American Woman
2019 · Miss Dolly
The Cemetery Club
1993 · Esther Moskowitz
Possible Side Effects
2009 · Marnie Hunt
Mermaid
2000 · Trish
The Stone Angel
2007 · Hagar
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991 · Lillian "Lil" Lambert
Pack of Lies
1987 · Barbara Jackson
Alex in Wonderland
1970 · Beth Morrison
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
1993 · Joan Delvecchio
Watch on the Rhine
2021 · Fanny
Earth and the American Dream
1992 · Reader (voice)
Our Fathers
2005 · Mary Ryan
People vs. Jean Harris
1981 · Jean Harris
Timepiece
1996 · Maud Gannon
Trick of the Eye
1994 · Frances Griffin
For Those Who Think Young
1964 · Dr. Pauline Swenson
Roommates
1995 · Judith
Flash
1997 · Laura Strong
E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
2024 · E. Jean Carroll
You Can Thank Me Later
1998 · Shirley Cooperberg
I Love Liberty
1982 · Self
Goodbye Charlie
1964 · Franny Salzman
PoliWood
2009 · Self
Grand Isle
1991 · Mademoiselle Reisz
Mrs. Harris
2005 · Former Tarnower Steady
Picture This
1991 · Self
Resurrection
1980 · Edna
Providence
1977 · Sonia Langham
The Last Picture Show: A Look Back
1999 · Self
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
2019 · Self
Within These Walls
2001 · Joan Thomas, Executive Producer
Thursday's Game
1974 · Lynne Evers
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story
1992 · Wilma
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Self (archive footage)
About Scout
2015 · Gram
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story
2010 · Self
Pit Stop
1969 · Ellen McCleod
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004 · Tommie
Brush with Fate
2003 · Rika
Something in Common
1986 · Lynn Hollander
My Brother's Keeper
1995 · Helen
The Elephant King
2006 · Diana Hunt
Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007 · Pauline "Posey" Benetto
Place to Be
2026 · Brooke
The Ambassador
1985 · Alex Hacker
The Christmas Tree
1958 · Elizabeth
Ricochet
1961 · Rose Maxon
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006 · Self
Fear and Love: The Story of The Exorcist
2024 · Self
Silence of the North
1981 · Olive Frederickson
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998 · Self
A Deadly Vision
1997 · Yvette Watson
BBStory: An American Film Renaissance
2010 · Self
Reflections of a Philosopher King
2010 · Self
Getting Out
1994 · Arlie's Mother
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
2021 · Herself
The Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001 · Self
Walking Across Egypt
1999 · Mattie Rigsbee
Second Chances: The Making of "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
2004 · Self
Night Ride Home
1999 · Maggie
The Color of Evening
1990 · Kate O'Rielly
Didn't You Used to Be Satan?
1996 · Self
Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime
2017 · Self
A Dream of Passion
1978 · Brenda Collins
Duse, the Greatest
2025 · Actor
Roots of Roe
1993 · Letters of Margaret Sanger (voice)
Bathing Flo
TBA · Actor, Director
Easy Out?
1948 · Mary
Presenting Geraldine Page
TBA · Actor
Memories, Dreams & Addictions
2001 · Self