Ellen Burstyn Filmography: Every Movie and TV Show in Order

How many movies and TV shows has Ellen Burstyn been in? This complete Ellen Burstyn filmography lists 90 credited roles (71 films, 19 TV series), in chronological order from 1953 to 2025, with links to our full guides where available.

Ellen Burstyn movies in order

• Goodbye Charlie (1964) as Franny Salzman
• Pit Stop (1969) as Ellen McCleod
• Tropic of Cancer (1970) as Mona (uncredited)
• Alex in Wonderland (1970) as Beth Morrison
• The Last Picture Show (1971) as Lois Farrow
• The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) as Sally
• The Exorcist (1973) as Chris MacNeil
• Harry and Tonto (1974) as Shirley Mallard
• Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) as Alice Hyatt
• Providence (1977) as Sonia Langham
• Same Time, Next Year (1978) as Doris
• Resurrection (1980) as Edna
• Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981) as Self
• The Ambassador (1985) as Alex Hacker
• Twice in a Lifetime (1985) as Kate MacKenzie
• Act of Vengeance (1986) as Margaret Yablonski
• Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) as Mrs. Stocks (voice)
• Dying Young (1991) as Mrs. O'Neil
• When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) as Emily
• Roommates (1995) as Judith
• The Baby-Sitters Club (1995) as Mrs. Haberman
• How to Make an American Quilt (1995) as Hy Dodd
• The Spitfire Grill (1996) as Hannah Ferguson
• Deceiver (1997) as Mook
• The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998) as Self - Chris MacNeil
• Playing by Heart (1998) as Mildred
• The Yards (2000) as Val Handler
• Requiem for a Dream (2000) as Sara Goldfarb
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) as Vivi
• Red Dragon (2002) as Grandma Dolarhyde (voice) (uncredited)
• Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self
• A Decade Under the Influence (2003) as Self
• The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004) as Ruby
• The Wicker Man (2006) as Sister Summersisle
• The Fountain (2006) as Dr. Lillian Guzetti
• The Stone Angel (2007) as Hagar
• The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2008) as Miss Addie
• W. (2008) as Barbara Bush
• The Velveteen Rabbit (2009) as Swan (voice)
• Lovely, Still (2009) as Mary
• According to Greta (2009) as Katherine
• Main Street (2010) as Georgiana Carr
• The Mighty Macs (2011) as Mother St. John
• Another Happy Day (2011) as Doris Baker
• Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012) as Nanette
• Love, Marilyn (2013) as Self
• Wish You Well (2013) as Louisa Mae Cardinal
• Flowers in the Attic (2014) as Grandmother
• And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) as Self - Interviewee
• Draft Day (2014) as Barb Weaver
• Two Men in Town (2014) as Mère Garnett
• Petals on the Wind (2014) as Olivia Foxworth
• The Calling (2014) as Emily Micallef
• Interstellar (2014) as Murph (older)
• The Age of Adaline (2015) as Flemming
• About Scout (2015) as Gram
• Unity (2015) as Narrator (voice)
• Custody (2016) as Beatrice Fisher
• Wiener-Dog (2016) as Nana
• The Tale (2018) as Nettie
• All I Wish (2018) as Celia Berges
• Nostalgia (2018) as Helen Greer
• Friedkin Uncut (2018) as Self
• The House of Tomorrow (2019) as Josephine Prendergast
• Lucy in the Sky (2019) as Nana Holbrook
• Pieces of a Woman (2020) as Elizabeth Weiss
• Queen Bees (2021) as Helen Wilson
• Three Months (2022) as Valerie
• The Exorcist: Believer (2023) as Chris MacNeil
• Mother, Couch (2024) as Mother
• Breakdown: 1975 (2025) as Self

Ellen Burstyn TV shows

• The Oscars (1953) as Self
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Polly
• Gunsmoke (1955) as Amy Waters
• Cheyenne (1955) as Emmy Mae
• Perry Mason (1957) as Mona Winthrope White
• 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Betty Benson
• 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Sandra Keene
• The Virginian (1962) as Kate Burden
• The Big Valley (1965) as Sister Sarah Jacob
• The Time Tunnel (1966) as Eve Holland
• American Experience (1988) as Narrator (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Bernie Stabler
• Big Love (2006) as Nancy Davis Dutton
• Political Animals (2012) as Margaret Barrish
• Coma (2012) as Mrs. Emerson
• House of Cards (2013) as Elizabeth Hale
• Mom (2013) as Shirley
• Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) as Bernadette 'Bernie' Stabler
• The First Lady (2022) as Sara Delano Roosevelt

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