Acting · age 94

Ellen Burstyn

Best rated: Interstellar (8.7)

Films: 61
Avg rating: 6.45
Peak run: 1973’78
Oscar wins: 1 of 6

Films: 61
Avg rating: 6.45
Peak run: 1973’78
Oscar wins: 1 of 6

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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Ellen Burstyn, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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196461 films2023

Current formLast 5: 6.08 vs career 6.45 (−0.37)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Ellen by the numbers

Average

6.45

50 rated films

Vote weighted

6.55

bigger films count more

Median

6.4

half are better

Consistency

±0.92

rating spread

Career

60y

1964 to 2023

Total votes

5.11M

across every film

Best

8.7

Interstellar

Worst

3.8

The Wicker Man

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2023	Mother Couch	Mother	5.3	1,878
2022	Three Months	Valerie	6.8	2,878
2021	Queen Bees	Helen Wilson	6.4	4,839
2020	Pieces of a Woman	Elizabeth	7.0	60,817
2019	Lucy in the Sky	Nana Holbrook	4.9	9,314
2019	American Woman	Miss Dolly	·	419
2018	The Tale	Nettie	7.2	21,859
2018	Nostalgia	Helen	5.6	1,596
2017	All I Wish	Celia	5.2	1,993
2017	The House of Tomorrow	Josephine Prendergast	6.2	2,625
2016	Custody	Beatrice	6.5	1,359
2015	The Age of Adaline	Flemming	7.2	233K
2015	About Scout	Gram	·	889
2014	Interstellar	Murph (older)	8.7	2.62M
2014	The Calling	Emily Micallef	5.9	10,036
2014	Two Men in Town	Garnett's Mother	5.7	2,448
2014	River of Fundament	Hathfertiti	·	397
2013	Wish You Well	Louisa Mae Cardinal	6.8	1,677
2011	Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You	Nanette	5.7	2,880
2011	Another Happy Day	Doris Baker	6.0	4,875

Better together?

Ellen Burstyn's regulars

Paul MazurskyDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.06

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Ellen Burstyn

6 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Actress · Academy Awards 2001
Ellen Burstyn
Nominated
Best Actress · Academy Awards 1981
Ellen Burstyn
Nominated
Best Actress · Academy Awards 1979
Ellen Burstyn
Nominated
Best Actress · Academy Awards 1975
Ellen Burstyn
Won
Best Actress · Academy Awards 1974
Ellen Burstyn
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1972
Ellen Burstyn
Nominated

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