Ellen Burstyn's illustrious career encompasses film, stage, and television. She was the first woman to win both a Tony Award and an Academy Award in the same year for her work in Bernard Slade's "Same Time," "Next Year on Broadway" and in Martin Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1975), for which she also received the Golden Globe Award and a British Academy Award for Best Actress. Burstyn has received Academy Award nominations for five other films, including "The Last Picture Show" (1971), "The Exorcist" (1973), "Same Time, Next Year" (1978), "Resurrection" (1980), and "Requiem for a Dream" (1999).
