Ellen Burstyn is still with us

Her performance in Requiem for a Dream is one of the best and most depressing performances ever captured on screen.

I loved her performance in Resurrection (which you can watch on YouTube).

But can she sing?

[quote]No one talks about her.

That's probably because anyone who knows who she is/was is likely dead now OP.

9 seasons, bitch.

People talked about her when that new Exorcist sequel came out.

She'll live to be 100.

Is she on Tick Tok?

I think about her a lot. She’s in 2 or 3 of my favorite movies of all time.

OP- You forgot to mention that the FIRST Tommy is still alive too- Alfred Lutter.

Here she is...

Here's Ellen in Resurrection. Surprisingly good film.

Resurrection is one of my favorite films. It should have gotten more attention. I think she was nominated for Requiem for a Dream -- she was great in that film.

Ellen burst in...and then what?

I'd like to know where she stands on the grit kissing issue.

I know this is a free country, but I thought her Only Fans was a step too far.

I believe the original Vera and Flo from the Alice film are still with us as well.

She did Alice first but when you bring up “Alice” most will say Linda Lavin. Sorry.

[quote]I loved her performance in Resurrection

Well I say bull.

Bull, bull, bull, bull....ahhhhh!

I read Edna Rae Gillooly's memoir 100 years ago. Her childhood was the usual horror show of the era, propelling her to get the hell out as soon as she could. Her husbands and her stepfather were abusive. She seems very likable, gentle and naive. Nice to see the good don't always die young.

I know people could look this up themselves, but this is pretty disturbing:

Burstyn married Bill Alexander in 1950 and divorced in 1957. The next year, she married Paul Roberts, with whom she adopted a son named Jefferson in 1961. The couple divorced that same year. In 1964, she married actor Neil Nephew, who later changed his name to Neil Burstyn. She described Neil Burstyn as "charming and funny and bright and talented and eccentric", but schizophrenia made him violent and he eventually left her. He attempted to reconcile but they divorced in 1972. In her autobiography, Lessons in Becoming Myself, Burstyn revealed that he had stalked her for six years after their divorce, and once raped her while they were still married. No charges were filed, as spousal rape was not yet a crime. He committed suicide in 1978 by jumping from the window of his ninth-floor Manhattan apartment.