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3 unusual facts about Ellen Burstyn


Elizabeth Kemp

Kemp serves as Associate Artistic Director the of The Actors Studio, alongside Artistic Director Ellen Burstyn.

Lists of former Christians

Ellen Burstyn — American actress, converted to a universalist spiritual form of Sufism in the 1970s.

Little River, California

The Heritage House Inn, a bed and breakfast in Little River (was closed, but just reopened), was the location for the film Same Time, Next Year starring Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn.


Datari Turner Productions

“Another Happy Day” starred Hollywood heavy weights Demi Moore, Ellen Barkin and Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn.

Harry and Tonto

During his episodic journey, he befriends a Bible-quoting hitchhiker (Michael Butler) and underage runaway Ginger (Melanie Mayron), visits his daughter (Ellen Burstyn), a bookstore owner in Chicago, and drops in on an early sweetheart (Geraldine Fitzgerald) in a retirement home, where she suffers from dementia.

You Can Thank Me Later

Shirley Cooperberg (Ellen Burstyn) is the strong-willed matriarch of a well-heeled Montreal Jewish family.


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