Ellen Burstyn

Career Milestones

• 2008

  Cast in Stephen Adly Guirgis' "The Little Flower of East Orange" directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in a joint production of LAByrinth Theater Company and the Public Theater

• 2008

  Portrayed former first lady Barbara Bush in Oliver Stone's controversial biopic "W."

• 2007

  Appeared on an episode of HBO's "Big Love," playing the mother of Polygamist wife Barbara Henrickson; earned an Emmy nomination in 2008 for Guest Actress in a Drama Series

• 2007

  Cast in the TV-movie, “Mitch Albom’s For One More Day” (ABC); earned a SAG nomination for Outstanding Female Actor in a Television Movie

• 2006

  Earned an Emmy nomination for her role in "Mrs. Harris" (HBO); her nomination created controversy, because her performance, in its entirety, consisted of two lines of dialogue and a total of thirty-eight words, which resulted in fourteen seconds of screen time