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Biography

Earthy, appealing star of the 1970s who acted under several names (most often Edna Rae) on stage and in TV shows during the late…more

Born

12/7/1932, Detroit, Michigan (USA)

Birth Name

Edna Rae Gilhooley

Gender

Female

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Star (7)

Role
- The Book of Daniel
  Bishop Beatrice Congreve
  - S 1: Ep 4 Assignation
    1/20/06
  - S 1: Ep 3 Acceptance
    1/13/06
  - S 1: Ep 2 Forgiveness
    1/6/06
  - S 1: Ep 1 Temptation
    1/6/06
  - S 1: Ep 7 Revelations
  - + 1 More Credits
- That's Life
  Dolly DeLucca
  - S 2: Ep 13 Momento
    1/26/02
  - S 2: Ep 12 What's Family Got To Do With It?
    1/12/02
  - S 2: Ep 11 All About Lydia
    1/11/02
  - S 2: Ep 10 Sex in the Suburbs
    12/21/01
  - S 2: Ep 9 Oh, Baby
    12/7/01
  - + 31 More Credits
- The Ellen Burstyn Show
  Ellen Brewer
  - S 1: Ep 12 Writes of Passage
    9/5/87
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Box
    8/22/87
  - S 1: Ep 10 Writer, Wronger
    8/15/87
  - S 1: Ep 9 Molly Sings the Blues
    8/8/87
  - S 1: Ep 8 Family Affair
    11/15/86
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Host
  - S 49: Ep 1 The 49th Annual Academy Awards
    3/28/77
- The Iron Horse
  Julie Parson (1967-1968)
  - S 2: Ep 17 Dry Run To Glory
    1/6/68
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Prisoner
    12/30/67
  - S 2: Ep 15 Death Has Two Faces
    12/23/67
  - S 2: Ep 14 Wild Track
    12/16/67
  - S 2: Ep 13 Dealer's Choice
    12/9/67
  - + 42 More Credits
- Vacation Playhouse
  Ellen
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Big Brain
    8/19/63
- The Doctors (1963)
  Dr. Kate Bartok (1964-1965)
  - — A March For Three Lovers
    8/12/63
  - — Sugar and Spice
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Big Love
  Nancy Davis Dutton
  - S 5: Ep 6 D.I.V.O.R.C.E
    2/20/11
  - S 5: Ep 2 A Seat at the Table
    1/23/11
  - S 3: Ep 9 Outer Darkness
    3/15/09
  - S 3: Ep 4 On Trial
    2/8/09
  - S 3: Ep 3 Prom Queen
    2/1/09
Guest Star (54)

Role
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 61: Ep 1 The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/20/09
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Bernadette Stabler
  - S 10: Ep 3 Swing
    10/14/08
- Big Love
  Nancy Davis Dutton
  - S 2: Ep 11 Take Me as I Am
    8/19/07
- Canada AM
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 63 November 24, 2006
    11/24/06
- The View
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 37 October 25, 2006
    10/25/06
  - S 8: Ep 69 Burstyn/Banks
    12/3/04
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Herself
  - S 22: Ep 95 The All-Time Greats of Oscar Night
    3/3/06
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Rita
  - S 52: Ep 2 Brush With Fate
    2/2/03
- The Academy Awards
  Herself
  - S 73: Ep 1 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/01
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/31/81
  - S 51: Ep 1 The 51st Annual Academy Awards
    4/9/79
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
  Herself, Presenter
  - S 7: Ep 1 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
    3/11/01
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Maggie
  - S 48: Ep 3 Night Ride Home
    2/7/99
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 10 Ellen Burstyn
    12/25/96
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 42 Show #42
    8/9/96
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 7: Ep 3 Telegrams from the Dead
    10/19/94
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Barbara Jackson
  - S 36: Ep 3 Pack of Lies
    4/26/87
- Good Morning America
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 99 May 17, 1984
    5/17/84
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 3 Ellen Burstyn/Aretha Franklin, Keith Sykes
    12/6/80
- Film '72
  Herself
  - S 8: Ep 4 Film 79 Episode 4
    3/8/79
- Over Easy
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 27 December 19, 1978
    12/19/78
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 17: Ep 17 Show #3017
    11/24/78
  - S 17: Ep 2 Show #3002
    10/16/78
  - S 13: Ep 54 Show #2554
    1/16/75
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 17: Ep 35 November 7, 1978
    11/7/78
  - S 15: Ep 86 Week of January 24, 1977
    1/24/77
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 13: Ep 151 April 20, 1976
    4/20/76
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 150 June 2, 1975
    6/2/75
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  Rachel Lambert
  - S 3: Ep 11 Lisa, I Hardly Knew You
    2/13/72
- Gunsmoke
  Amy Waters
  - S 17: Ep 4 Waste (2)
    10/4/71
  - S 17: Ep 3 Waste (1)
    9/27/71
- Insight
  Janet (as Ellen McRae)
  - S 9: Ep 50 All the Things I've Never Liked
    8/10/69
- The Virginian
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 16 Last Grave at Socorro Creek
    1/22/69
- The Big Valley
  Sister Jacob/Sarah
  - S 2: Ep 29 Days of Grace
    4/17/67
- The Time Tunnel
  Eve Holland
  - S 1: Ep 6 Crack of Doom
    10/14/66
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 17 Big Man From Nairobi
    1/21/64
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 Runaway
    1/10/64
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Barbara Shwerwood / Lucille Benton (as Ellen McRae)
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Deep End
    1/2/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  Hilda Wesley
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Heathen
    3/23/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Sandra Keene
  - S 5: Ep 21 Dial "S" for Spencer
    3/1/63
- The Real McCoys
  Dorothy Carter
  - S 6: Ep 10 The Girl Veterinarian
    12/2/62
- Perry Mason
  Mona Winthorpe White
  - S 6: Ep 6 The Case of the Dodging Domino
    11/1/62
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  a girl who thinks Dobie is an alcoholic
  - S 4: Ep 5 A Splinter Off the Old Block
    10/24/62
- I'm Dickens--He's Fenster
  Joan (as Ellen McRae)
  - S 1: Ep 4 Harry, the Father Image
    10/19/62
- Ben Casey
  Connie
  - S 2: Ep 3 In The Name Of Love, A Small Corruption
    10/15/62
- Going My Way
  Guest Star
- Checkmate
  Margo as Ellen McRae
  - S 2: Ep 31 The Bold And The Tough
    5/16/62
- Ben Casey
  Dr. Fraser
  - S 1: Ep 29 Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
    4/30/62
- The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  Nora Carver
  - S 3: Ep 28 The Walls Have Eyes
    4/27/62
- Gunsmoke
  Polly
  - S 7: Ep 27 Wagon Girls
    4/7/62
- Bus Stop
  Phyllis Dunning
  - S 1: Ep 16 Cry to Heaven
    1/14/62
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Betty Benson
  - S 4: Ep 13 The Navy Caper
    12/15/61
- Dr. Kildare
  Anne
  - S 1: Ep 11 Second Chance
    12/7/61
- Cheyenne
  Emmy Mae
  - S 6: Ep 5 Day's Pay
    10/30/61
- Dick Powell Show
  Rose Maxon
  - S 1: Ep 2 Ricochet
    10/3/61
- SurfSide 6
  Wanda Drake
  - S 1: Ep 28 Double Image
    4/10/61
- Loretta Young Show
  Ann Walters (as Ellen McRae)
  - S 8: Ep 23 Woodlot
    3/26/61
- Michael Shayne
  Carol (as Ellen McRae)
  - S 1: Ep 23 Strike Out
    3/10/61
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Elizabeth
  - S 8: Ep 4 The Christmas Tree
    12/14/58
- Kraft Television Theatre
  (as Ellen McRae)
  - S 11: Ep 47 Trick or Treat
    9/10/58
- Maverick
  Emily Todd

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- Ellen won a 2009 Emmy as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in "Swing" on Law & Order: SVU.
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- In the 1970s Ellen was extremely active in the movement to free convicted boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter from jail.
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- Ellen often refers to her mother as tough, violent, and controlling citing her mother as the main reason for leaving home at the age of 18.
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- Ellen: I'm writing my memoirs right now and I keep getting asked that question about who would play me. It's such a scary idea that I have no idea what the answer is.
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- Ellen: When you've been an actress for 45 years as I have, it's a feast or famine life.
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- Ellen: It was a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.
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