Age: 93
female
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". She has also received a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn made her acting debut on Broadway in Fair Game in 1957 before winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Same Time, Next Year (1975). She earned the Academy Award for Best Actress as the widow Alice Hyatt in Martin Scorsese's romantic drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in The Last Picture Show (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Same Time, Next Year (1978), Resurrection (1980), and Requiem for a Dream (2000). Her other notable films include Harry and Tonto (1974), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002), W. (2008), Interstellar (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015), and Pieces of a Woman (2020). She won Primetime Emmy Awards for her guest role in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) and supporting role in the USA Network political miniseries Political Animals (2013). Her other Emmy-nominated roles include Pack of Lies (1988), Mrs. Harris (2005), Big Love (2008), Draft Day, Flowers in the Attic (both 2014), and House of Cards (2016). Since 2000, she has been co-president of the Actors Studio, a drama school in New York City. In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for her work onstage.
Ellen Burstyn
Old Mysterious Lady
for Old Mysterious Lady in Before We Sign
Suggested by filmrepair
Sarah is a charming young woman. A mysterious unknown old lady on street warns her that her car is broken, so she has to go to service. At the service, she is first rejected by the mechanic Jerry and she asks for the manager. At that moment, she meets the bold but nice car mechanic and manager of the car shop, Mikey. He ask her out on a date, but she tells him that she is a b-tch who unintentionally breaks hearts so he shouldn't ask her, it won't end well and she doesn't want to hurt him. He tells her that he made a lot of mistakes and bad things too, that doesn't mean they are bad or they can't be happy, they just haven't met right ones yet or at the right time. First they go to her fave gallery, she is moved by her fave painting, he comforts her. Then they have dinner. Mikey takes champagne and two glasses from the restaurant, while Sarah distracts the bartender. They go to beach. They walk along the and drink and talk. They visit a beach bar with live music, dance and drink. Later on sand they watch stars. In the heat of passion, they kiss. She cries. He asks what happened. She says: I'm sorry for everything, I'm so sorry and I miss you so much. It then turns out that they're married for years and getting divorce and this stranger date improvisation was her attempt to fix it. He apologizes too. Divorce? She's afraid that they'll hurt each other again. They agree to talk about it tomorrow, so they have time to think. Morning, they wake up on beach hour before meeting with a lawyer at which the marriage gonna end. For a while, they listen to waves. On meeting he picks pen. It looks like he might sign. He puts it down. After romantic deep words they stay married. The old lady from the beginning walks across the street. Sarah: Excuse me. The lady stops. Yesterday, you warned me about my car. The lady smiles. And is it fixed? Sarah looks at Mikey: Yes. Lady: Then it did its job. Sometimes life stops the engine because we drive past the place we're supposed to face.
