LESSONS IN BECOMING MYSELF Ellen Burstyn SIGNED 1st/1st 2006 THE EXORCIST Book

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Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of 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". Born in Detroit, Michigan, Burstyn left school and worked as a dancer and model. At age 24, she made her acting debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows.

Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in The Exorcist (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in the title role. In 1975 she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in Same Time, Next Year.

Her performance in the 1978 film adaptation won her a Golden Globe Award. Burstyn appeared in numerous television films and gained further recognition from her performance in the films Resurrection (1980), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), and Requiem For a Dream (2000).

For playing a lonely drug-addicted woman in the latter, she was again nominated for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In the 2010s, she made appearances in television series including the political dramas Political Animals and House of Cards, both of which earned her Emmy Award nominations.

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 on stage. As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher.

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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed
Modified Item: No
Year Printed: 2006
Region: North America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Hardback
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Biographies & True Stories
Author: Ellen Burstyn
Publisher: Riverhead
Character Family: The Exorcist
Original/Reproduction: Original