Ellen Burstyn has worked in film.
Ellen Burstyn . Her career began in theatre during the late 1950s , and over the next decade included several films and television series . Burstyn is one of the few performers to have won the Triple Crown of Acting . The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich , adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry . The Triple Crown of Acting is a term used in the American entertainment industry to describe actors who have won a competitive Academy Award , Emmy Award and Tony Award in the acting categories .