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 . Same Time , Next Year is a 1978 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Mulligan . The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film , adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name , and starring Ellen Burstyn , Linda Blair , Max von Sydow , and Jason Miller .