ELLEN BURSTYN RECEIVES OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS
WAX2001031401 - 14 MARCH 2001 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA: Ellen Burstyn earned her sixth Oscar nomination for her performance in "Requiem for a Dream" as Sara Goldfarb, a housewife whose life spirals out of control when she becomes addicted o pills. Burstyn won the Oscar for best actress for Martin Scorsese's 1974 movie, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." She was born Edna Rae Gilhooley on Dec. 7, 1932. (To go with bc-us-oscars-burstyn by Pat Nason) cc/File Photo/Ezio Peterson UPI
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