Ellen Burstyn husband: Who is the actress married to?

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Monday, May 20, 2024

Ellen Burstyn is arguably one of the most popular actresses in film and television during the 1970s. She wowed critics and audiences alike with her enormously skilled and sympathetic performances as strong and complex women struggling against seemingly insurmountable challenges in films such as “The Last Picture Show” (1971), “The Exorcist” (1973), and “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (1974), for which she won an Academy Award in 1975.

Despite her considerable talent and skill in both heavy drama and comedies such as “Same Time, Next Year” (1978), she found it difficult to find substantial roles in the 1980s, so she split her time between running the Actors Equity Association and roles in TV movies such as “The People vs. Jean Harris” (1981), as well as top-billing her own short-lived sitcom, “The Ellen Burstyn Show” (ABC, 1986-87).

In the 1990s, she gradually returned to feature films, culminating in a harrowing Academy Award-nominated performance as a woman in the grip of addiction in Darren Aronofsky’s “Requiem for a Dream” (2000).

Who is Ellen Burstyn’s husband?

Now back on every director’s wish list, she went on to star in a string of critically acclaimed films, including “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” (2002), “Mitch Alborn’s For One More Day” (2007), and “W.” (2008) as Barbara Bush. Lessons in Becoming Myself, her 2007 memoir, detailed her difficult upbringing and traumatic relationship with her third husband, actor, and writer Neil Burstyn (aka Neil Nephew). Ellen has been married three times. Who are her husbands?

William Alexander was Ellen Burstyn’s first husband

William Alexander and Burstyn got married in 1950. According to filmreference, Alexander was a Poet. The couple called their marriage a quit in 1957. The reason behind their divorce was not made public. William Alexander and Burstyn were married for 7 years before ending their relationship. The actress has not spoken much about her ex-husband in any known interview.

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Paul Roberts was Ellen Burstyn’s second husband

The following year after her divorce from William Alexander, Ellen Burstyn met and married Play Director Paul Roberts. While debuting in 1957 in a comedy called Fair Game, Burstyn met her second husband. The couple tied the knot that same year on September 14, 1958, in a beautiful wedding ceremony in the presence of their friends, families, and loved ones.

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Paul Roberts and Ellen Burstyn adopted a son Jefferson Roberts. Talking about her son in 1975, the actress said – “My son’s name is Jefferson, he’s named after Thomas Jefferson. He’s 13 and he is spoiled, I’m afraid, not because of indulgence, but because he’s an only child, which I think is a mistake, that, if I had to do over, I wouldn’t make.” The actress revealed her relationship with her son as Alice and Tommy have in the movie, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Ellen Burstyn and her second husband divorced the same year their son was adopted.

Neil Burstyn (aka Neil Nephew) was Ellen Burstyn’s third husband

Neil Burstyn and Ellen Burstyn got married in 1964. Neil Burstyn was an American actor, writer, and story editor. His works as an actor include Panic in Year Zero! (1962), The Rebel Rousers (1970), and Alex in Wonderland (1970) in which they both appeared. He also worked as a story editor, writing two episodes of The Monkees in late 1967 and in early 1968.

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Neil Burstyn and Ellen Burstyn called their marriage a quit in 1972. In her autobiography, the actress revealed that her ex-husband Neil was schizophrenic; Neil had episodes of violence which lead to their divorce. He attempted to reconcile, but she ultimately divorced him in 1972. Neil committed suicide in 1978 by jumping from the window of his ninth-floor Manhattan apartment as his depression and schizophrenia began to reach its climax.

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