How old was Ellen Burstyn in the movie The Exorcist?

Ellen Burstyn was 40 in The Exorcist when she played the character 'Chris MacNeil'.

That was over 50 years ago in 1973.

Today she is 91, and has starred in 130 movies in total, 119 of those since The Exorcist was released.

How old do you think she looks in the movie?

In The Exorcist, I think Ellen Burstyn looks:

Did you know?

  • Director William Friedkin has worked with Ellen Burstyn a total of 2 times in her career.
  • Ellen Burstyn's first movie was as 'Mary' in Easy Out?, released in 1954 when she was 20
  • The Exorcist scores 7.71 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Exorcist

Ellen Burstyn's other movies