US briefs: Ellen Burstyn to receive SFFS Peter J Owens acting award

Ellen Burstyn, a rare triple winner of an Oscar, a Tony and an Emmy, will collect the honour during the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 25. 

The award honours an actor whose work exemplifies “brilliance, independence, and integrity.” Past recipients include Richard Gere, Maria Bello, and Annette Bening.

Burstyn will also take part in an on-stage interview and screening of Requiem For A Dream, for which she earned a best supporting actress Academy Award nomination.

She was inducted into the Theater Hall Of Fame in 2014 and can be seen later this year in James Lapine’s Custody and Todd Solondz’s Wiener-Dog.

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