Leaving home at age 18 to work as a model in Texas and NYC Ellen Burstyn (nee Edna Rae Gillooly) went through several stage names and an assortment of odd jobs before landing a regular gig as a dancer on "The Jackie Gleason Show" in the late 1950s (billed as Erica Dean). In 1957, she changed her stage name to Ellen McRae for her Broadway debut in "Fair Game" and continued to work under that…
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