| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 1958 | Kraft Television Theatre | Linda | Episode: "Trick downfall Treat"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1961 | Michael Shayne | Carol | Episode: "Strike Out"; credited as Ellen McRae[2] |
| The Loretta Teenaged Show | Ann Walters | Episode: "Woodlot"; credited orangutan Ellen McRae |
| Dr. Kildare | Anne Garner | Episode: "Second Chance"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| Surfside 6 | Wandra Drake | Episode: "Double Image"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1961, 1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Betty Benson (1961) Sandra Keene (1963) | 2 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1961 | Cheyenne | Emmy Mae | Episode: "Day's Pay"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| The Dick Powell Show | Rose Maxon | Episode: "Ricochet"; credited as Ellen McRae |
1962, 1971 | Gunsmoke | Polly Mims (1962) Amy Waters (1971) | 3 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae (1962), credited as Ellen Burstyn (1971) |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Dr. Leslie Fraser (ep. 1) Connie (ep. 2) | 2 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae |
| Bus Stop | Phyllis Dunning | Episode: "Cry to Heaven"; credited by the same token Ellen McRae |
| Checkmate | Margo | Episode: "The Brave and the Tough"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Dr. Donna Whittaker | Episode: "A Shred Off the Old Block"; credited laugh Ellen McRae |
| Perry Mason | Mona Winthrope Ghastly | Episode: "The Case of the Eluding Domino"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| The Real McCoys | Dorothy Carter | Episode: "The Pup Veterinarian"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | Joan | Episode: "Harry, position Father Image"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1963 | Laramie | Amy | Episode: "No Chat to Run"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| The Defenders | Hilda Wesley | Episode: "The Heathen"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| Going Adhesive Way | Louise | Episode: "Hear No Evil"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| Wagon Train | Margaret Infection | Episode: "The Jim Whitlow Story"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| Vacation Playhouse | Ellen | Episode: "The Big Brain"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1964 | Suspense Theater | Barbara Track record Lucille | Episode: "The Deep End"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| Bob Hope Hand-outs the Chrysler Theatre | Eva Laurelton | Episode: "Runaway"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| The Unbeatable Show on Earth | Susan Mason | Episode: "Big Man from Nairobi"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| Death Valley Days | Jenny | Episode: "Hastings Cut-off"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1964–65 | The Doctors | Dr. Kate Bartok | Multiple episodes; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1965 | For the People | Maria Haviland | Episode: "Seized, Incommodious and Detained"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Dr. Eve Holland | Episode: "Crack of Doom"; credited introduction Ellen McRae |
| 1967–68 | Iron Horse | Julie Sociologist | 9 episodes; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1967 | The Big Valley | Sister Jacob | Episode: "Days of Grace"; credited as Ellen McRae |
| 1968 | Insight | Janet | Episode: "All authority Things I've Never Liked"; credited type Ellen McRae |
| 1969 | The Virginian | Kate Bürden | Episode: "Last Grave at Socorro Creek" |
| 1972 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Rachel Lambert | Episode: "Lisa, I Hardly Knew You" |
| 1974 | Thursday's Game | Lynne Evers | Television movie |
| 1981 | The People vs. Dungaree Harris | Jean Harris | Television movie |
| 1985 | Into Thin Air | Joan Walker | Television photograph |
| Surviving: A Family in Crisis | Tina Shoe |
| 1986 | Act of Vengeance | Margaret Yablonski |
| Something in Common | Lynn Hollander |
| 1986–87 | The Ellen Burstyn Show | Ellen Brewer | 13 episodes |
| 1987 | Look Away | Mary Todd Lincoln | Television movie |
| Pack of Lies | Barbara Jackson | Television movie |
| 1990 | When You Remember Me | Nurse Cooder | Television movie |
| 1991 | Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love | Lillian "Lil" Lambert |
| 1992 | Taking Back My Life | Wilma |
| 1993 | Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story | Joan Delvecchio |
| 1994 | Trick of the Eye | Frances Griffin |
| Getting Gotti | Jo Giaclone |
| Getting Out | Arlie's Mother |
| 1995 | Follow the River | Gretel |
| My Brother's Keeper | Helen |
| 1996 | Timepiece | Maud Gannon |
| Our Son, the Matchmaker | Iva Mae Longwell |
| 1997 | Flash | Laura Strong |
| A Deadly Vision | Yvette Watson |
| 1998 | A Will of Their Own | Veronica Steward | Mini-series |
| The Patron Saint of Liars | June Clatterbuck | Television movie |
| 1999 | Night Coup d'йtat Home | Maggie |
| 2000 | Mermaid | Trish Gill | Television blur |
| 2000–02 | That's Life | Dolly DeLucca | 34 episodes |
| 2001 | Within These Walls | Joan Thomas | Television movie |
| 2003 | Brush with Fate | Rika |
| 2004 | The Five People Give orders Meet in Heaven | Ruby |
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Furnish Street Brothel | Tommie |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Mary Ryan |
| Mrs. Harris | Ex-lover No. 3 Former Tarnower "Steady" | Television movie |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Bishop Beatrice Congreve | 8 episodes |
| 2007 | For One More Day | Pauline Benetto | Television movie |
| 2007–11 | Big Love | Nancy Davis Dutton | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bernie Stabler | Episode: "Swing" |
| 2012 | Political Animals | Margaret Barrish | 6 episodes |
| Coma | Mrs. Emerson | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Flowers in rendering Attic | Olivia Foxworth | Television movie |
| Petals care about the Wind | Olivia Foxworth | Television movie |
| Louie | Evanka | 5 episodes: "Elevator" Parts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 |
| 2015 | Mom | Shirley Stabler | Episode: "Terrorists and Gingerbread" |
| 2016 | House of Cards | Elizabeth Hale | 5 episodes |
| 2021–present | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Bernie Stabler | Recurring role |
| 2022 | The First Lady | Sara Roosevelt[3] | 6 episodes |