Los Angeles, July 14 -- Hollywood actress Ellen Burstyn, known for her work in 'The Last Picture Show', 'The Exorcist', and 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore', will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.

The festival's artistic director, Alberto Barbera, described Burstyn as an "actress of rare intensity and truth."

"She had brought depth and complexity to unforgettable female characters embodying the contradictions and transformations in the contemporary woman. Revealed in Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Last Picture Show,' which portrayed the twilight of small-town America, and elevated to global stardom by the success of William Friedkin's 'The Exorcist,' Burstyn won the Oscar for bes...