1948-03-28 Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Dianne Evelyn Wiest (/wiːst/; born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986's Hannah and Her Sisters and 1994's Bullets Over Broadway (both directed by Woody Allen), one Golden Globe Award for Bullets Over Broadway, the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Road to Avonlea, and the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for In Treatment. In addition, she was nominated for an Academy Award for 1989's Parenthood. Other film appearances by Wiest include Footloose (1984), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Radio Days (1987), and September (1987), The Lost Boys (1987), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Little Man Tate (1991), The Birdcage (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Dan in Real Life (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Rabbit Hole (2010), The Mule (2018), Let Them All Talk (2020), and I Care a Lot (2020). She also appeared in the television series Law & Order (2000–2002) and the CBS comedy Life in Pieces(2015–2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Wiest, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Practical Magic 2 | Aunt Jet | 2026-09-16 |
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Apartment 7A | Minnie Castevet | 2024-09-20 |
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Scene Partners | Meryl Kowalski | 2023-12-15 |
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My Father's Dragon | Iris the Rhinoceros (voice) | 2022-11-04 |
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I Care a Lot | Jennifer Peterson | 2021-02-19 |
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Let Them All Talk | Susan | 2020-12-10 |
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The Mule | Mary | 2018-12-14 |
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Always at The Carlyle | Self | 2018-05-11 |
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Five Nights in Maine | Lucinda | 2016-08-05 |
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Sisters | Deana Ellis | 2015-12-18 |
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Rasheeda Speaking | Ileen | 2015-10-01 |
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The Humbling | Carol | 2014-12-31 |
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Darling Companion | Penny | 2012-04-20 |
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Ms. Bernice Crudstaff | 2012-08-15 |
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Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
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The Big Year | Brenda Harris | 2011-10-13 |
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Rabbit Hole | Nat | 2010-12-16 |
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Rage | Miss Roth | 2009-09-24 |
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Synecdoche, New York | Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems | 2008-10-24 |
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Passengers | Toni | 2008-09-26 |
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Dedication | Carol | 2007-08-24 |
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Dan in Real Life | Nana | 2007-10-26 |
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito's Mother | 2006-09-29 |
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Robots | Mrs. Copperbottom (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
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The Blackwater Lightship | Lily | 2004-02-04 |
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Category 6: Day of Destruction | Shirley Abbott | 2004-11-14 |
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Merci Docteur Rey | Elisabeth Beaumont | 2004-08-20 |
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Not Afraid, Not Afraid | Paula | 2001-01-01 |
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I Am Sam | Annie Cassell | 2001-12-28 |
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Sarah McClellan | 1999-05-09 |
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The Horse Whisperer | Diane Booker | 1998-02-01 |
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Practical Magic | Aunt Jet | 1998-10-16 |
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Drunks | Rachel | 1997-03-14 |
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The Associate | Sally Dugan | 1996-10-25 |
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The Birdcage | Louise Keeley | 1996-03-08 |
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The Scout | Doctor H. Aaron | 1994-09-30 |
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Cops & Robbersons | Helen Robberson | 1994-04-15 |
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Bullets Over Broadway | Helen Sinclair | 1994-10-14 |
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Little Man Tate | Jane Grierson | 1991-09-06 |
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Edward Scissorhands | Peg | 1990-12-07 |
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The Making of Edward Scissorhands | Self | 1990-12-14 |
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Parenthood | Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman | 1989-07-31 |
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Cookie | Lenore | 1989-08-02 |
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Bright Lights, Big City | Mother | 1988-04-01 |
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Radio Days | Aunt Bea | 1987-01-30 |
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September | Stephanie | 1987-12-18 |
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The Lost Boys | Lucy Emerson | 1987-07-31 |
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Hannah and Her Sisters | Holly | 1986-02-07 |
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The Purple Rose of Cairo | Emma | 1985-03-01 |
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Falling in Love | Isabelle | 1984-11-21 |
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Footloose | Vi Moore | 1984-02-17 |
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Independence Day | Nancy Morgan | 1983-01-21 |
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The Face of Rage | Rebecca Hammil | 1983-03-20 |
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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Julie Addison | 1982-03-05 |
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It's My Turn | Gail | 1980-10-24 |
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Out of Our Fathers' House | Elizabeth Gertrude Stern | 1978-08-02 |
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Zalmen, or The Madness of God | Nina | 1975-01-13 |
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