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Dianne Wiest

Character Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress | * 03/28/1948 (76) | Kansas City, Missouri (United States of America (USA))
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Dianne Evelyn Wiest (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), ()
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Dianne Evelyn Wiest (born March 28, 1946) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, and has also been nominated for a BAFTA Award.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward. ...

Edward Scissorhands

PG-13

1990 | 3.9/5 | 1h 45min
Fantasy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly. ...

Hannah and Her Sisters

PG-13

1986 | 3.8/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy, Drama
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After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who co ...

Bullets Over Broadway

R

1994 | 3.6/5 | 1h 38min
Comedy, Crime
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A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's conservative moralistic parents. ...

The Birdcage

R

1996 | 3.5/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Dianne Wiest

2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Theatre World Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 3x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Dianne Wiest as Actress(52)

2023 Apartment 7A
as Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)2022 My Father's Dragon
as Jennifer Peterson2021 I Care a Lot
as Susan2020 Let Them All Talk
as Mary2018 The Mule
as Lucinda2016 Five Nights in Maine
as Deana Ellis2015 Sisters
as Carol2014 The Humbling
as Penny2012 Darling Companion
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as herself2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Brenda Harris2011 The Big Year
as Nat2010 Rabbit Hole
as Miss Roth2009 Rage
as Toni2008 Passengers
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems2008 Synecdoche, New York
as Nana2007 Dan in Real Life
as Carol2007 Dedication
as Dito's Mother2006 A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)2005 Robots
as Shirley Abbott2004 Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Lily2004 The Blackwater Lightship
as Elisabeth Beaumont2002 Merci Docteur Rey
as Paula2001 Not Afraid, Not Afraid
as Annie Cassell2001 I Am Sam
as Sarah McClellan1999 The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Diane Booker1998 The Horse Whisperer
as Aunt Jet1998 Practical Magic
as Rachel1997 Drunks
as Louise Keeley1996 The Birdcage
as Sally Dugan1996 The Associate
as Helen Robberson1994 Cops & Robbersons
as Helen Sinclair1994 Bullets Over Broadway
as Doctor H. Aaron1994 The Scout
as Jane Grierson1991 Little Man Tate
as Peg1990 Edward Scissorhands
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman1989 Parenthood
as Lenore1989 Cookie
as Mother1988 Bright Lights, Big City
as Lucy Emerson1987 The Lost Boys
as Stephanie1987 September
as Aunt Bea1987 Radio Days
as Holly1986 Hannah and Her Sisters
as Emma1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo
as Vi Moore1984 Footloose
as Isabelle1984 Falling in Love
as Rebecca Hammil1983 The Face of Rage
as Nancy Morgan1983 Independence Day
as Julie Addison1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Gail1980 It's My Turn
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern1978 Out of Our Fathers' House
as Nina1975 Zalmen, or, The Madness of God

TV Shows/Series with Dianne Wiest as Actress(10)

as Miriam McLusky2021 Mayor of Kingstown
as Joan Short2015 Life in Pieces
as Ruth Kipling2013 The Blacklist
2008 The Return of Jezebel James
as Dr. Gina Toll2008 In Treatment
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Nora Lewin1990 Law & Order
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern1971 Great Performances
as Lily1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Dianne Wiest
Born: Sunday, 03/28 1948 (March) in Kansas City, Missouri (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 76 years + 22 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Maryland, Nurnberg American High School
Other names for Dianne Wiest (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Diane Wiest"
"Дайан Уист"
Dianne Wiest frequently works together with these people:
William H. Burns (15x, Actor)
Lou Martini Jr. (15x, Actor)
Dick Wolf (14x, Crew)
Woody Allen (13x, Actor)
Adam LeFevre (12x, Actor)
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (12x, Actor)
James Biberi (12x, Actor)
Robert Turano (12x, Actor)
Nicholas J. Giangiulio (12x, Actor)
Jordan Lage (11x, Actor)
Terry Serpico (11x, Actor)
James Murtaugh (11x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4375, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024