Dianne Wiest
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.
Born: 28 March 1948
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Practical Magic 2
Aunt Jet
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Apartment 7A
Minnie Castevet
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Elsbeth
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Let Them All Talk
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Mary
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Self
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Aug 2016
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Sisters
Deana Ellis
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Rasheeda Speaking
Ileen
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Life in Pieces
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The Humbling
Carol
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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Darling Companion
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Rabbit Hole
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
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Synecdoche, New York
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Passengers
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In Treatment
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Dan in Real Life
Nana
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Carol
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito's Mother
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Robots
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Shirley Abbott
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Category 6: Day of Destruction
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The Blackwater Lightship
Lily
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Thank You, Doctor Rey
Elisabeth Beaumont
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I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Paula
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The 10th Kingdom
Evil Queen
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Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Sarah McClellan
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Practical Magic
Aunt Jet
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The Horse Whisperer
Diane Booker
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Drunks
Rachel
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Oct 1996
The Associate
Sally Dugan
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The Birdcage
Louise Keeley
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Oct 1994
Bullets Over Broadway
Helen Sinclair
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The Scout
Doctor H. Aaron
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Cops & Robbersons
Helen Robberson
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Sep 1991
Little Man Tate
Jane Grierson
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The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Self
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Dec 1990
Edward Scissorhands
Peg
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Sep 1990
Law & Order
Nora Lewin
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Aug 1989
Cookie
Lenore
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Parenthood
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
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Apr 1988
Bright Lights, Big City
Mother
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Dec 1987
September
Stephanie
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Jul 1987
The Lost Boys
Lucy Emerson
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Jan 1987
Radio Days
Aunt Bea
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Feb 1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Holly
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Mar 1985
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Emma
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Nov 1984
Falling in Love
Isabelle
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Feb 1984
Footloose
Vi Moore
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Mar 1983
The Face of Rage
Rebecca Hammil
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Jan 1983
Independence Day
Nancy Morgan
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Mar 1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Julie Addison
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Oct 1980
It's My Turn
Gail
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Aug 1978
Out of Our Fathers' House
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
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Jan 1975
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
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Jan 1971
Great Performances
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
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Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
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Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lily
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Mother Courage
Diane
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