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Dianne Wiest

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.

Known for

Practical Magic 2
2026 • Aunt Jet
Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A
2024 • Minnie Castevet
Scene Partners
Scene Partners
2023 • Meryl Kowalski
My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon
2022 • Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
I Care a Lot
I Care a Lot
2021 • Jennifer Peterson
Let Them All Talk
Let Them All Talk
2020 • Susan
The Mule
The Mule
2018 • Mary
Always at The Carlyle
Always at The Carlyle
2018 • Self

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Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A
2024 • Minnie Castevet
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Scene Partners
Scene Partners
2023 • Meryl Kowalski
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My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon
2022 • Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
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I Care a Lot
I Care a Lot
2021 • Jennifer Peterson
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The Mule
The Mule
2018 • Mary
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Sisters
Sisters
2015 • Deana Ellis
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 • Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
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The Big Year
The Big Year
2011 • Brenda Harris
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Rage
Rage
2009 • Miss Roth
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Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York
2008 • Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
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Dedication
Dedication
2007 • Carol
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Robots
Robots
2005 • Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
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Thank You, Doctor Rey
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2004 • Elisabeth Beaumont
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I Am Sam
I Am Sam
2001 • Annie Cassell
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Practical Magic
Practical Magic
1998 • Aunt Jet
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The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer
1998 • Diane Booker
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Drunks
Drunks
1997 • Rachel
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The Associate
The Associate
1996 • Sally Dugan
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The Birdcage
The Birdcage
1996 • Louise Keeley
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Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway
1994 • Helen Sinclair
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The Scout
The Scout
1994 • Doctor H. Aaron
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Cops & Robbersons
Cops & Robbersons
1994 • Helen Robberson
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Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate
1991 • Jane Grierson
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Cookie
Cookie
1989 • Lenore
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Parenthood
Parenthood
1989 • Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
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September
September
1987 • Stephanie
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The Lost Boys
The Lost Boys
1987 • Lucy Emerson
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Radio Days
Radio Days
1987 • Aunt Bea
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Falling in Love
Falling in Love
1984 • Isabelle
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Footloose
Footloose
1984 • Vi Moore
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The Face of Rage
1983 • Rebecca Hammil
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Independence Day
Independence Day
1983 • Nancy Morgan
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Out of Our Fathers' House
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978 • Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
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Mother Courage
Unknown year • Diane
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Dianne Wiest – Biography, Known For & Filmography