Dianne Wiest
Acting
Born: Mar 28, 1948
From: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Ms. Bernice Crudstaff | 2012 | 7.003 |
| Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011 | 6.884 |
| Rabbit Hole | Nat | 2010 | 6.651 |
| Rage | Miss Roth | 2009 | 3.5 |
| Synecdoche, New York | Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems | 2008 | 7.546 |
| Passengers | Toni | 2008 | 6.1 |
| Dan in Real Life | Nana | 2007 | 6.573 |
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Dito's Mother | 2006 | 6.491 |
| Category 6: Day of Destruction | Shirley Abbott | 2004 | 6.304 |
| Thank You, Doctor Rey | Elisabeth Beaumont | 2004 | 5.5 |
| The Blackwater Lightship | Lily | 2004 | 6.143 |
| I Am Sam | Annie Cassell | 2001 | 7.565 |
| The Horse Whisperer | Diane Booker | 1998 | 6.896 |
| Practical Magic | Aunt Jet | 1998 | 6.775 |
| The Birdcage | Louise Keeley | 1996 | 7.057 |
| The Associate | Sally Dugan | 1996 | 6.254 |
| Bullets Over Broadway | Helen Sinclair | 1994 | 7.09 |
| Cops & Robbersons | Helen Robberson | 1994 | 5.138 |
| The Scout | Doctor H. Aaron | 1994 | 5.263 |
| Little Man Tate | Jane Grierson | 1991 | 6.6 |
| Edward Scissorhands | Peg | 1990 | 7.719 |
| Parenthood | Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman | 1989 | 6.665 |
| Bright Lights, Big City | Mother | 1988 | 5.678 |
| The Lost Boys | Lucy Emerson | 1987 | 7.092 |
| September | Stephanie | 1987 | 6.188 |
| Radio Days | Aunt Bea | 1987 | 7.044 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Holly | 1986 | 7.471 |
| Footloose | Vi Moore | 1984 | 6.688 |
| Falling in Love | Isabelle | 1984 | 6.7 |
| The Face of Rage | Rebecca Hammil | 1983 | 5.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1948 |
| From | Kansas City, Missouri, … |