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Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Acting • Kansas City, Missouri, USA • Born March 28, 1948

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.

31
Films
6.7
Avg Score

Filmography (31)

Practical Magic 2

Practical Magic 2

2026 • Comedy, Fantasy • 1h 50m
—
as Aunt Jet
Apartment 7A

Apartment 7A

2024 • Horror, Thriller • 1h 44m
59
as Minnie Castevet
I Care a Lot

I Care a Lot

2021 • Thriller, Comedy • 1h 59m
64
as Jennifer Peterson
Let Them All Talk

Let Them All Talk

2020 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 53m
61
as Susan
The Mule

The Mule

2018 • Crime, Drama • 1h 56m
70
as Mary
Sisters

Sisters

2015 • Comedy • 1h 58m
60
as Deana Ellis
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 45m
66
as Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
The Big Year

The Big Year

2011 • Comedy • 1h 42m
62
as Brenda Harris
Rabbit Hole

Rabbit Hole

2010 • Drama • 1h 31m
70
as Nat
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008 • Drama • 2h 4m
75
as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Passengers

Passengers

2008 • Mystery, Thriller • 1h 33m
58
as Toni
Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

2007 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 38m
68
as Nana
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006 • Crime, Drama • 1h 44m
69
as Dito's Mother
Robots

Robots

2005 • Science Fiction, Comedy • 1h 30m
64
as Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
I Am Sam

I Am Sam

2001 • Drama • 2h 12m
76
as Annie Cassell
Practical Magic

Practical Magic

1998 • Comedy, Fantasy • 1h 44m
63
as Aunt Jet
The Horse Whisperer

The Horse Whisperer

1998 • Adventure, Drama • 2h 49m
67
as Diane Booker
The Birdcage

The Birdcage

1996 • Comedy • 1h 59m
72
as Louise Keeley
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

1994 • Comedy, Crime • 1h 38m
74
as Helen Sinclair
The Scout

The Scout

1994 • Comedy • 1h 41m
54
as Doctor H. Aaron
Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate

1991 • Drama, Family • 1h 39m
66
as Jane Grierson
Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

1990 • Drama, Fantasy • 1h 45m
78
as Peg
Parenthood

Parenthood

1989 • Comedy, Drama • 2h 4m
71
as Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
Bright Lights, Big City

Bright Lights, Big City

1988 • Drama, Romance • 1h 47m
57
as Mother
The Lost Boys

The Lost Boys

1987 • Horror, Thriller • 1h 37m
72
as Lucy Emerson
Radio Days

Radio Days

1987 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 29m
74
as Aunt Bea
September

September

1987 • Drama • 1h 23m
65
as Stephanie
Hannah and Her Sisters

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 47m
78
as Holly
The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo

1985 • Comedy, Fantasy • 1h 22m
76
as Emma
Footloose

Footloose

1984 • Drama, Romance • 1h 47m
66
as Vi Moore
Falling in Love

Falling in Love

1984 • Drama, Romance • 1h 46m
65
as Isabelle

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