Dianne Wiest
Date of birth: 1948-03-28
Place of birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Diane Wiest, دایان ویست
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.
Movie Credits
Edward Scissorhands
1990-12-07
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
The Horse Whisperer
1998-02-01
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the
The Lost Boys
1987-07-31
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlik
Parenthood
1989-07-31
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjo
Footloose
1984-02-17
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for
I Am Sam
2001-12-28
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave th
The Birdcage
1996-03-08
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that th
Synecdoche, New York
2008-10-24
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a li
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986-02-07
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondri
The Associate
1996-10-25
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm w
Little Man Tate
1991-09-06
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius,
Practical Magic
1998-10-16
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But
Bullets Over Broadway
1994-10-14
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's
September
1987-12-18
After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Steph
Radio Days
1987-01-30
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York
Dan in Real Life
2007-10-26
Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brot
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006-09-29
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to ret
Category 6: Day of Destruction
2004-11-14
Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst
Cops & Robbersons
1994-04-15
When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they set up a s
Rage
2009-09-24
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York
Rabbit Hole
2010-12-16
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
The Scout
1994-09-30
When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets
Passengers
2008-09-26
After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's fi
Thank You, Doctor Rey
2004-08-20
A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaiso
The Face of Rage
1983-03-20
Filmed in quasi-documentary fashion, the made-for-TV The Face of Rage is set in a rehabilitation fac
Bright Lights, Big City
1988-04-01
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the me
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011-11-20
An intense portrait of the iconic filmmaker, writer, actor, comedian and musician Woody Allen: his l
Falling in Love
1984-11-21
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012-08-15
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon,
The Blackwater Lightship
2004-02-04
A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother.
The Big Year
2011-10-13
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species a
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999-05-09
In the small Southern community of Twin Pines, GA, lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farme
Cookie
1989-08-02
Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen
Darling Companion
2012-04-20
Beth develops a deep bond with a dog she rescues. But when her self-absorbed husband loses the dog,
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982-03-05
An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.
Drunks
1997-03-14
At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His spo
My Father's Dragon
2022-11-04
Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Islan
Independence Day
1983-01-21
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a wait
It's My Turn
1980-10-24
A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with
Apartment 7A
2024-09-20
A struggling young dancer finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected olde
Scene Partners
2023-12-15
Winter, 1985. 75-year-old Meryl ditches ice-cold Milwaukee for sunny Los Angeles, hell-bent on becom
The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985-03-01
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only esca
The Humbling
2014-12-31
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman
Always at The Carlyle
2018-05-11
The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a
Five Nights in Maine
2016-08-05
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to se
Sisters
2015-12-18
Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sel
Robots
2005-03-10
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until t
Dedication
2007-08-24
A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is
The Mule
2018-12-14
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he i
I Care a Lot
2021-02-19
A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her l
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978-08-02
Drawn from the diaries and letters of noted feminists, such as women's suffrage founder Elizabeth Ca
Let Them All Talk
2020-12-10
A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
1975-01-13
This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits f
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
1990-12-14
Behind the scenes of Edward Scissorhands
Rasheeda Speaking
2015-10-01
This tense workplace thriller examines the realities of so-called “post-racial” America. Co-workers
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001-01-01
After being abandoned by her husband after 28 years, an overbearing, self-centered psychologist emba
Mother Courage
Estranged sisters whose reunion sets off an emotionally volatile chain of events
Practical Magic 2
2026-09-16
A multi generational family of witches, cursed to be loveless for centuries, attempts to break the s
Law and Order: Justice
1999-08-22
This special explores the duality of justice in New York City, dividing its focus between police inv