Dianne Wiest
Acting • Born 1948-03-28
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
75 credits
Edward Scissorhands
Movie • 1990
Peg
The Horse Whisperer
Movie • 1998
Diane Booker
Parenthood
Movie • 1989
Helen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
The Lost Boys
Movie • 1987
Lucy Emerson
Footloose
Movie • 1984
Vi Moore
I Am Sam
Movie • 2001
Annie Cassell
The Birdcage
Movie • 1996
Louise Keeley
Synecdoche, New York
Movie • 2008
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Hannah and Her Sisters
Movie • 1986
Holly
The Associate
Movie • 1996
Sally Dugan
Little Man Tate
Movie • 1991
Jane Grierson
Practical Magic
Movie • 1998
Aunt Jet
Bullets Over Broadway
Movie • 1994
Helen Sinclair
September
Movie • 1987
Stephanie
Radio Days
Movie • 1987
Aunt Bea
Dan in Real Life
Movie • 2007
Nana
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Movie • 2006
Dito's Mother
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Movie • 2004
Shirley Abbott
Cops & Robbersons
Movie • 1994
Helen Robberson
Rabbit Hole
Movie • 2010
Nat
Rage
Movie • 2009
Miss Roth
The Scout
Movie • 1994
Doctor H. Aaron
Passengers
Movie • 2008
Toni
Thank You, Doctor Rey
Movie • 2004
Elisabeth Beaumont
The Face of Rage
Movie • 1983
Rebecca Hammil
Bright Lights, Big City
Movie • 1988
Mother
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie • 2011
Self
Falling in Love
Movie • 1984
Isabelle
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie • 2012
Ms. Bernice Crudstaff
The Blackwater Lightship
Movie • 2004
Lily
The Big Year
Movie • 2011
Brenda Harris
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Movie • 1999
Sarah McClellan
Cookie
Movie • 1989
Lenore
Darling Companion
Movie • 2012
Penny
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Movie • 1982
Julie Addison
Drunks
Movie • 1997
Rachel
My Father's Dragon
Movie • 2022
Iris the Rhinoceros (voice)
Independence Day
Movie • 1983
Nancy Morgan
It's My Turn
Movie • 1980
Gail
Apartment 7A
Movie • 2024
Minnie Castevet
Scene Partners
Movie • 2023
Meryl Kowalski
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Movie • 1985
Emma
The Humbling
Movie • 2014
Carol
Always at The Carlyle
Movie • 2018
Self
Five Nights in Maine
Movie • 2016
Lucinda
Sisters
Movie • 2015
Deana Ellis
Robots
Movie • 2005
Mrs. Copperbottom (voice)
Dedication
Movie • 2007
Carol
The Mule
Movie • 2018
Mary
I Care a Lot
Movie • 2021
Jennifer Peterson
Out of Our Fathers' House
Movie • 1978
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Let Them All Talk
Movie • 2020
Susan
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Movie • 1975
Nina
The Making of Edward Scissorhands
Movie • 1990
Self
Rasheeda Speaking
Movie • 2015
Ileen
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
Movie • 2001
Paula
Untitled Cody Fern Film
Movie
Diane
Practical Magic 2
Movie • 2026
Aunt Jet
Non Compos Mentis
Movie
The Return of Jezebel James
TV • 2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
Mayor of Kingstown
TV • 2021
Miriam McLusky
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lily
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Nora Lewin
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Ruth Kipling
Life in Pieces
TV • 2015
Joan Short
In Treatment
TV • 2008
Dr. Gina Toll
The 10th Kingdom
TV • 2000
Evil Queen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Nora Lewin
Category 6: Day of Destruction
TV • 2004
Shirley Abbott, Secretary of Energy
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
Only Murders in the Building
TV • 2021
Lorraine
Elsbeth
TV • 2024
Reverend Mother Constance Mary Cabot