Deanna Dunagan
Acting • Born 1940-05-25
Biography
Deanna Dunagan (born May 25, 1940) is an American actress. While principally active as a stage actress, she has also worked in television and film. She is best known for her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Violet Weston in Tracy Letts' August: Osage County and for her portrayal of Nana in M. Night Shyamalan's 2015 film The Visit. She has also appeared in the recurring roles of Mother Bernadette on the Fox television series The Exorcist and Mrs. Charles on Chicago Med. She portrayed Dr. Willa Sipe in the 2018 film An Acceptable Loss by writer Joe Chappelle; and starred as Sharon in the 2021 film Stillwater alongside Matt Damon and Abigail Breslin.
Filmography
33 credits
Losing Isaiah
Movie • 1995
Dr. Goldstein
Running Scared
Movie • 1986
Sister Rebecca
Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Movie • 1982
Asteroid City
Movie • 2023
Waitress
A Matter of Principle
Movie • 1984
Miss Keyes
The Naked Face
Movie • 1984
Mrs. Hadley
Two Fathers' Justice
Movie • 1985
The Visit
Movie • 2015
Nana
Men Don't Leave
Movie • 1990
Fay
The Robber Bridegroom
Movie • 1980
Goat's Mother
Ghostlight
Movie • 2024
Tony-Winner Deanna Dunagan
Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
Movie • 1994
Janice Bradley
Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
Movie • 1982
Emily Dickinson
The Roommate
Movie • 1984
Mrs. Zeigler
Just Like a Woman
Movie • 2013
George's Mother
An Acceptable Loss
Movie • 2019
Dr. Willa Sipes
Stillwater
Movie • 2021
Sharon
Dimension
Movie • 2007
Annabelle
So Cold the River
Movie • 2022
Anne McKinney
Mariachi Gringo
Movie • 2012
Monica
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Estelle Adams
Psych
TV • 2006
Myrtle
Unforgettable
TV • 2011
Alice Wells
Amerika
TV • 1987
Betty Milford
Prison Break
TV • 2005
Judy
House of Cards
TV • 2013
Susan Marbury
The Strain
TV • 2014
Ancharia
Dispatches from Elsewhere
TV • 2020
Nana
The Exorcist
TV • 2016
Mother Bernadette
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Dr. Vivian Carlsmith
Chicago Med
TV • 2015
Margaret Charles
Unforgettable
TV • 2011
Alice
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
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