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Dianne Wiest
Dianne Wiest’s screen credits include Peg in Edward Scissorhands, Aunt Jet in Practical Magic, and Aunt Jet in Practical Magic 2.
Born March 28, 1948 Kansas City, Missouri, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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). …
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She also appeared in the television series Law & Order (2000–2002) and the CBS comedy Life in Pieces(2015–2019).
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- 2026Closing NightDiane
- 2024Apartment 7AMinnie Castevet
- 2023Scene PartnersMeryl Kowalski
- 2022My Father's DragonIris the Rhinoceros (voice)
- 2021I Care a LotJennifer Peterson
- 2020Let Them All TalkSusan
- 2018The MuleMary
- 2018Always at The CarlyleSelf
- 2016Five Nights in MaineLucinda
- 2015SistersDeana Ellis
- 2015Rasheeda SpeakingIleen
- 2014The HumblingCarol
- 2012The Odd Life of Timothy GreenMs. Bernice Crudstaff
- 2012Darling CompanionPenny
- 2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
- 2011The Big YearBrenda Harris
- 2010Rabbit HoleNat
- 2009RageMiss Roth
- 2008Synecdoche, New YorkEllen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
- 2008PassengersToni
- 2007Dan in Real LifeNana
- 2007DedicationCarol
- 2006A Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsDito's Mother
- 2005RobotsMrs. Copperbottom (voice)
- 2004Category 6: Day of DestructionShirley Abbott
- 2004The Blackwater LightshipLily
- 2003Thank You, Doctor ReyElisabeth Beaumont
- 2001I Am SamAnnie Cassell
- 2001Not Afraid, Not AfraidPaula
- 1999The Simple Life of Noah DearbornSarah McClellan
- 1998The Horse WhispererDiane Booker
- 1997DrunksRachel
- 1996The AssociateSally Dugan
- 1996The BirdcageLouise Keeley
- 1994Bullets Over BroadwayHelen Sinclair
- 1994The ScoutDoctor H. Aaron
- 1994Cops & RobbersonsHelen Robberson
- 1991Little Man TateJane Grierson
- 1990The Making of Edward ScissorhandsSelf
- 1989CookieLenore
- 1989ParenthoodHelen Buckman Lampkin Bowman
- 1988Bright Lights, Big CityMother
- 1987SeptemberStephanie
- 1987The Lost BoysLucy
- 1987Radio DaysAunt Bea
- 1986Hannah and Her SistersHolly
- 1985The Purple Rose of CairoEmma
- 1984Falling in LoveIsabelle
- 1984FootlooseVi Moore
- 1983The Face of RageRebecca Hammil
- 1983Independence DayNancy Morgan
- 1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I CanJulie Addison
- 1980It's My TurnGail
- 1978Out of Our Fathers' HouseElizabeth Gertrude Stern
- 1975Zalmen, or The Madness of GodNina
- Non Compos MentisActor
- This Old Love of MineMargo Bannon
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