Dianne Wiest

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Birth Name: Dianne Wiest

Age: 76, born 28 March 1948

Country of origin: United States

Height: 5' 5"

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The Most Underrated Actors... (32 items)
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Published 12 years, 11 months ago

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Female Actors Piñata (209 items)
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Published 11 years, 6 months ago

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My Favorite Actresses (112 items)
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Published 11 years, 8 months ago

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1001 Performances To See Before Retiring! (357 items)
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Published 12 years, 8 months ago

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"I've just won an Oscar!" (118 items)
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Published 11 years, 9 months ago

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Description: She made her film debut in It's My Turn (1980), but did not establish herself as a film actress until her work for Woody Allen in the 1980s. Stage Wiest studied theatre at the University of Maryland, leaving after her third term to tour with a Shakespearean troupe. Later, she had a supporting role in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of Ashes. She also acted at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT, playing the title role in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. She was an understudy both off-Broadway and on Broadway, in Kurt Vonnegut's Happy Birthday, Wanda June in 1970. She made her Broadway debut in Robert Anderson's S ... (more)

Tags: Actress (33), American (7), Female (5), Oscar Winner (5), Born 1948 (4), White (3), Golden Globe Winner (3), Awesome (2), Actor (2), Tony Award Winner (2), University Of Maryland (2), Aries (1), Needs More Roles (1), Oscar Winning Actress (1)

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Females TV & Movies Deaths (1525 person items)

"Movies:• Independence Day (1983) : Commits suicide in an explosion when she lights a match after filling the house with gas, in order to kill her abusive husband, Cliff De Young. • Bright Lights, Big City (1988) : Dies of cancer in the hospital, with her son, Michael J. Fox, by her side. • Edward Scissorhands (1990) : Presumably dies during the passage of time, from their day til Winona Ryder as an old woman. • Passengers (2008) : Revealed to be an angel, having died sometime before the "

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Motherhood 2.0 ♥ (3001 person items)

"Dianne Evelyn Wiest28 March 1946Wiest has 2 children:• Emily Wiest (1987);• Lily Wiest (1991);"

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Most Popular Movies Movies by Actor (1075 person items)

"1- Edward Scissorhands (1990)2- I Am Sam (2001)3- Robots (2005)4- The Lost Boys (1987)5- The Mule (2018)"

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Academy Awards nominated performances I've seen (446 person items)

" 1990 - NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporing Role DIANNE WIEST as Helen Buckman in PARENTHOOD 1989 | dir: Ron Howard 1987 - WINNER Best Actress in a Supporting Role DIANNE WIEST as Holly in HANNAH AND HER SISTERS 1986 | dir: Woody Allen "

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