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Dianne Evelyn Wiest [1] ( / wiːst /; [2] born March 28, 1948) [3] [4] [5] [6] is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for ...
Dianne Wiest. Actress: The Birdcage. One of three children (she has two brothers, Greg and Don), Dianne Wiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA on 28 March 1946. Her original ambition was to be a ballerina, but she was bitten by acting bug after some stage work, most notably playing Desdemona to James Earl Jones' Othello on Broadway.
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May 9, 2024 · Dianne Wiest, American actress respected for her ability to convey vulnerability, her versatility, and her comic talents. She won Academy Awards for her performances in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets over Broadway (1994). Wiest had recurring roles on such TV shows as Law & Order.
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Dianne Wiest is an Oscar-winning actress who has worked with Woody Allen four times. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and started her career as a ballerina.
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- March 28, 1946
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- 'Bullets Over Broadway' (1994) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95% In Bullets Over Broadway, the year is 1929, and John Cusack is young playwright David Shayne who, desperate to finance his play, makes a deal with a mobster, Nick Valenti (Joe Viterelli).
- 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' (1985) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% In this Depression-era Woody Allen film, Mia Farrow plays a woman who frequently escapes reality by going to the movies.
- 'Parenthood' (1989) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Ron Howard's ensemble hit movie Parenthood showcases the highs and lows of parenting and the bonds created by family, for better or worse.
- 'Radio Days' (1987) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Woody Allen's Radio Days unfolds in a series of semi-autobiographical nostalgic 1940s-era flashbacks as a middle-aged man (voiced by Allen) recounts memories from his youth as a Jewish kid, Joe (a young Seth Green) from Rockaway, New York.
Jan 6, 2021 · Dianne Wiest is a two-time Oscar-winning actress who has appeared in iconic films like Hannah and Her Sisters, Edward Scissorhands, and Let Them All Talk. See her top 10 movies ranked by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, from The Purple Rose of Cairo to Birdcage.
Dianne Wiest is an American actress who has won two Oscars and other awards. She has appeared in films such as Edward Scissorhands, The Mule, I Am Sam, and Hannah and Her Sisters.
