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Dianne Wiest

1946 - Today

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Dianne Evelyn Wiest (; 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dianne Wiest is the 162nd most popular actor (down from 131st in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from United States (down from 258th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dianne Wiest ranks 162 out of 13,578. Before her are Ava Gardner, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Aishwarya Rai, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Gloria Stuart. After her are Ben Kingsley, Bruno Ganz, Lee Van Cleef, Audie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, and Jeremy Irons.

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Among people born in 1946, Dianne Wiest ranks 38. Before her are David Gilmour, George Best, Susan Sarandon, Rivellino, Guus Hiddink, and Yonatan Netanyahu. After her are Syd Barrett, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Emerson Fittipaldi, Robert Fripp, Oliver Stone, and Masoud Barzani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dianne Wiest ranks 391 out of 20,380. Before her are Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Franklin Pierce (1804), Lee Miller (1907), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Gloria Stuart (1910), and Colonel Sanders (1890). After her are J. D. Vance (1984), Robert Wadlow (1918), Marilyn Manson (1969), Samuel Colt (1814), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), and Owen Chamberlain (1920).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dianne Wiest ranks 87. Before her are Rita Hayworth (1918), Spencer Tracy (1900), Ava Gardner (1922), Sharon Stone (1958), Joe Pesci (1943), and Gloria Stuart (1910). After her are Lee Van Cleef (1925), Audie Murphy (1925), Jamie Foxx (1967), Geraldine Chaplin (1944), Glenn Close (1947), and Shirley MacLaine (1934).

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