ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dianne Wiest has received more than 6,671,061 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Dianne Wiest is the 131st most popular actor (up from 215th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from United States (up from 398th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Actor.

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  • 6.7M

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  • 70.37

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  • 51

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  • 12.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dianne Wiest ranks 131 out of 13,578. Before her are Simone Signoret, Klaus Kinski, Robert Forster, Joe Pesci, Lee Van Cleef, and Judi Dench. After her are Salman Khan, Bruno Ganz, Donald Sutherland, Irene Papas, Gary Cooper, and Gene Hackman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Dianne Wiest ranks 24. Before her are George Best, Charlotte Rampling, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Rivellino, Diane Keaton, and David Lynch. After her are Gianni Versace, David Gilmour, Elfriede Jelinek, Hassanal Bolkiah, Susan Sarandon, and Guus Hiddink.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dianne Wiest ranks 258 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert Forster (1941), Joe Pesci (1943), Pearl S. Buck (1892), George Gershwin (1898), Lee Van Cleef (1925), and John Howard Northrop (1891). After her are Ernest Lawrence (1901), Pete Conrad (1930), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958), Gary Cooper (1901), and Gene Hackman (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dianne Wiest ranks 65. Before her are Diane Keaton (1946), Audie Murphy (1925), Charlton Heston (1923), Robert Forster (1941), Joe Pesci (1943), and Lee Van Cleef (1925). After her are Gary Cooper (1901), Gene Hackman (1930), Robert Duvall (1931), Susan Sarandon (1946), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), and Gloria Stuart (1910).

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Television and Movie Roles

Edward Scissorhands
Peg
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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The Mule
Mary
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
Dec 14o 20186.847 / 10
I Am Sam
Annie Cassell
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
Dec 28o 20017.575 / 10