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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 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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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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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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