Dianne Wiest movies

She has enjoyed a successful career on stage, television, and film, and has received several awards in her career.BiographyWiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri to an army soldier (Missouri Military Academy) and his wife Melissa (née Winstone). She had two brothers: Greg and Don Wiest.Wiests original ambition was to be a ballerina, but in late high school she switched her sights to acting in theatre. She made her film debut in 1980, but did not make a name for herself as a film actress until teaming up with Woody Allen during the 1980s.Theatre careerWiests early career was in theatre.

She studied theatre at the University of Maryland but left after her third term, in order to tour with a Shakespeare troupe. She worked at the Long Wharf theatre, understudied off-Broadway in Kurt Vonneguts "Happy Birthday, Wanda June." And then made her Broadway debut in Robert Andersons "Solitaire/Double Solitaire," taking over in the role of the daughter. She then went to work at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and became one of their most prized leading actresses, appearing in many plays including a memorable Emily in "Our Town," Honey in "Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf," and leading roles in "The Dybbuk," "The Lower Depths," and "Heartbreak House." She also toured the USSR with the Arena Stage Company.1976In 1976 Wiest went to the Eugene ONeill National Playwrights Conference and played leading roles in Amlin Grays "Pirates" and Christopher Durangs "A History of the American Film." Shortly after that, she left Arena Stage, and performed more in New York City. At Joe Papps Public Theatre she took over the lead in "Ashes," and played Cassandra in "Agamemnon," directed by Andrei ?erban. She was in two plays by Tina Howe, "Museum" and then "The Art of Dining." In the latter play Wiest was deeply hilarious as the shy and awkward authoress Elizabeth Barrow Colt, and she won every off-Broadway theatre award for her performance: an Obie Award, a Theatre World Award, and the Clarence Derwent Award, given yearly for the most promising performance in New York theatre.On BroadwayIn the early 1980 she appeared on Broadway in Frankenstein, directed by Tom Moore, portrayed Desdemona in Othello opposite James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer, and co-starred with John Lithgow in Christopher Durangs romantic screwball comedy Beyond Therapy, directed by John Madden. (A few years later she played opposite Lithgow again in the Herbert Ross film Footloose).

Dianne Wiest Movies

All movies starring Dianne Wiest.

• Bullets Over Broadway
• Dan in Real Life
• Dedication
• Edward Scissorhands
• Footloose
• Hannah and Her Sisters
• I Am Sam
• Parenthood
• Practical Magic
• Synecdoche, New York