Her film career began in the 1980s, playing largely maternal roles in films such as Footloose (1984), The Lost Boys (1987) and Parenthood (1989). But it was her work with director Woody Allen that allowed her to stretch, and she captured the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for two of his films: first, for her turn as the aimless Holly in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and then in 1994, for her role as John Cusack's muse in Bullets Over Broadway.
Wiest earned an Emmy for a guest spot on the Disney Channel production of "Road to Avonlea" and for her role in HBO's "In Treatment," as well as an Emmy nod for her part in The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn.
The Simple Life of Noah DearbornSmall-town farmer Noah Dearborn (Sidney Poitier) lives an uncomplicated existence until shady developer Christian Nelson (George Newbern) tries to usurp his family's land. Nelson will do anything to take Noah's property, including hiring a shrink (Mary-Louise Parker) to have him declared insane. But... Read More
In TreatmentThis quietly intense HBO drama series brings you inside the therapy room where psychologist Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne) treats clients ranging from a distressed Navy pilot to an embittered Olympic-hopeful gymnast, focusing on a single patient in each episode. With the action largely taking place... Read More
Little Man TateJodie Foster's directorial debut centers on Fred Tate (Adam Hann-Byrd), a gifted 7-year-old whose prodigious talents land him in the middle of a battle between his working-class mom (Foster) and a school director (Dianne Wiest) who wants to cultivate his genius. Fred, meanwhile, yearns to fit in... Read More
The AssociateWhen Laurel (Whoopi Goldberg) learns that her less-smart and sexist protégé, Frank (Tim Daly), is promoted, she quits to start her own company -- only to find out that the male-dominated Wall Street world can't take an African American woman seriously. And when her older, white, male... Read More
Merci Docteur ReyElisabeth (Dianne Wiest) is an American opera singer whose latest gig in Paris will give her some time with her son Thomas (Stanislas Merhar), whose gay lifestyle is a secret. Thomas avoids his mother and winds up witnessing a murder, sending him on a hunt to find the killer. Also troubling is a... Read More
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Darling Companion (2012) | NR | |
Rabbit Hole (2010) | PG-13 | |
Rage (2009) | NR | |
Passengers (2008) | PG-13 | |
Synecdoche, New York (2008) | R | |
In Treatment (2008) | TV-MA | |
Dan in Real Life (2007) | PG-13 | |
Dedication (2007) | R | |
R | ||
Robots (2005) | PG | |
NR | ||
Merci Docteur Rey (2002) | R | |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) | TV-14 | |
I Am Sam (2001) | PG-13 | |
Echoes from the White House (2001) | NR | |
The 10th Kingdom (2000) | NR | |
PG | ||
Practical Magic (1998) | PG-13 | |
The Horse Whisperer (1998) | PG-13 | |
The Birdcage (1996) | R | |
The Associate (1996) | PG-13 | |
Bullets Over Broadway (1994) | R | |
The Scout (1994) | PG-13 | |
Cops & Robbersons (1994) | PG | |
Little Man Tate (1991) | PG | |
Edward Scissorhands (1990) | PG-13 | |
Law & Order (1990) | TV-14 | |
Parenthood (1989) | PG-13 | |
Bright Lights, Big City (1988) | R | |
R | ||
Radio Days (1987) | PG | |
September (1987) | PG | |
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | PG-13 | |
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) | PG | |
Footloose (1984) | PG | |
Falling in Love (1984) | PG-13 | |
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) | R | |
Out of our Fathers' House (1978) | NR | |
Zalmen or the Madness of God (1975) | NR | |
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