In February 2021, the new film “I Care a Lot” became available on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, the cast of which caused unanimous admiration of film critics. The main roles were shared by Rosamund Pike, who convincingly played the fraudster, and Diane Wist, whose heroine turned out to be far from a harmless old lady. However, the picture had many drawbacks – from a predictable plot to the absence of positive characters.
Childhood and youth
On March 28, 1948, daughter Diane Evelyn was born to Bernard John Whist and Anne Stewart (nee Caddy) in Kansas City. She was not the only child in the family but grew up surrounded by brothers Greg and Don.
American actress Dianne Wiest
Her father, a Pennsylvania native of German and Croatian descent, was a psychiatric social worker in the US Army, and then became the dean of the college. Mother Nurse was born in Scotland and later moved to America. The couple met in Algeria, and the wedding celebration took place in Naples. Adults with children moved frequently, and this had its pros and cons.
Initially, the girl dreamed of devoting her life to ballet, but in high school at Nurnberg American High School, the schoolgirl’s attention turned to the theater. In 1969, the girl graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, while studying with the Shakespearean troupe.
The future celebrity took part in the New York Shakespeare Festival (play “Ashes”), performed at the Yale Repertory Theater in New Yeven, starring in “Gedda Gubler”, worked as an understudy both on Broadway and off-Broadway in the production ” Happy birthday, Wanda June. “
Theatre
Whist made her Broadway debut in Robert Anderson’s Solitaire / Double Solitaire in 1971. For the next 4 years, she served at the Arena Stage, shining in Our Township by Thornton Wilder, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Alby, “Dibbuk” by Semyon An-sky, “At the Bottom” by Maxim Gorky, and “The House Where Hearts Are Broken” by Bernard
In 1976, at the Eugene O’Neill National Conference of Playwrights, the
The University of Maryland graduate appeared in Pirates and The History of American Cinema. At Joseph Pappa’s Public Theater, Diane again appeared in Ashes and Agamemnon. Her creative career was enriched by “The Agnes of God” at the Waterford Theater Center, the “Museum” and “The Art of Dinner” by Tina Howe. The last project brought three awards at once: Obie Award, Theater World Award, and The Clarence Derwent Award.
Johnny Depp and Dianne Wiest in the movie Edward Scissorhands
On Broadway, the American starred in Frankenstein, Beyond Therapy with John Lithgow, and Othello with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer. In the 1980s, she again starred in Gedda Gubler at the Yale Repertory Theater, View of Alaska, Serenade Louis, and Cockroach Hunt at the Manhattan Theater Club. In the 90s, the audience applauded her in “Shawl” by Cynthia Ozick, “One Flea” by Naomi Wallace, in the 2000s – in “Salome”, where Al Pacino and Marisa Tomei acted as partners, in the “House of Memory” and “The Third” at Lincoln Center …
The artist reincarnated as a “charming vulgarity” in Chekhov’s “The Seagull” and Kate Keller in “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller, sharing one scene with Patrick Wilson and Katie Holmes. In 2016, the celebrity tried on the image of Vinnie in Happy Days at Yale Repertory Theater, in 2017 at Theater for a New Audience, and in 2019 at the Mark Taper Forum.
Movies
Wist’s conquest of cinema began with small roles in Zalman, or the Madness of God, The Great Show, Now My Move, The Wall, Dancing as Fast as I Can, and Independence Day. In the mid-80s, the filmography was replenished with “Free” and “Lovers”, and with “The Purple Rose of Cairo” a fruitful collaboration with Woody Allen began, whose “Hannah and Her Sisters” became a real breakthrough for the American and brought an Oscar and a Golden Globe “.
After Days of Radio, September, The Lost Children, and Bright Lights of the Big City, she played in Parents, receiving nominations for the above awards. Tim Burton filmed her in Edward Scissorhands and Jodie Foster in Little Man Tate.
The black comedy Bullets Over Broadway gave Dianne Wiest both Oscars and Golden Globes and Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild Awards. The first Emmy went to the actress for Road to Avonlea and the second – for Patients.
In the 2000s, the artist had a hand in the “Tenth Kingdom”, becoming the Evil Queen, “Law and Order”, “Passengers”, “Dan in Real Life” and “Synecdoche, New York“. In 2010, she worked with Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole, and in 2012 with Kevin Kline and namesake Diane Keaton in Nearest Friend.
Dianne Wiest in the series “The Tenth Kingdom”
Later, the celebrity got on the “Black List”, underwent “Humiliation”, spent “Five Nights in Maine”, met the “Drug Courier” and showed “Life in Detail”.
Personal life
In the 80s, the main character of the personal life of the American actress, outwardly somewhat reminiscent of her colleagues Renee Zellweger and Judy Dench, was Sam Cohn, with whom she had a long romantic relationship. According to Time magazine, the list of clients of the “first super agent of our time” included Woody Allen, Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Liza Minnelli, Whoopi Goldberg, Jackie Gleason, Robert Altman.
The lovers never got married, but the man became the godfather of the two adopted daughters of the celebrity Emily (1987) and Lily (1991). The woman admitted in an interview that she tried to be a good mother to her children (but they may tell a different story) and took them with her on tour. On Instagram, there are many fan pages of the artist, where fans posted photos of their favorite.
Filmography
1986 – Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 – Radio Days
1989 – Parenthood
1990 – Edward Scissorhands
1994 – Bullets Over Broadway
1996 – The Birdcage
1996 – The Associate
1998 – The Horse Whisperer
2008 – Synecdoche, New York
2008-2009 – “Rage”
2015 – Five Nights in Maine
2018 – “The Mule“
2020 – “Let them talk”
2021 – “I Care a Lot”
