Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein

Born: June 22, 1933
Died: September 29, 2023
in San Francisco, California, USA
Dianne Emiel Feinstein (née Goldman; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.

A San Francisco native, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and immediately became the board's first female president upon her appointment in 1970. In 1978, during a third stint as the board's president, the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk drew national attention. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. During her tenure, she led the renovation of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Despite a recall attempt in 1983, Feinstein was a popular mayor and was named the most effective mayor in the country by City & State in 1987.

After losing a race for governor in 1990, Feinstein was elected to the U.S. Senate in a 1992 special election. In November 1992, she became California's first female U.S. senator; shortly afterward, she became the state's senior senator when Alan Cranston retired in January 1993. Feinstein was reelected five times. In the 2012 election, she received 7.86 million votes, the most popular votes received by any U.S. Senate candidate in history. Feinstein authored the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. She was the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee and the first to preside over a U.S. presidential inauguration. Feinstein chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee from 2009 to 2015 and was the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2017 to 2021.

Movies for Dianne Feinstein...

Title: Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 2022
Type: TV
Montana's first hand account of his career from the earliest days to national champion at Notre Dame and becoming a four-time Super Bowl winner and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
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Title: Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 13, 2021
Type: TV
Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.
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At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
Title: At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
Character: Self
Released: May 3, 2019
Type: Movie
A look inside the USA gymnastics sexual abuse scandal that shook the sports world in 2017 depicting a landscape in which women spend their youth seeking victory on a world stage, juxtaposed against a culture where abuse prevails and lives are damaged forever.
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The People's Palace: San Francisco City Hall 100 Years
Title: The People's Palace: San Francisco City Hall 100 Years
Character: Self
Released: November 24, 2015
Type: Movie
One of the most extraordinary civic buildings in America, San Francisco's City Hall rose from the rubble of the 1906 earthquake to become both the symbol of a resilient citizenry and the epicenter of a city in constant change. "The People's Palace" commemorates this remarkable piece of architecture and the dramatic events that have taken place under its dome: labor strife, political assassinations, civil rights struggles, and celebrations that have forged the character of contemporary San Francisco. Featuring interviews with mayors, journalists, scholars, and everyday citizens who have witnessed history within its walls.
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Reel in the Closet
Title: Reel in the Closet
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Never before seen home movies made by queer people dating back to the 1930s and the struggle to save them before they are lost forever.
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What in the World Are They Spraying?
Title: What in the World Are They Spraying?
Character: Self
Released: October 23, 2010
Type: Movie
What would you say if you were told that airplanes were regularly spraying toxic aerosols in the skies above every major region of the world? That is exactly what a group of protestors were claiming outside of the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting that was held in San Diego from February 18-22.
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14 Women
Title: 14 Women
Character: Self
Released: July 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary that explores the lives of 14 female U.S. senators and the uniquely feminine challenges they face, including the sometimes difficult balance between their roles as public servants and wives and mothers.
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Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Title: Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Character: Self - U.S. Congress (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
In one of the most tragic face-offs in the history of law enforcement, the deadly debacle at Waco pitted the Branch Davidian sect against the FBI in an all-out war. This documentary makes the most of footage and recordings to examine how the events that led to the tragedy of April 19, 1993, unfolded, and how the FBI's unrelenting approach made what was already a bad situation much worse.
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Title: To The Contrary
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 1992
Type: TV
This all women news-analysis program provides an important, timely forum for diverse women to discuss national and international issues and policies.
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The Times of Harvey Milk
Title: The Times of Harvey Milk
Character: Herself (archive footage)
Released: October 7, 1984
Type: Movie
Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.
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Title: Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
Released: November 7, 1954
Type: TV
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan is an American Sunday morning political interview show, which premiered on the CBS television network. It is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television, having debuted in 1954.