Deanna Dunagan

Deanna Dunagan

Born: May 25, 1940
in Monahans, Texas, USA
Deanna Dunagan (born May 25, 1940) is an American actress. While principally active as a stage actress, she has also worked in television and film. She is best known for her Tony Award-winning portrayal of Violet Weston in Tracy Letts' August: Osage County and for her portrayal of Nana in M. Night Shyamalan's 2015 film The Visit. She has also appeared in the recurring roles of Mother Bernadette on the Fox television series The Exorcist and Mrs. Charles on Chicago Med. She portrayed Dr. Willa Sipe in the 2018 film An Acceptable Loss by writer Joe Chappelle; and starred as Sharon in the 2021 film Stillwater alongside Matt Damon and Abigail Breslin.

Movies for Deanna Dunagan...

Ghostlight
Title: Ghostlight
Character: Tony-Winner Deanna Dunagan
Released: June 14, 2024
Type: Movie
A reserved construction worker and his rebellious teenage daughter bond through a production of Romeo & Juliet.
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Asteroid City
Title: Asteroid City
Character: Waitress
Released: June 8, 2023
Type: Movie
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
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So Cold the River
Title: So Cold the River
Character: Anne McKinney
Released: March 25, 2022
Type: Movie
A documentary filmmaker's research on a town's mysterious benefactor unearths an unexplained evil while staying at a local resort.
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Stillwater
Title: Stillwater
Character: Sharon
Released: July 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
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Title: Dispatches from Elsewhere
Character: Nana
Released: March 1, 2020
Type: TV
A group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life come to find that the mystery winds far deeper than they ever imagined.
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An Acceptable Loss
Title: An Acceptable Loss
Character: Dr. Willa Sipes
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke a steely, commanding politician with an unwavering knack for achieving her goals. Colluding with Rachel is Adrian, an unyielding, patriotic chief of staff. Martin harbors another type of obsession with Libby in this story of betrayal and regret.
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The Visit
Title: The Visit
Character: Nana
Released: September 10, 2015
Type: Movie
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
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Title: The Strain
Character: Ancharia
Released: July 13, 2014
Type: TV
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
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Just Like a Woman
Title: Just Like a Woman
Character: George's Mother
Released: March 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a darker secret.
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Title: House of Cards
Character: Susan Marbury
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: TV
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.
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Mariachi Gringo
Title: Mariachi Gringo
Character: Monica
Released: October 3, 2012
Type: Movie
A stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a mariachi singer. MARIACHI GRINGO is a musical tour-de-force exploring the reality of "following your dreams" across cultural, personal, social and geographical borders.
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Title: Unforgettable
Character: Alice Wells
Released: September 20, 2011
Type: TV
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
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Dimension
Title: Dimension
Character: Annabelle
Released: September 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Loneliness and regret encompass a small neighborhood in Chicago, and its residents will do anything to change their lives. Under divine circumstances, they are given their wish. Dimension follows the tragic tale of Chance Pullman, and the way in which his own troubled past comes to affect and change the lives of those who come into contact with him. A reminder of how the littlest things often have the biggest consequences, Chance provides strangers and close friends with the opportunity to completely alter their life, but with one limitation: They can only change exactly three inches about themselves.
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Title: Psych
Character: Myrtle
Released: July 7, 2006
Type: TV
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
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Title: Prison Break
Character: Judy
Released: August 29, 2005
Type: TV
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
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Losing Isaiah
Title: Losing Isaiah
Character: Dr. Goldstein
Released: March 17, 1995
Type: Movie
Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster while high and returns the next day in a panic to find he is missing. In reality, the baby has been adopted by a warm-hearted social worker, Margaret Lewin, and her husband, Charles. Years later, Khaila has gone through rehab and holds a steady job. After learning that her child is still alive, she challenges Margaret for the custody.
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Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
Title: Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
Character: Janice Bradley
Released: January 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Two fathers from very different backgrounds reunite after 8 years to pursue the escaped drug dealer responsible for the deaths of their son and daughter.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Estelle Adams
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Men Don't Leave
Title: Men Don't Leave
Character: Fay
Released: February 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.
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Title: Amerika
Character: Betty Milford
Released: February 15, 1987
Type: TV
Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union.
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Running Scared
Title: Running Scared
Character: Sister Rebecca
Released: June 27, 1986
Type: Movie
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
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Two Fathers' Justice
Title: Two Fathers' Justice
Released: February 11, 1985
Type: Movie
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A Matter of Principle
Title: A Matter of Principle
Character: Miss Keyes
Released: December 3, 1984
Type: Movie
A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.
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The Naked Face
Title: The Naked Face
Character: Mrs. Hadley
Released: June 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. After repeated attempts to convince the cops of his innocence, Dr. Stevens is forced to go after the real villains himself.
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The Roommate
Title: The Roommate
Character: Mrs. Zeigler
Released: January 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in 1952, this tells of two young men who are polar opposites being assigned to the same dorm room at Northwestern University.
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Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
Title: Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
Character: Emily Dickinson
Released: February 9, 1982
Type: Movie
The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.
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Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Title: Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Released: January 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the Watergate scandal.
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The Robber Bridegroom
Title: The Robber Bridegroom
Character: Goat's Mother
Released: June 1, 1980
Type: Movie
In a small Southern town, a plantation owner is duped into thinking a thief is a kind stranger. To repay the stranger for stopping a robbery, the plantation owner invites him to his home to meet his daughter.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Winner
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.