Deanna Dunagan

Born: 1940-05-25

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.


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Asteroid City

as Waitress
Released: 2023-06-08

In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet...

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Stillwater

as Sharon
Released: 2021-07-29

Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his...

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The Visit

as Nana
Released: 2015-09-10

A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where...

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Running Scared

as Sister Rebecca
Released: 1986-06-27

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West...

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Losing Isaiah

as Dr. Goldstein
Released: 1995-03-17

Khaila Richards, a crack-addicted single mother, accidentally leaves her baby in a dumpster...

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So Cold the River

as Anne McKinney
Released: 2022-03-25

A documentary filmmaker's research on a town's mysterious benefactor unearths an unexplained...

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An Acceptable Loss

as Dr. Willa Sipes
Released: 2019-01-18

Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm is threatened by associates from her...

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Ghostlight

as Tony-Winner Deanna Dunagan
Released: 2024-06-14

A reserved construction worker and his rebellious teenage daughter bond through a production of...

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The Naked Face

as Mrs. Hadley
Released: 1984-06-01

Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man...

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Mariachi Gringo

as Monica
Released: 2012-10-03

A stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a mariachi singer....

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Men Don't Leave

as Fay
Released: 1990-02-02

A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life,...

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Just Like a Woman

as George's Mother
Released: 2013-03-07

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a...

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The Robber Bridegroom

as Goat's Mother
Released: 1980-06-01

In a small Southern town, a plantation owner is duped into thinking a thief is a kind stranger....

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The Roommate

as Mrs. Zeigler
Released: 1984-01-20

Set in 1952, this tells of two young men who are polar opposites being assigned to the same dorm...

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Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent

as Janice Bradley
Released: 1994-01-14

Two fathers from very different backgrounds reunite after 8 years to pursue the escaped drug...

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Will: G. Gordon Liddy

as uncredited
Released: 1982-01-10

Based on the autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy who spent 54 months in prison following the...

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A Matter of Principle

as Miss Keyes
Released: 1984-12-03

A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife...

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Two Fathers' Justice

as uncredited
Released: 1985-02-11

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Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine

as Emily Dickinson
Released: 1982-02-09

The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical...

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House of Cards

as Susan Marbury
First aired: 2013-02-01

Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless...

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Prison Break

as Judy
First aired: 2005-08-29

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his...

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Law & Order

as Estelle Adams
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Psych

as Myrtle
First aired: 2006-07-07

Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a...

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The Strain

as Ancharia
First aired: 2014-07-13

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center...

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Unforgettable

as Alice Wells
First aired: 2011-09-20

Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Winner
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Dispatches from Elsewhere

as Nana
First aired: 2020-03-01

A group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday...

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Amerika

as Betty Milford
First aired: 1987-02-15

Amerika is a miniseries about life in the United States, ten years after a bloodless takeover...

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