Deanna Dunagan
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Deanna Dunagan

May 25, 1940 - 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.

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Media
Movie1995Losing IsaiahDr. Goldstein
Movie1986Running ScaredSister Rebecca
Movie1982Will: G. Gordon Liddy
Movie2023Asteroid CityWaitress
Movie1984A Matter of PrincipleMiss Keyes
Movie1984The Naked FaceMrs. Hadley
Movie1985Two Fathers' Justice
Movie2015The VisitNana
Movie1990Men Don't LeaveFay
Movie1980The Robber BridegroomGoat's Mother
Movie2024GhostlightTony-Winner Deanna Dunagan
Movie1994Two Fathers: Justice for the InnocentJanice Bradley
Movie1982Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of MineEmily Dickinson
Movie1984The RoommateMrs. Zeigler
Movie2013Just Like a WomanGeorge's Mother
Movie2019An Acceptable LossDr. Willa Sipes
Movie2021StillwaterSharon
Movie2007DimensionAnnabelle
Movie2022So Cold the RiverAnne McKinney
Movie2012Mariachi GringoMonica
TV Show1990Law & OrderEstelle Adams1
TV Show2006PsychMyrtle1
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner1
TV Show2011UnforgettableAlice Wells2
TV Show1987AmerikaBetty Milford7
TV Show2005Prison BreakJudy2
TV Show2013House of CardsSusan Marbury1
TV Show2014The StrainAncharia1
TV Show2020Dispatches from ElsewhereNana2
TV Show2016The ExorcistMother Bernadette1
TV Show2007Private PracticeDr. Vivian Carlsmith1
TV Show2015Chicago MedMargaret Charles1

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