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Deanna Dunagan is a Chicago-based American actress. Although Dunagan has appeared on television and in films, she is most admired for her work as a stage actress. 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 role of Mother Bernadette on the Fox television series The Exorcist, and Dr. Willa Sipe in the 2018 film An Acceptable Loss by writer Joe Chappelle.
Born
Saturday, 25 May 1940
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ghostlight | Tony-Winner Deanna Dunagan | 2024 |
Asteroid City | Waitress | 2023 |
So Cold the River | Anne McKinney | 2022 |
Stillwater | Sharon | 2021 |
Tell Me Your Secrets | Esther Moses | 2021 |
Dispatches from Elsewhere | Nana | 2020 |
Proven Innocent | Deborah Vandenhey | 2019 |
An Acceptable Loss | Dr. Willa Sipes / Willa | 2019 |
The Exorcist | Mother Bernadette | 2016 |
Chicago Med | Mrs. Charles | 2015 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ghostlight | Tony-Winner Deanna Dunagan | 2024 |
Asteroid City | Waitress | 2023 |
So Cold the River | Anne McKinney | 2022 |
Stillwater | Sharon | 2021 |
Tell Me Your Secrets | Esther Moses | 2021 |
Dispatches from Elsewhere | Nana | 2020 |
Proven Innocent | Deborah Vandenhey | 2019 |
An Acceptable Loss | Dr. Willa Sipes / Willa | 2019 |
The Exorcist | Mother Bernadette | 2016 |
Chicago Med | Mrs. Charles | 2015 |
The Visit | Nana | 2015 |
The Strain | Ancharia | 2014 |
The Cherokee Word for Water | Irene Mankiller | 2013 |
House of Cards | Susan Marbury | 2013 |
Just Like a Woman | George's Mother | 2012 |
Mariachi Gringo | Monica | 2012 |
Have a Little Faith | Sarah | 2011 |
Unforgettable | Alice Wells / Alice | 2011 |
Detroit 1-8-7 | Helen Lakeland | 2010 |
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Winner | 2008 |
Private Practice | Dr. Vivian Carlsmith | 2007 |
Dimension | Annabelle | 2007 |
Ugly Betty | Lee | 2006 |
Psych | Myrtle | 2006 |
Prison Break | Judy Pope | 2005 |
Cold Case | Iris Keening '09 | 2003 |
What About Joan | Sandy | 2001 |
A Will of Their Own | History Teacher | 1998 |
Losing Isaiah | Dr. Goldstein | 1995 |
Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent | Janice Bradley | 1994 |
Missing Persons | Joan Conlan | 1993 |
Law & Order | Estelle Adams | 1990 |
Men Don't Leave | Fay | 1990 |
Amerika | Betty Milford | 1987 |
Running Scared | Sister Rebecca | 1986 |
Charley Hannah | Nurse | 1986 |
The Roommate | Mrs. Zeigler | 1984 |
The Naked Face | Mrs. Hadley | 1984 |
Hard Knox | 1984 | |
American Playhouse | Emily Dickenson / Miss Keyes / Mrs. Harper / Mrs. Ziegler | 1982 |
Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy | 1982 |