Talk:Dianne Wiest

1946
birthdata database has her born in 1946.As does intelius. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaudeville2009 (talk • contribs) 20:54, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That is accurate. I corrected the article. All Hallow&#39;s Wraith (talk) 04:50, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

Year of Birth
She was born in 1948, not in 1946 as this page has somehow is led to believe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.38.189.88 (talk) 12:12, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Year of birth - interview
In the interview cited in the note, nothing is said about the age of Dianne Wiest. Cher was 44 at the time. Just read with attention https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YudPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fAgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6758,3397621 Enrico Marletti
 * Yeah, I agree. I've removed the date of birth information in this edit. Our biographies of living persons policy is very clear that we require reliable sources, none of which have been provided in this case. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:55, 1 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Pinging All Hallow's Wraith in case they would like weigh in. I realize it's been many years since this issue was first raised. I did some quick searching earlier today and I couldn't find anything definitive or authoritative. Some interviews mention an age (this piece for example says 66 and was published in 2015), but none of them aligned with a birth year of 1946. While date of birth is a key and standard part of a human biography, we really must err on the side of caution here and not include a date of birth unless it's appropriately sourced. --MZMcBride (talk) 02:21, 2 March 2021 (UTC)


 * I added a note that her birth year is “contested” and provided two sources for both ‘46 and ‘48. Chadwick Boseman had a similar debate about a year ago. Perhaps the 1946 sources are just outliers, but feel we can’t have *no* birth year in a biography article; 1948 seems to be the better-sourced/more prevailing date, though. TropicAces (talk) 16:14, 3 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi TropicAces. Thank you for investigating this. Do we have any other sources besides TV Tropes for 1946? TV Tropes is a wiki (example page history) and I'm not sure it's considered reliable for a biography of a living person. I get a feeling that TV Tropes was following Wikipedia in this case. --MZMcBride (talk) 00:26, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

MZMcBride I honestly couldn’t find many sources that said 1946 or had the math support ‘46. Most everything I found said 1948. So we may not even have to include the note mentioning the 1946 date, since the whole reason this started (above) was from a misunderstanding. TropicAces (talk) 02:15, 4 March 2021 (UTC)tropicAces

Year of birth - evidence
In the interest of accuracy, the year of her birth is 1946. This is because of the following conclusive evidence, all of which is found on Ancestry.com. 1). A passenger manifest of 19 August 1948 shows Dianne E. Wiest arriving in New York on the Cunard liner SS Queen Elizabeth with her mother Anne S. Wiest, 28, born in Scotland. Dianne is shown as born in Missouri and is 2 years of age. This can only be the Dianne E. Wiest in question here, the later actress, because of all the data. 2). The outbound passenger manifest for the same voyage from 14 August 1948 shows Dianne Wiest departing with Anne Wiest from Southampton, England on the SS Queen Elizabeth as well, with the added detail that the birthplace of Anne is Auchtermuclty, Fife, Scotland. Their ages are again given as 2 and 28 respectively. 3). A more extensive record in the U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019, shows Dianne E. Wiest residing at several addresses in Manhattan and born in March 1946. 4). The U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, gives addresses of Dianne E. Wiest in 1986, 1990, and 1991 in New York and states that her birthdate is 28 March 1946. 5). In the U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, there is an entry for Dianne E. Wiest, residing at 1278 W 79 St 8c in New York, born on 28 March 1946. 6). The U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, also shows Dianne E. Wiest residing at Williams College in Williamstown, MA, and gives her birthdate as 28 March 1946. 7). No public records show the supposed alternative date of 1948. Now, I mean no harm to this talented and accomplished actress, but the actual truth ought to be brought out. Just because 1948 is more frequent on the Internet means nothing; none of those are documentary sources.LCalpurniusPiso (talk) 04:29, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

God awful picture
is there something better to give this wonderful actress's article some appeal?

Vandalism Warning
Possible vandalism of this page was mentioned on Last Week Tonight by John Oliver on 13 November 2016. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:C581:4A40:F0E3:44B:EA64:D558 (talk) 16:22, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Fact check: He didn't mention he saw the page vandalized, he used it as an example of how easy it is for someone to lie on the internet. Someone then laughed at that joke while in front of a computer, googled an actor nobody had ever heard of before, and thought it would be funny to take the joke a step too far. But while you're at it... could you at least change the picture so it doesn't look like she's a Sith Lord? Because that's just mean, Wiki. Really mean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.17.167.78 (talk) 16:48, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That's the image we have. If you can find a better, freely-licenced alternative, put a note at WP:Files for upload and we'll replace it. -- AntiCompositeNumber (Leave a message) 21:54, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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Hoax
Please revert this. The editor who put it in is a persistent long time "Easter" hoaxer. 85.76.74.28 (talk) 13:48, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 00:51, 12 October 2018 (UTC)


 * LOL. This IP address is a descendant of one of at least three used in the previous months as a deterrent of factual information. The fact that this request was pushed through so quickly from a Talk page, no less, hints at conspiracy and agenda to say the least.


 * Easter is not a hoax, nor has it ever been. It is an independent, crowdfunded project to which a number of people have endorsed. Dianne Wiest and Glenn Close are surely aware of this, and on board with it. Do some research and quit being a coward. Captain camEO (talk) 00:48, 13 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Yep, it's all a giant conspiracy; you figured it out. But juuuuuuuuust on the off chance that I only came by here because I was bored and decided to take a look through some semi-protected edit requests, you should know that telling me (or others) to "do the research" isn't going to fly; the onus is on you to find reliable, secondary sources when adding information to articles.  This is especially important for information about living persons.  Please click through the links and read the relevant policies.  Also, see the policies about civility and no personal attacks.  –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 04:31, 13 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, my Internet provider gives me a different IP address if I turn off my modem for more than a set time. That happens in lots of places, no conspiracy, sorry.  See the discussion on lease expiration at DHCP.
 * For anyone wanting to explore this crowdfunded series of operas and sequels to Die Hard (film series) please check out the web site for the project and admins (I believe) can take at look the now deleted article Die, Detective!. It's all rather bizarre. 85.76.74.28 (talk) 15:29, 14 October 2018 (UTC)