Deanna Dunagan

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Monahans, Texas, USA, 1940-05-25

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	The Robber Bridegroom	Goat's Mother	0
2	1982	Will: G. Gordon Liddy		10
3	1982	Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine	Emily Dickinson	0
4	1984	The Roommate	Mrs. Zeigler	0
5	1984	The Naked Face	Mrs. Hadley	55
6	1984	A Matter of Principle	Miss Keyes	0
7	1985	Two Fathers' Justice		50
8	1986	Running Scared	Sister Rebecca	61
9	1990	Men Don't Leave	Fay	65
10	1994	Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent	Janice Bradley	60
11	1995	Losing Isaiah	Dr. Goldstein	64
12	2007	Dimension	Annabelle	10
13	2012	Mariachi Gringo	Monica	66
14	2013	Just Like a Woman	George's Mother	55
15	2015	The Visit	Nana	63
16	2019	An Acceptable Loss	Dr. Willa Sipes	61
17	2021	Stillwater	Sharon	66
18	2022	So Cold the River	Anne McKinney	56
19	2023	Asteroid City	Waitress	65
20	2024	Ghostlight	Tony-Winner Deanna Dunagan	71

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Winner	46
2	1987	Amerika	Betty Milford	54
3	1990	Law & Order	Estelle Adams	74
4	2005	Prison Break	Judy	81
5	2006	Psych	Myrtle	79
6	2007	Private Practice	Dr. Vivian Carlsmith	76
7	2011	Unforgettable	Alice Wells	72
8	2013	House of Cards	Susan Marbury	80
9	2014	The Strain	Ancharia	75
10	2016	The Exorcist	Mother Bernadette	73
11	2020	Dispatches from Elsewhere	Nana	67