Biography
Dale Dickey is an American actress best known for her recurring role as Patty on My Name is Earl and for her supporting roles in films such as Domino and Winter's Bone. Diana Dale Dickey was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and graduated from Bearden High School in Knoxville. She played several roles in High School productions, notably as Emily in Our Town. She later attended the University of Tennessee. On February 26, 2011, She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for her p...
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Complete Filmography

Supper
2025
as Mary
A dysfunctional family sits down to kick their brother out of the family through a new legal process known as familial emancipation, only to begin arg...

Continue
2024
as Nurse Love
A girl suffering from depression is forced to get her life together when she is taken involuntarily to a mental institution after trying to follow in ...

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024
as Mrs. Sykes
In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy soon finds himself...

The G
2024
as Ann Hunter
After a corrupt legal guardian puts her in a care home in order to take her property, a mysterious older woman seeks vengeance with the help of her gr...

Savage Salvation
2022
as Greta
Newly engaged Shelby John and Ruby Red want a fresh start after their struggles with addiction, but when Shelby discovers his beloved Ruby dead on the...

A Love Song
2022
as Faye
Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.

The Cry of Granuaile
2022
as Maire
A mourning filmmaker from the US and her Irish assistant tour the West of Ireland to research for a film about a legendary pirate queen from the 16th ...

No Exit
2022
as Sandi
Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the pe...

Flag Day
2021
as Grandma Margaret
A father lives a double life as a counterfeiter, bank robber and con man in order to provide for his daughter.

Palm Springs
2020
as Darla
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themsel...

Sordid Lives
2020
An All-Star reading of the original stage play version of Sordid Lives! A family in a small Texas town is preparing for a funeral. Among the character...

Bloodline
2019
as Marie
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent t...

Wish Man
2019
as Clover
A motorcycle cop is still haunted by the traumatic separation from his father when he was a boy. After surviving a near-fatal accident and being frame...

Pooka!
2018
as Red
A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, Pooka; he slowly develop...

Poor Boy
2018
as Deb Chilson
Two misfit brothers hustle cash and chase dreams in the desert. When a mysterious woman threatens to repo their beloved houseboat the brothers cook up...

Leave No Trace
2018
as Dale
A father and daughter live a perfect but mysterious existence in Forest Park, a beautiful nature reserve near Portland, Oregon, rarely making contact ...

Dead Women Walking
2018
as Rebecca
Nine vignettes depict the stages leading to execution for women on death row.

Small Town Crime
2018
as Leslie
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turn...

Last Requests
2017
The day before the expiration of the last meal request program in Texas, a widow who has worked in the Huntsville Death House for 30 years prepares to...

You're Gonna Miss Me
2017
as Zelda Montana
When country music legend Colt Montana suddenly dies, his 2 estranged sons return to the fold, and pay their respects. But before either son can claim...

Inheritance
2017
as Effy Monroe
When Ryan mysteriously inherits a house from his biological father, a man he thought long dead, he and his pregnant fiancé travel to the property with...

Message from the King
2017
as Mrs. Lazlo
On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

A Very Sordid Wedding
2017
as Sissy Hickey
Del Shores' follow-up to "Sordid Lives" revisits Winters, Texas for a showdown between the gradually liberalizing locals and the new fundamentalist pr...

Hell or High Water
2016
as Elsie
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

Blood Father
2016
as Cherise
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
In the Shadows of the Rainbow
2016

Regression
2015
as Rose Gray
Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John u...

Waffle Street
2015
as Crazy Kathy
The true story of Jimmy Adams, a V.P. of a $30 billion hedge fund, who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop. Amidst the gre...

What Lola Wants
2015
as Mama
Seventeen year old LOLA FRANKLIN runs away from home but allows the world to believe she has been kidnapped. Intent on making her way across country, ...

White Bird in a Blizzard
2014
as Mrs. Hillman
In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

The Possession of Michael King
2014
as Beverly
The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of...

The Big Ask
2014
as Lori
The Big Ask is a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert to help their friend heal after the death of his mother. They would do anythin...
Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends
2014
as Dale
You are cordially invited to join Brett Gelman and his Hollywood friends for a lively night of dining, tasty showbiz chit-chat, and psychological tort...

The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
as Mrs. Stubbs
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal ...

Southern Baptist Sissies
2013
as Odette
Southern Baptist Sissies is the live film of the GLAAD Award winning play by Del Shores. Southern Baptist Sissies is the story of four boys who are g...

Lost on Purpose
2013
as Retta Lee
Our story takes place in the fertile, San Joaquin Valley. Fueled by gin and sheer determination, Elizabeth James (Ms. Liz) operates her third generati...

C.O.G.
2013
as Debbie
A gay cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyon...

Dark Around the Stars
2013
as Rita
Glen is on a drunken road trip when he plots to commit suicide on his birthday. His decision sends him on a spirited adventure.....

Evidence
2013
as Katrina Fleishman
Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas stati...

9 Full Moons
2013
as Billie
Frankie is an emotional train wreck, careening around the East Los Angeles music scene drinking and meeting strangers. Lev is a taciturn and tormented...

Iron Man 3
2013
as Mrs. Davis
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

The Guilt Trip
2012
as Tammy
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.

Blues for Willadean
2012
as Rayleen Hobbs
The film adaptation of Del Shores' hit play. Under the thumb of her abusive husband, post-middle age Willadean feels life has passed her by until she ...

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez
2012
as Denise
Rex is an old man who is bitter about never becoming famous and having lived a life without any meaning. After suffering a stroke, he ends up in a nur...

Being Flynn
2012
as Marie
Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick w...

Child of the Desert
2012
as Elia
A military mother, who has just suffered the loss of her son, meets an undocumented immigrant in the West Texas desert and befriends him.

Tales of Everyday Magic
2012
Filmed in Vienna against the backdrop of a traveling Russian circus, The Magic Hand of Chance is the true story of a clumsy magician whose life is tur...

The Yellow Wallpaper
2011
as Jennie Gilman
The Yellow Wallpaper (Motion Picture) is an "Origins Myth"... rather than a direct adaptation of the famous Charlotte Perkins Gilman story. Drawing fr...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011
as Oona, The Wench
Wenches Scarlett and Giselle fix each other up for their wedding, in which they would each marry their groom. Upon realizing that both their grooms we...

Super 8
2011
as Edie
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train dera...

Winter's Bone
2010
as Merab
After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underwo...

A Perfect Getaway
2009
as Earth Momma
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the coup...

Princess Protection Program
2009
as Helen Digenerstet
When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to Louisiana, where she stays with a cove...

Changeling
2008
as Patient
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mothe...

Trailer Park of Terror
2008
as Daryl
Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor, return from an outdoor character building retreat in the ...

Take
2008
as Truck Woman
The lives of two strangers - a struggling mother and a gambling addict - meet in tragedy. Years pass, and they must come to terms with themselves, and...

Leaving Barstow
2008
as Linda
Growing up in Barstow, CA, high school senior Andrew hopes for a bigger world -- but his devotion to his mother, Sandra, and his awakening attraction ...
Dark Canvas
2008
as Wilma
Miranda is a retired hooker whose quiet life turns upside down after her former pimp, Peppy, discovers her whereabouts and ropes her into stealing fro...

Domino
2005
as Edna Fender
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

Our Very Own
2005
as Skillet
In 1978, five teenagers in Shelbyville, Tennessee look to meet the actress Sondra Locke, who's rumored to return to town for the local premiere of her...

The Pledge
2001
as Strom
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.

Sordid Lives
2000
as Glyndora
"Sordid Lives" is about a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find h...

Prison of Secrets
1997
as Harriet
Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She's now convicted and because of t...

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
1995
as Regina
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical strug...

Cagney & Lacey: Together Again
1995
as Gloria
New York's toughest lady detectives re-team to solve the murder of a homeless transient who had been terrorizing the residents of a posh apartment bui...

Red Blooded
N/A
as Bo
The sheriff of a small town finds her red-state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle-Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrif...
All Signs of Death
N/A
as Thea
Centers on an inveterate twenty-something slacker who stumbles into a career as a crime scene cleaner, only to find himself entangled with a murder my...