Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Emiel Feinstein (née Goldman; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. A San Francisco native, Feinstein graduated from Stanford University in 1955. She was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969 and immediately became the board's first female president upon her appointment in 1970. In 1978, during a third stint as the board's president, the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk drew national attention. Feinstein succeeded Moscone as mayor and became the first woman to serve in that position. During her tenure, she led the renovation of the city's cable car system and oversaw the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Despite a recall attempt in 1983, Feinstein was a popular mayor and was named the most effective mayor in the country by City & State in 1987. After losing a race for governor in 1990, Feinstein was elected to the U.S. Senate in a 1992 special election. In November 1992, she became California's first female U.S. senator; shortly afterward, she became the state's senior senator when Alan Cranston retired in January 1993. Feinstein was reelected five times. In the 2012 election, she received 7.86 million votes, the most popular votes received by any U.S. Senate candidate in history. Feinstein authored the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban. She was the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee and the first to preside over a U.S. presidential inauguration. Feinstein chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee from 2009 to 2015 and was the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2017 to 2021.

  • Title: Dianne Feinstein
  • Popularity: 0.876
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1933-06-22
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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Dianne Feinstein Movies

  • 2015
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    Reel in the Closet

    Reel in the Closet

    8 2015 HD

    Never before seen home movies made by queer people dating back to the 1930s and the struggle to save them before they are lost forever.

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  • 2010
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    What in the World Are They Spraying?

    What in the World Are They Spraying?

    7.1 2010 HD

    What would you say if you were told that airplanes were regularly spraying toxic aerosols in the skies above every major region of the world? That is...

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  • 1984
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    7.324 1984 HD

    Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his...

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  • 2019
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    At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

    At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

    7.2 2019 HD

    A look inside the USA gymnastics sexual abuse scandal that shook the sports world in 2017 depicting a landscape in which women spend their youth...

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  • 1997
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    Waco: The Rules of Engagement

    Waco: The Rules of Engagement

    7.5 1997 HD

    In one of the most tragic face-offs in the history of law enforcement, the deadly debacle at Waco pitted the Branch Davidian sect against the FBI in...

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  • 2015
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    The People's Palace: San Francisco City Hall 100 Years

    The People's Palace: San Francisco City Hall 100 Years

    1 2015 HD

    One of the most extraordinary civic buildings in America, San Francisco's City Hall rose from the rubble of the 1906 earthquake to become both the...

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  • 2007
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    14 Women

    14 Women

    8 2007 HD

    Documentary that explores the lives of 14 female U.S. senators and the uniquely feminine challenges they face, including the sometimes difficult...

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  • 2021
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    Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

    Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

    7.4 2021 HD

    Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch...

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  • 1954
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    Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

    Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

    8 1954 HD

    Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan is an American Sunday morning political interview show, which premiered on the CBS television network. It is...

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  • 1992
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    To The Contrary

    To The Contrary

    6 1992 HD

    This all women news-analysis program provides an important, timely forum for diverse women to discuss national and international issues and policies.

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  • 2022
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    Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

    Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

    6.5 2022 HD

    Montana's first hand account of his career from the earliest days to national champion at Notre Dame and becoming a four-time Super Bowl winner and a...

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