Diana Scarwid
Diana Elizabeth Scarwid (born August 27, 1955) is a retired American actress, best known for her portrayal of adult Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest (1980). She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Inside Moves (1980), and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Truman (1995).
She has over 70 film and television credits to her name. Her films include Pretty Baby (1978), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Rumble Fish, Silkwood (both 1983), Psycho III, Heat, Extremities (all 3 in 1986), The Neon Bible (1995), Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), What Lies Beneath (2000), A Guy Thing (2003), Party Monster (2003), The Clearing (2004), and Another Happy Day (2011).
She's had roles in numerous TV movies including Truman (1995) as Bess Truman, The Possessed (1977), Desperate Lives (1982), A Bunny's Tale (1985), Night of the Hunter (1991), Ruby Bridges (1998), Before He Wakes (1998), Down Will Come Baby (1999), Path to War (2002), Tribute (2009), and more.
She had a main role as Karen Tyler on the series Wonderfalls, and recurring role as Mother Superior on the TV series Pushing Daisies. She has also guest starred on several TV series including Starsky & Hutch, the original Hawaii Five-O, The X-Files, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Prison Break, Lost, Cold Case, Heroes, and Criminal Minds.
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Movies (50)
Another Happy Day
2011 · Donna
The Psycho Legacy
2010 · Self
Backyard Wedding
2010 · Susan Slauson
Nora Roberts' Tribute
2009 · Cathy Morrow
Dream Boy
2008 · Vivian Davies
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006 · Natalie Walsh
The Clearing
2004 · Eva Finch
Path to War
2003 · Marny Clifford
Party Monster
2003 · Elke
A Guy Thing
2003 · Sandra Cooper
The Angel Doll
2002 · Fronia Black
Revelaciones
2000 · Jody
Dirty Pictures
2000 · Dianne Barrie
Down Will Come Baby
1999 · Dorothy McIntyre
Before He Wakes
1998 · Joanne Michaels
Ruby Bridges
1998 · Miss Woodmere
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996 · Mrs. Annie Feagan
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996 · Aunt Raylene
Critical Choices
1996 · Diana Johnson
If These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Marcia Schulman
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995 · Lynette Salerno
Truman
1995 · Bess Truman
The Neon Bible
1995 · Sarah
The Cure
1995 · Gail
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1993 · Darlene
Night of the Hunter
1991 · Willa Harper
Brenda Starr
1989 · Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
After the Promise
1987 · Anna Jackson
Heat
1986 · Cassie
Extremities
1986 · Terry
The Making Of Psycho III
1986 · Self
Psycho III
1986 · Maureen Coyle
The Ladies Club
1986 · Lucy Bricker
A Bunny's Tale
1985 · Toby
Silkwood
1983 · Angela
Rumble Fish
1983 · Cassandra
Strange Invaders
1983 · Margaret Bigelow
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982 · Susan Masters
Desperate Lives
1982 · Eileen Phillips
Mommie Dearest
1981 · Christina Crawford
Inside Moves
1980 · Louise
Honeysuckle Rose
1980 · Jeanne
Battered
1978 · Doris Thompson
Pretty Baby
1978 · Frieda
Forever
1978 · Sybil Davidson
The Possessed
1977 · Lane
In the Glitter Palace
1977 · Casey Walker
TV shows (19)
Pushing Daisies
2007 · Mother Superior
Heroes
2006 · Alice Shaw
Mentes Criminales
2005 · Jane Winmar
Prison Break
2005 · Jeanette Owens
Lost
2004 · Isabel
Wonderfalls
2004 · Karen Tyler
Cold Case
2003 · Rayanne Leland
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Jackie Madden
A Will of their Own
1998 · Crystal Eastman
From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · Joan Aldrin
The Outer Limits
1995 · Elizabeth Halsey
The X-Files
1993 · Linda Bowman
Law & Order
1990 · Lisa Russo
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · Sheila Langtree
Studs Lonigan
1979 · Catherine Banahan
Kingston: Confidential
1977
Gibbsville
1976
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Carole Walker