Diana Scarwid
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 27, 1955 (age 71)
- Birthplace
- Savannah, Georgia, USA
Biography
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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Filmography
Another Happy Day
Movie · as Donna
Backyard Wedding
Movie · as Susan Slauson
The Psycho Legacy
Movie · as Self
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Movie · as Cathy Morrow
Dream Boy
Movie · as Vivian Davies
Pushing Daisies
TV · as Mother Superior · 4 eps
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Movie
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
Movie
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
Movie
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Movie · as Natalie Walsh
Heroes
TV · as Alice Shaw · 1 ep
Criminal Minds
TV · as Jane Winmar · 1 ep
Prison Break
TV · as Jeanette Owens · 3 eps
The Clearing
Movie · as Eva Finch
Wonderfalls
TV · as Karen Tyler · 13 eps
Lost
TV · as Isabel · 1 ep
Party Monster
Movie · as Elke
A Guy Thing
Movie · as Sandra Cooper
Path to War
Movie · as Marny Clifford
Cold Case
TV · as Rayanne Leland · 1 ep
The Angel Doll
Movie · as Fronia Black
What Lies Beneath
Movie · as Jody
Dirty Pictures
Movie · as Dianne Barrie
Down Will Come Baby
Movie · as Dorothy McIntyre
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Jackie Madden · 1 ep
Ruby Bridges
Movie · as Miss Woodmere
Before He Wakes
Movie · as Joanne Michaels
From the Earth to the Moon
TV · as Joan Aldrin · 1 ep
A Will of their Own
TV · as Crystal Eastman · 2 eps
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie · as Marcia Schulman
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Movie · as Mrs. Annie Feagan
Critical Choices
Movie · as Diana Johnson
Bastard Out of Carolina
Movie · as Aunt Raylene
The Cure
Movie · as Gail
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Movie · as Lynette Salerno
Truman
Movie · as Bess Truman
The Neon Bible
Movie · as Sarah
The Outer Limits
TV · as Elizabeth Halsey · 1 ep
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Movie · as Darlene
The X-Files
TV · as Linda Bowman · 1 ep
Night of the Hunter
Movie · as Willa Harper
Law & Order
TV · as Lisa Russo · 1 ep
Brenda Starr
Movie · as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
After the Promise
Movie · as Anna Jackson
Psycho III
Movie · as Maureen Coyle
Heat
Movie · as Cassie
Extremities
Movie · as Terry
The Ladies Club
Movie · as Lucy Bricker
The Making Of Psycho III
Movie · as Self
A Bunny's Tale
Movie · as Toby
Rumble Fish
Movie · as Cassandra
Silkwood
Movie · as Angela
Strange Invaders
Movie · as Margaret Bigelow
Desperate Lives
Movie · as Eileen Phillips
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Movie · as Susan Masters
Mommie Dearest
Movie · as Christina Crawford
Inside Moves
Movie · as Louise
Honeysuckle Rose
Movie · as Jeanne
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV · as Sheila Langtree · 2 eps
Studs Lonigan
TV · as Catherine Banahan · 3 eps
Pretty Baby
Movie · as Frieda
Battered
Movie · as Doris Thompson
Forever
Movie · as Sybil Davidson
The Possessed
Movie · as Lane
In the Glitter Palace
Movie · as Casey Walker
Kingston: Confidential
TV · 1 ep
Gibbsville
TV · 1 ep
Starsky & Hutch
TV · 1 ep
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Carole Walker · 1 ep