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Diana Scarwid

Diana Scarwid

Actor · Born 1955-08-27 · Savannah, Georgia, USA

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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 gue…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Prison Break (2005) — Jeanette Owens
  2. Lost (2004) — Isabel
  3. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Jackie Madden
  4. Criminal Minds (2005) — Jane Winmar
  5. The X-Files (1993) — Linda Bowman
  6. Heroes (2006) — Alice Shaw
  7. What Lies Beneath (2000) — Jody
  8. Rumble Fish (1983) — Cassandra
  9. Law & Order (1990) — Lisa Russo
  10. Pushing Daisies (2007) — Mother Superior
  11. Cold Case (2003) — Rayanne Leland
  12. Psycho III (1986) — Maureen Coyle
  13. Pretty Baby (1978) — Frieda
  14. A Guy Thing (2003) — Sandra Cooper
  15. The Cure (1995) — Gail
  16. Silkwood (1983) — Angela
  17. The Clearing (2004) — Eva Finch
  18. Mommie Dearest (1981) — Christina Crawford
  19. The Outer Limits (1995) — Elizabeth Halsey
  20. Starsky & Hutch (1975)
  21. Party Monster (2003) — Elke
  22. Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995) — Lynette Salerno
  23. Hawaii Five-O (1968) — Carole Walker
  24. From the Earth to the Moon (1998) — Joan Aldrin
  25. Dream Boy (2008) — Vivian Davies
  26. Another Happy Day (2011) — Donna
  27. Wonderfalls (2004) — Karen Tyler
  28. Extremities (1986) — Terry
  29. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) — Aunt Raylene
  30. Strange Invaders (1983) — Margaret Bigelow
  31. If These Walls Could Talk (1996) — Marcia Schulman
  32. Path to War (2003) — Marny Clifford
  33. Heat (1986) — Cassie
  34. Inside Moves (1980) — Louise
  35. Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009) — Cathy Morrow
  36. Ruby Bridges (1998) — Miss Woodmere
  37. Honeysuckle Rose (1980) — Jeanne
  38. The Neon Bible (1995) — Sarah
  39. Brenda Starr (1989) — Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
  40. The Possessed (1977) — Lane