Diana Scarwid
Diana Elizabeth Scarwid 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2011 · Another Happy Day as Donna
- 2010 · The Psycho Legacy as Self
- 2010 · Backyard Wedding as Susan Slauson
- 2009 · Nora Roberts' Tribute as Cathy Morrow
- 2008 · Dream Boy as Vivian Davies
- 2007 · Pushing Daisies as Mother Superior
- 2006 · Heroes as Alice Shaw
- 2006 · Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On as
- 2006 · Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan as
- 2006 · Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan as
- 2006 · Valley of the Heart's Delight as Natalie Walsh
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Jane Winmar
- 2005 · Prison Break as Jeanette Owens
- 2004 · Lost as Isabel
- 2004 · The Clearing as Eva Finch
- 2004 · Wonderfalls as Karen Tyler
- 2003 · Path to War as Marny Clifford
- 2003 · Cold Case as Rayanne Leland
- 2003 · Party Monster as Elke
- 2003 · A Guy Thing as Sandra Cooper
- 2002 · The Angel Doll as Fronia Black
- 2000 · What Lies Beneath as Jody
- 2000 · Dirty Pictures as Dianne Barrie
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jackie Madden
- 1999 · Down Will Come Baby as Dorothy McIntyre
- 1998 · Before He Wakes as Joanne Michaels
- 1998 · A Will of their Own as Crystal Eastman
- 1998 · From the Earth to the Moon as Joan Aldrin
- 1998 · Ruby Bridges as Miss Woodmere
- 1996 · Bastard Out of Carolina as Aunt Raylene
- 1996 · The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue as Mrs. Annie Feagan
- 1996 · Critical Choices as Diana Johnson
- 1996 · If These Walls Could Talk as Marcia Schulman
- 1995 · Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain as Lynette Salerno
- 1995 · Truman as Bess Truman
- 1995 · The Neon Bible as Sarah
- 1995 · The Cure as Gail
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Elizabeth Halsey
- 1993 · The X-Files as Linda Bowman
- 1993 · Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story as Darlene
- 1991 · Night of the Hunter as Willa Harper
- 1990 · Law & Order as Lisa Russo
- 1989 · Brenda Starr as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
- 1987 · After the Promise as Anna Jackson
- 1986 · Heat as Cassie
- 1986 · Extremities as Terry
- 1986 · Psycho III as Maureen Coyle
- 1986 · The Ladies Club as Lucy Bricker
- 1985 · A Bunny's Tale as Toby
- 1983 · Silkwood as Angela
- 1983 · Rumble Fish as Cassandra
- 1983 · Strange Invaders as Margaret Bigelow
- 1982 · Thou Shalt Not Kill as Susan Masters
- 1982 · Desperate Lives as Eileen Phillips
- 1981 · Mommie Dearest as Christina Crawford
- 1980 · Inside Moves as Louise
- 1980 · Honeysuckle Rose as Jeanne
- 1980 · Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Sheila Langtree
- 1979 · Studs Lonigan as Catherine Banahan
- 1978 · Battered as Doris Thompson
- 1978 · Pretty Baby as Frieda
- 1978 · Forever as Sybil Davidson
- 1977 · The Possessed as Lane
- 1977 · Kingston: Confidential as
- 1977 · In the Glitter Palace as Casey Walker
- 1976 · Gibbsville as
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Carole Walker