Diana Scarwid
Acting • Born 1955-08-27
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.
Filmography
68 credits
Rumble Fish
Movie • 1983
Cassandra
Party Monster
Movie • 2003
Elke
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Movie • 2006
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
Movie • 2006
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
Movie • 2006
What Lies Beneath
Movie • 2000
Jody
The Cure
Movie • 1995
Gail
Pretty Baby
Movie • 1978
Frieda
A Guy Thing
Movie • 2003
Sandra Cooper
Psycho III
Movie • 1986
Maureen Coyle
Silkwood
Movie • 1983
Angela
Dream Boy
Movie • 2008
Vivian Davies
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Movie • 1995
Lynette Salerno
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie • 1996
Marcia Schulman
Heat
Movie • 1986
Cassie
Another Happy Day
Movie • 2011
Donna
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Movie • 2009
Cathy Morrow
Mommie Dearest
Movie • 1981
Christina Crawford
Truman
Movie • 1995
Bess Truman
Strange Invaders
Movie • 1983
Margaret Bigelow
Brenda Starr
Movie • 1989
Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
Inside Moves
Movie • 1980
Louise
After the Promise
Movie • 1987
Anna Jackson
Ruby Bridges
Movie • 1998
Miss Woodmere
Desperate Lives
Movie • 1982
Eileen Phillips
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Movie • 2006
Natalie Walsh
Dirty Pictures
Movie • 2000
Dianne Barrie
Down Will Come Baby
Movie • 1999
Dorothy McIntyre
Night of the Hunter
Movie • 1991
Willa Harper
The Possessed
Movie • 1977
Lane
Extremities
Movie • 1986
Terry
Backyard Wedding
Movie • 2010
Susan Slauson
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Movie • 1993
Darlene
The Clearing
Movie • 2004
Eva Finch
Path to War
Movie • 2003
Marny Clifford
A Bunny's Tale
Movie • 1985
Toby
The Neon Bible
Movie • 1995
Sarah
The Psycho Legacy
Movie • 2010
Self
Before He Wakes
Movie • 1998
Joanne Michaels
In the Glitter Palace
Movie • 1977
Casey Walker
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Movie • 1996
Mrs. Annie Feagan
Honeysuckle Rose
Movie • 1980
Jeanne
The Ladies Club
Movie • 1986
Lucy Bricker
Battered
Movie • 1978
Doris Thompson
Forever
Movie • 1978
Sybil Davidson
The Angel Doll
Movie • 2002
Fronia Black
Critical Choices
Movie • 1996
Diana Johnson
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Movie • 1982
Susan Masters
Bastard Out of Carolina
Movie • 1996
Aunt Raylene
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Heroes
TV • 2006
Alice Shaw
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Carole Walker
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Rayanne Leland
Wonderfalls
TV • 2004
Karen Tyler
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Jackie Madden
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Jane Winmar
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Linda Bowman
Lost
TV • 2004
Isabel
Pushing Daisies
TV • 2007
Mother Superior
Kingston: Confidential
TV • 1977
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Elizabeth Halsey
Gibbsville
TV • 1976
Studs Lonigan
TV • 1979
Catherine Banahan
From the Earth to the Moon
TV • 1998
Joan Aldrin
A Will of their Own
TV • 1998
Crystal Eastman
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV • 1980
Sheila Langtree
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Lisa Russo
Prison Break
TV • 2005
Jeanette Owens