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