Diana Scarwid
Born: 1955-08-27 in Savannah, Georgia, USA
Known For: Acting
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
2011
- Another Happy Day as Donna
2010
- The Psycho Legacy as Self
- 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
- 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
- Wonderfalls as Karen Tyler
- The Clearing as Eva Finch
2003
- Cold Case as Rayanne Leland
- A Guy Thing as Sandra Cooper
- Path to War as Marny Clifford
- Party Monster as Elke
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
- A Will of their Own as Crystal Eastman
- Ruby Bridges as Miss Woodmere
- Before He Wakes as Joanne Michaels
1996
- Bastard Out of Carolina as Aunt Raylene
- If These Walls Could Talk as Marcia Schulman
- 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
- Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain as Lynette Salerno
- Truman as Bess Truman
- 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
- The Ladies Club as Lucy Bricker
- Psycho III as Maureen Coyle
- Heat as Cassie
- Extremities as Terry
1985
- A Bunny's Tale as Toby
1983
- Rumble Fish as Cassandra
- Silkwood as Angela
- Strange Invaders as Margaret Bigelow
1982
- Desperate Lives as Eileen Phillips
- Thou Shalt Not Kill as Susan Masters
1981
- Mommie Dearest as Christina Crawford
1980
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Sheila Langtree
- Inside Moves as Louise
- Honeysuckle Rose as Jeanne
1979
- Studs Lonigan as Catherine Banahan
1978
- Pretty Baby as Frieda
- Forever as Sybil Davidson
- Battered as Doris Thompson
1977
- Kingston: Confidential
- The Possessed as Lane
- In the Glitter Palace as Casey Walker
1976
1975
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Carole Walker