Diana Scarwid
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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.
Known for
Credits
What Lies Beneath (2000)
as Jody
Party Monster (2003)
as Elke
Pretty Baby (1978)
as Frieda
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Cassandra
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)
as Aunt Raylene
Silkwood (1983)
as Angela
Extremities (1986)
as Terry
The Cure (1995)
as Gail
Psycho III (1986)
as Maureen Coyle
A Guy Thing (2003)
as Sandra Cooper
Brenda Starr (1989)
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
Mommie Dearest (1981)
as Christina Crawford
Another Happy Day (2011)
as Donna
Valley of the Heart's Delight (2006)
as Natalie Walsh
Dream Boy (2008)
as Vivian Davies
The Clearing (2004)
as Eva Finch
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
as Marcia Schulman
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995)
as Lynette Salerno
Heat (1986)
as Cassie
Path to War (2003)
as Marny Clifford
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
as Jeanne
After the Promise (1987)
as Anna Jackson
Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009)
as Cathy Morrow
Strange Invaders (1983)
as Margaret Bigelow
The Ladies Club (1986)
as Lucy Bricker
The Making Of Psycho III (1986)
as Self
The Possessed (1977)
as Lane
Inside Moves (1980)
as Louise
Truman (1995)
as Bess Truman
The Neon Bible (1995)
as Sarah
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996)
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
Ruby Bridges (1998)
as Miss Woodmere
Dirty Pictures (2000)
as Dianne Barrie
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (1993)
as Darlene
Down Will Come Baby (1999)
as Dorothy McIntyre
In the Glitter Palace (1977)
as Casey Walker
A Bunny's Tale (1985)
as Toby
The Psycho Legacy (2010)
as Self
Backyard Wedding (2010)
as Susan Slauson
Night of the Hunter (1991)
as Willa Harper
Battered (1978)
as Doris Thompson
The Angel Doll (2002)
as Fronia Black
Desperate Lives (1982)
as Eileen Phillips
Before He Wakes (1998)
as Joanne Michaels
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On (2006)
Actor
Critical Choices (1996)
as Diana Johnson
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982)
as Susan Masters
Forever (1978)
as Sybil Davidson
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan (2006)
Actor
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan (2006)
Actor