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