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