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Diana Scarwid

Born 1955-08-27
📍 Savannah, Georgia, USA

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 68

Another Happy Day
as Donna
2011
The Psycho Legacy
as Self
2010
Backyard Wedding
as Susan Slauson
2010
Nora Roberts' Tribute
as Cathy Morrow
2009
Dream Boy
as Vivian Davies
2008
Pushing Daisies
as Mother Superior
2007
Heroes
as Alice Shaw
2006
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Natalie Walsh
2006
Criminal Minds
as Jane Winmar
2005
Prison Break
as Jeanette Owens
2005
Lost
as Isabel
2004
The Clearing
as Eva Finch
2004
Wonderfalls
as Karen Tyler
2004
Path to War
as Marny Clifford
2003
Cold Case
as Rayanne Leland
2003
Party Monster
as Elke
2003
A Guy Thing
as Sandra Cooper
2003
The Angel Doll
as Fronia Black
2002
What Lies Beneath
as Jody
2000
Dirty Pictures
as Dianne Barrie
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jackie Madden
1999
Down Will Come Baby
as Dorothy McIntyre
1999
Before He Wakes
as Joanne Michaels
1998
A Will of their Own
as Crystal Eastman
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
as Joan Aldrin
1998
Ruby Bridges
as Miss Woodmere
1998
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
1996
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Aunt Raylene
1996
Critical Choices
as Diana Johnson
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
as Marcia Schulman
1996
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
as Lynette Salerno
1995
Truman
as Bess Truman
1995
The Neon Bible
as Sarah
1995
The Cure
as Gail
1995
The Outer Limits
as Elizabeth Halsey
1995
The X-Files
as Linda Bowman
1993
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
as Darlene
1993
Night of the Hunter
as Willa Harper
1991
Law & Order
as Lisa Russo
1990
Brenda Starr
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
1989
After the Promise
as Anna Jackson
1987
Heat
as Cassie
1986
Extremities
as Terry
1986
Psycho III
as Maureen Coyle
1986
The Ladies Club
as Lucy Bricker
1986
A Bunny's Tale
as Toby
1985
Silkwood
as Angela
1983
Rumble Fish
as Cassandra
1983
Strange Invaders
as Margaret Bigelow
1983
Thou Shalt Not Kill
as Susan Masters
1982
Desperate Lives
as Eileen Phillips
1982
Mommie Dearest
as Christina Crawford
1981
Inside Moves
as Louise
1980
Honeysuckle Rose
as Jeanne
1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Sheila Langtree
1980
Studs Lonigan
as Catherine Banahan
1979
Battered
as Doris Thompson
1978
Pretty Baby
as Frieda
1978
Forever
as Sybil Davidson
1978
The Possessed
as Lane
1977
Kingston: Confidential
1977
In the Glitter Palace
as Casey Walker
1977
Gibbsville
1976
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Hawaii Five-O
as Carole Walker
1968