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Diana Scarwid
Born · August 27, 1955 (69 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Bio
Diana Elizabeth Scarwid 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.
Another Happy Day
Donna
5.6
2011
The Psycho Legacy
Self
7.0
2010
Backyard Wedding
Susan Slauson
6.4
2010
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Cathy Morrow
5.9
2009
Dream Boy
Vivian Davies
6.1
2008
Pushing Daisies
Mother Superior · (4 episodes)
7.8
2007
Heroes
Alice Shaw · (2 episodes)
7.5
2006
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
0.0
2006
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
0.0
2006
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
0.0
2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Natalie Walsh
7.0
2006
Criminal Minds
Jane Winmar · (1 episode)
8.3
2005
Prison Break
Jeanette Owens · (3 episodes)
8.1
2005
Lost
Isabel · (1 episode)
7.9
2004
The Clearing
Eva Finch
5.8
2004
Wonderfalls
Karen Tyler · (13 episodes)
7.7
2004
Path to War
Marny Clifford
6.7
2003
Cold Case
Rayanne Leland · (1 episode)
7.8
2003
Party Monster
Elke
5.8
2003
A Guy Thing
Sandra Cooper
5.9
2003
The Angel Doll
Fronia Black
5.5
2002
What Lies Beneath
Jody
6.4
2000
Dirty Pictures
Dianne Barrie
5.9
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jackie Madden · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
Down Will Come Baby
Dorothy McIntyre
5.7
1999
Before He Wakes
Joanne Michaels
3.8
1998
A Will of their Own
Crystal Eastman · (2 episodes)
7.0
1998
From the Earth to the Moon
Joan Aldrin · (1 episode)
8.2
1998
Ruby Bridges
Miss Woodmere
6.6
1998
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Mrs. Annie Feagan
4.3
1996
Bastard Out of Carolina
Aunt Raylene
7.2
1996
Critical Choices
Diana Johnson
6.0
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
Marcia Schulman
6.6
1996
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Lynette Salerno
6.2
1995
Truman
Bess Truman
7.6
1995
The Neon Bible
Sarah
6.1
1995
The Cure
Gail
7.9
1995
The Outer Limits
Elizabeth Halsey · (1 episode)
7.7
1995
The X-Files
Linda Bowman · (1 episode)
8.4
1993
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Darlene
5.0
1993
Night of the Hunter
Willa Harper
5.7
1991
Law & Order
Lisa Russo · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Brenda Starr
Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
4.3
1989
After the Promise
Anna Jackson
7.7
1987
Heat
Cassie
5.8
1986
Extremities
Terry
6.1
1986
Psycho III
Maureen Coyle
5.6
1986
The Ladies Club
Lucy Bricker
6.3
1986
A Bunny's Tale
Toby
4.5
1985
Silkwood
Angela
7.0
1983
Rumble Fish
Cassandra
7.0
1983
Strange Invaders
Margaret Bigelow
4.8
1983
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Susan Masters
6.5
1982
Desperate Lives
Eileen Phillips
6.0
1982
Mommie Dearest
Christina Crawford
6.4
1981
Inside Moves
Louise
6.4
1980
Honeysuckle Rose
Jeanne
5.6
1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Sheila Langtree · (2 episodes)
7.2
1980
Studs Lonigan
Catherine Banahan · (3 episodes)
9.5
1979
Battered
Doris Thompson
0.0
1978
Pretty Baby
Frieda
7.0
1978
Forever
Sybil Davidson
0.0
1978
The Possessed
Lane
4.8
1977
Kingston: Confidential
(1 episode)
5.0
1977
In the Glitter Palace
Casey Walker
3.5
1977
Gibbsville
(1 episode)
0.0
1976
Starsky & Hutch
(1 episode)
7.3
1975
Hawaii Five-O
Carole Walker · (1 episode)
7.1
1968