Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 27, 1955
Place of Birth
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Credits
68 titles
Diana Scarwid
Biography
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
Filmography
Another Happy Day
Donna
The Psycho Legacy
Self
Backyard Wedding
Susan Slauson
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Cathy Morrow
Dream Boy
Vivian Davies
Pushing Daisies
Mother Superior
Heroes
Alice Shaw
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Natalie Walsh
Criminal Minds
Jane Winmar
Prison Break
Jeanette Owens
Lost
Isabel
The Clearing
Eva Finch
Wonderfalls
Karen Tyler
Path to War
Marny Clifford
Cold Case
Rayanne Leland
Party Monster
Elke
A Guy Thing
Sandra Cooper
The Angel Doll
Fronia Black
What Lies Beneath
Jody
Dirty Pictures
Dianne Barrie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jackie Madden
Down Will Come Baby
Dorothy McIntyre
Before He Wakes
Joanne Michaels
A Will of their Own
Crystal Eastman
From the Earth to the Moon
Joan Aldrin
Ruby Bridges
Miss Woodmere
Bastard Out of Carolina
Aunt Raylene
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Mrs. Annie Feagan
Critical Choices
Diana Johnson
If These Walls Could Talk
Marcia Schulman
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Lynette Salerno
Truman
Bess Truman
The Neon Bible
Sarah
The Cure
Gail
The Outer Limits
Elizabeth Halsey
The X-Files
Linda Bowman
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Darlene
Night of the Hunter
Willa Harper
Law & Order
Lisa Russo
Brenda Starr
Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
After the Promise
Anna Jackson
Heat
Cassie
Extremities
Terry
Psycho III
Maureen Coyle
The Ladies Club
Lucy Bricker
A Bunny's Tale
Toby
Silkwood
Angela