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