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