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