Name
Diana Scarwid
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1955-08-27 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Savannah, Georgia, USA
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
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In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother....
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Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother'...
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When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ra...
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Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants ...
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Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensif...
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When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arr...
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A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their re...
- 1983 Rumble Fish as Cassandra
- 2003 Party Monster as Elke
- 2006 Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
- 2006 Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
- 2006 Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
- 2000 What Lies Beneath as Jody
- 1995 The Cure as Gail
- 1978 Pretty Baby as Frieda
- 2003 A Guy Thing as Sandra Cooper
- 1986 Psycho III as Maureen Coyle
- 1983 Silkwood as Angela
- 2008 Dream Boy as Vivian Davies
- 1995 Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain as Lynette Salerno
- 1996 If These Walls Could Talk as Marcia Schulman
- 1986 Heat as Cassie
- 2011 Another Happy Day as Donna
- 2009 Nora Roberts' Tribute as Cathy Morrow
- 1981 Mommie Dearest as Christina Crawford
- 1995 Truman as Bess Truman
- 1983 Strange Invaders as Margaret Bigelow
- 1989 Brenda Starr as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
- 1980 Inside Moves as Louise
- 1987 After the Promise as Anna Jackson
- 1998 Ruby Bridges as Miss Woodmere
- 1982 Desperate Lives as Eileen Phillips
- 2006 Valley of the Heart's Delight as Natalie Walsh
- 2000 Dirty Pictures as Dianne Barrie
- 1999 Down Will Come Baby as Dorothy McIntyre
- 1991 Night of the Hunter as Willa Harper
- 1977 The Possessed as Lane
- 1986 Extremities as Terry
- 2010 Backyard Wedding as Susan Slauson
- 1993 Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story as Darlene
- 2004 The Clearing as Eva Finch
- 2003 Path to War as Marny Clifford
- 1985 A Bunny's Tale as Toby
- 1995 The Neon Bible as Sarah
- 2010 The Psycho Legacy as Self
- 1998 Before He Wakes as Joanne Michaels
- 1977 In the Glitter Palace as Casey Walker
- 1996 The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue as Mrs. Annie Feagan
- 1980 Honeysuckle Rose as Jeanne
- 1986 The Ladies Club as Lucy Bricker
- 1978 Battered as Doris Thompson
- 1978 Forever as Sybil Davidson
- 2002 The Angel Doll as Fronia Black
- 1996 Critical Choices as Diana Johnson
- 1982 Thou Shalt Not Kill as Susan Masters
- 1996 Bastard Out of Carolina as Aunt Raylene
- 1986 The Making Of Psycho III as Self
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode )
- 2006 Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Alice Shaw
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Carole Walker
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Rayanne Leland
- 2004 Wonderfalls ( 13 episodes ) as Karen Tyler
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Jackie Madden
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Jane Winmar
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Linda Bowman
- 2004 Lost ( 1 episode ) as Isabel
- 2007 Pushing Daisies ( 4 episodes ) as Mother Superior
- 1977 Kingston: Confidential ( 1 episode )
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Elizabeth Halsey
- 1976 Gibbsville ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Studs Lonigan ( 3 episodes ) as Catherine Banahan
- 1998 From the Earth to the Moon ( 1 episode ) as Joan Aldrin
- 1998 A Will of their Own ( 2 episodes ) as Crystal Eastman
- 1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones ( 2 episodes ) as Sheila Langtree
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Lisa Russo
- 2005 Prison Break ( 3 episodes ) as Jeanette Owens
