Diana Scarwid
Known for Acting · 68 credits
- Born
- 1955-08-27 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Savannah, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- دایانا اسکاروید
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
TV Shows (19)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jackie Madden
Law & Order
1990
as Lisa Russo
Criminal Minds
2005
as Jane Winmar
Prison Break
2005
as Jeanette Owens
Lost
2004
as Isabel
The X-Files
1993
as Linda Bowman
Cold Case
2003
as Rayanne Leland
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Carole Walker
Heroes
2006
as Alice Shaw
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Outer Limits
1995
as Elizabeth Halsey
Pushing Daisies
2007
as Mother Superior
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Joan Aldrin
Wonderfalls
2004
as Karen Tyler
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Sheila Langtree
Gibbsville
1976
Kingston: Confidential
1977
A Will of their Own
1998
as Crystal Eastman
Studs Lonigan
1979
as Catherine Banahan
Movies (49)
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Jody
Pretty Baby
1978
as Frieda
The Cure
1995
as Gail
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
as Aunt Raylene
Mommie Dearest
1981
as Christina Crawford
Silkwood
1983
as Angela
Psycho III
1986
as Maureen Coyle
Rumble Fish
1983
as Cassandra
The Clearing
2004
as Eva Finch
A Guy Thing
2003
as Sandra Cooper
Party Monster
2003
as Elke
Path to War
2003
as Marny Clifford
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Marcia Schulman
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995
as Lynette Salerno
Desperate Lives
1982
as Eileen Phillips
Dream Boy
2008
as Vivian Davies
Truman
1995
as Bess Truman
Strange Invaders
1983
as Margaret Bigelow
After the Promise
1987
as Anna Jackson
Extremities
1986
as Terry
Nora Roberts' Tribute
2009
as Cathy Morrow
Another Happy Day
2011
as Donna
Dirty Pictures
2000
as Dianne Barrie
Inside Moves
1980
as Louise
Heat
1986
as Cassie
Ruby Bridges
1998
as Miss Woodmere
Honeysuckle Rose
1980
as Jeanne
The Ladies Club
1986
as Lucy Bricker
Brenda Starr
1989
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
Critical Choices
1996
as Diana Johnson
In the Glitter Palace
1977
as Casey Walker
Backyard Wedding
2010
as Susan Slauson
Night of the Hunter
1991
as Willa Harper
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1993
as Darlene
The Possessed
1977
as Lane
The Neon Bible
1995
as Sarah
A Bunny's Tale
1985
as Toby
Battered
1978
as Doris Thompson
Before He Wakes
1998
as Joanne Michaels
The Psycho Legacy
2010
as Self
The Angel Doll
2002
as Fronia Black
Down Will Come Baby
1999
as Dorothy McIntyre
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982
as Susan Masters
Forever
1978
as Sybil Davidson
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006
as Natalie Walsh
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006
About Diana Scarwid
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,… With 68 credits spanning from 1968 to 2011, Diana Scarwid has appeared in 49 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Diana Scarwid Movies
- What Lies Beneath (2000) — as Jody
- Pretty Baby (1978) — as Frieda
- The Cure (1995) — as Gail
- Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) — as Aunt Raylene
- Mommie Dearest (1981) — as Christina Crawford
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