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