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