Diana Scarwid
Acting
Born: August 27, 1955 (age 71) · Savannah, Georgia, USA
Highest Rated
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
Prison Break
2005
Lost
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Criminal Minds
2005
The X-Files
1993
Heroes
2006
What Lies Beneath
2000
Rumble Fish
1983
Law & Order
1990
Pushing Daisies
2007
Cold Case
2003
Psycho III
1986
Photos (11)
Movies (48)
What Lies Beneath
Jody
Pretty Baby
Frieda
Rumble Fish
Cassandra
A Guy Thing
Sandra Cooper
The Cure
Gail
Mommie Dearest
Christina Crawford
Path to War
Marny Clifford
Psycho III
Maureen Coyle
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Lynette Salerno
Bastard Out of Carolina
Aunt Raylene
The Clearing
Eva Finch
Party Monster
Elke
Extremities
Terry
Silkwood
Angela
If These Walls Could Talk
Marcia Schulman
Dream Boy
Vivian Davies
After the Promise
Anna Jackson
Another Happy Day
Donna
Brenda Starr
Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
Inside Moves
Louise
The Possessed
Lane
Heat
Cassie
Strange Invaders
Margaret Bigelow
The Ladies Club
Lucy Bricker
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Cathy Morrow
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Susan Masters
Honeysuckle Rose
Jeanne
The Neon Bible
Sarah
In the Glitter Palace
Casey Walker
Critical Choices
Diana Johnson
Truman
Bess Truman
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Darlene
Desperate Lives
Eileen Phillips
Dirty Pictures
Dianne Barrie
Before He Wakes
Joanne Michaels
Ruby Bridges
Miss Woodmere
A Bunny's Tale
Toby
Night of the Hunter
Willa Harper
The Angel Doll
Fronia Black
Battered
Doris Thompson
Backyard Wedding
Susan Slauson
Forever
Sybil Davidson
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Natalie Walsh
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Mrs. Annie Feagan
Down Will Come Baby
Dorothy McIntyre
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006
TV Shows (19)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jackie Madden · 1 eps
Law & Order
Lisa Russo · 1 eps
Criminal Minds
Jane Winmar · 1 eps
Prison Break
Jeanette Owens · 3 eps
The X-Files
Linda Bowman · 1 eps
Lost
Isabel · 1 eps
Cold Case
Rayanne Leland · 1 eps
Heroes
Alice Shaw · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Carole Walker · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Elizabeth Halsey · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
1 eps
From the Earth to the Moon
Joan Aldrin · 1 eps
Pushing Daisies
Mother Superior · 4 eps
Wonderfalls
Karen Tyler · 13 eps
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Sheila Langtree · 2 eps
Kingston: Confidential
1 eps
A Will of their Own
Crystal Eastman · 2 eps
Gibbsville
1 eps
Studs Lonigan
Catherine Banahan · 3 eps
