Diana Scarwid
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Rumble Fish
as Cassandra 1983
Psycho III
as Maureen Coyle 1986
Pretty Baby
as Frieda 1978
A Guy Thing
as Sandra Cooper 2003
Silkwood
as Angela 1983
The Cure
as Gail 1995
The Clearing
as Eva Finch 2004
Mommie Dearest
as Christina Crawford 1981
Party Monster
as Elke 2003
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
as Lynette Salerno 1995
Dream Boy
as Vivian Davies 2008
Another Happy Day
as Donna 2011
Extremities
as Terry 1986
Strange Invaders
as Margaret Bigelow 1983
If These Walls Could Talk
as Marcia Schulman 1996
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Aunt Raylene 1996