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Diana Scarwid

Diana Scarwid

Acting
1955(USA)-
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.

Acts in

  • Rumble Fish
  • Party Monster
  • Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
  • Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
  • Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
  • What Lies Beneath
  • The Cure
  • Pretty Baby
  • A Guy Thing
  • Psycho III
  • Silkwood
  • Dream Boy
  • Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
  • If These Walls Could Talk
  • Heat
  • Another Happy Day
  • Nora Roberts' Tribute
  • Mommie Dearest
  • Truman
  • Strange Invaders
  • Brenda Starr
  • Inside Moves
  • After the Promise
  • Ruby Bridges
  • Desperate Lives
  • Valley of the Heart's Delight
  • Dirty Pictures
  • Down Will Come Baby
  • Night of the Hunter
  • The Possessed
  • Extremities
  • Backyard Wedding
  • Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
  • The Clearing
  • Path to War
  • A Bunny's Tale
  • The Neon Bible
  • The Psycho Legacy
  • Before He Wakes
  • In the Glitter Palace
  • The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
  • Honeysuckle Rose
  • The Ladies Club
  • Battered
  • Forever
  • The Angel Doll
  • Critical Choices
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill
  • Bastard Out of Carolina