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