Diana Scarwid
48 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 27, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- Savannah, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- دایانا اسکاروید
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).
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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.
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Known for
Diana Scarwid: movies and TV shows
Acting (67)
- 2011 Another Happy Day
as Donna
- 2010 Backyard Wedding
as Susan Slauson
- 2009 Nora Roberts' Tribute
as Cathy Morrow
- 2008 Dream Boy
as Vivian Davies
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Natalie Walsh
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 The Clearing
as Eva Finch
- 2004
- 2003 Path to War
as Marny Clifford
- 2003
- 2003 Party Monster
as Elke
- 2003 A Guy Thing
as Sandra Cooper
- 2002 The Angel Doll
as Fronia Black
- 2000 What Lies Beneath
as Jody
- 2000 Dirty Pictures
as Dianne Barrie
- 1999
- 1999 Down Will Come Baby
as Dorothy McIntyre
- 1998 Before He Wakes
as Joanne Michaels
- 1998
- 1998
- 1998 Ruby Bridges
as Miss Woodmere
- 1996 The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
- 1996 Bastard Out of Carolina
as Aunt Raylene
- 1996 Critical Choices
as Diana Johnson
- 1996 If These Walls Could Talk
as Marcia Schulman
- 1995 Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
as Lynette Salerno
- 1995 Truman
as Bess Truman
- 1995 The Neon Bible
as Sarah
- 1995 The Cure
as Gail
- 1995
- 1993
- 1993 Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
as Darlene
- 1991 Night of the Hunter
as Willa Harper
- 1990
- 1989 Brenda Starr
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
- 1987 After the Promise
as Anna Jackson
- 1986 Heat
as Cassie
- 1986 Extremities
as Terry
- 1986 Psycho III
as Maureen Coyle
- 1986 The Ladies Club
as Lucy Bricker
- 1985 A Bunny's Tale
as Toby
- 1983 Silkwood
as Angela
- 1983 Rumble Fish
as Cassandra
- 1983 Strange Invaders
as Margaret Bigelow
- 1982 Thou Shalt Not Kill
as Susan Masters
- 1982 Desperate Lives
as Eileen Phillips
- 1981 Mommie Dearest
as Christina Crawford
- 1980 Inside Moves
as Louise
- 1980 Honeysuckle Rose
as Jeanne
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978 Battered
as Doris Thompson
- 1978 Pretty Baby
as Frieda
- 1978 Forever
as Sybil Davidson
- 1977 The Possessed
as Lane
- 1977
- 1977 In the Glitter Palace
as Casey Walker
- 1976
- 1975
- 1969
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2010
- 1986