Diana Scarwid
Birthday: 1955-08-27 | Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia, USADiana 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.
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Acting
Role
as Self
as Susan Slauson
as Cathy Morrow
as Vivian Davies
as Natalie Walsh
as Eva Finch
as Karen Tyler
as Elke
as Marny Clifford
as Sandra Cooper
as Fronia Black
as Dianne Barrie
as Jody
as Dorothy McIntyre
as Joanne Michaels
as Miss Woodmere
as Aunt Raylene
as Diana Johnson
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
as Bess Truman
as Gail
as Lynette Salerno
as Sarah
as Darlene
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
as Willa Harper
