Diana Scarwid
ActingDiana 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.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
What Lies Beneath
Jody
Pretty Baby
Frieda
The Cure
Gail
Rumble Fish
Cassandra
A Guy Thing
Sandra Cooper
Bastard Out of Carolina
Aunt Raylene
Psycho III
Maureen Coyle
Mommie Dearest
Christina Crawford
Silkwood
Angela
Path to War
Marny Clifford
Truman
Bess Truman
Party Monster
Elke
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Cathy Morrow
The Clearing
Eva Finch
Extremities
Terry
If These Walls Could Talk
Marcia Schulman
Dream Boy
Vivian Davies
The Ladies Club
Lucy Bricker
After the Promise
Anna Jackson
Another Happy Day
Donna
Brenda Starr
Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
Heat
Cassie
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Lynette Salerno
Inside Moves
Louise
Honeysuckle Rose
Jeanne
The Angel Doll
Fronia Black
Forever
Sybil Davidson
Strange Invaders
Margaret Bigelow
In the Glitter Palace
Casey Walker
Backyard Wedding
Susan Slauson
The Neon Bible
Sarah
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Mrs. Annie Feagan
The Possessed
Lane
Critical Choices
Diana Johnson
Dirty Pictures
Dianne Barrie
Ruby Bridges
Miss Woodmere
Down Will Come Baby
Dorothy McIntyre
Desperate Lives
Eileen Phillips
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Susan Masters
Night of the Hunter
Willa Harper
Before He Wakes
Joanne Michaels
Battered
Doris Thompson
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
The Psycho Legacy
Self
A Bunny's Tale
Toby
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Natalie Walsh
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Darlene
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
