Acting · Savannah, Georgia, USA · Born August 27, 1955
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). 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.
MovieAnother Happy Day
2011
as Donna
MovieThe Psycho Legacy
2010
as Self
MovieBackyard Wedding
2010
as Susan Slauson
MovieNora Roberts' Tribute
2009
as Cathy Morrow
MovieDream Boy
2008
as Vivian Davies
TVPushing Daisies
2007
as Mother Superior
TVHeroes
2006
as Alice Shaw
MovieMommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
MovieMommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006
MovieMommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006
MovieValley of the Heart's Delight
2006
as Natalie Walsh
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Jane Winmar
TVPrison Break
2005
as Jeanette Owens
TVLost
2004
as Isabel
MovieThe Clearing
2004
as Eva Finch
TVWonderfalls
2004
as Karen Tyler
MoviePath to War
2003
as Marny Clifford
TVCold Case
2003
as Rayanne Leland
MovieParty Monster
2003
as Elke
MovieA Guy Thing
2003
as Sandra Cooper
MovieThe Angel Doll
2002
as Fronia Black
MovieWhat Lies Beneath
2000
as Jody
MovieDirty Pictures
2000
as Dianne Barrie
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Jackie Madden
MovieDown Will Come Baby
1999
as Dorothy McIntyre
MovieBefore He Wakes
1998
as Joanne Michaels
TVA Will of their Own
1998
as Crystal Eastman
TVFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Joan Aldrin
MovieRuby Bridges
1998
as Miss Woodmere
MovieThe Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
MovieBastard Out of Carolina
1996
as Aunt Raylene
MovieCritical Choices
1996
as Diana Johnson
MovieIf These Walls Could Talk
1996
as Marcia Schulman
MovieGold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995
as Lynette Salerno
MovieTruman
1995
as Bess Truman
MovieThe Neon Bible
1995
as Sarah
MovieThe Cure
1995
as Gail
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Elizabeth Halsey
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Linda Bowman
MovieLabor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1993
as Darlene
MovieNight of the Hunter
1991
as Willa Harper
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Lisa Russo
MovieBrenda Starr
1989
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
MovieAfter the Promise
1987
as Anna Jackson
MovieHeat
1986
as Cassie
MovieExtremities
1986
as Terry
MoviePsycho III
1986
as Maureen Coyle
MovieThe Ladies Club
1986
as Lucy Bricker
MovieA Bunny's Tale
1985
as Toby
MovieSilkwood
1983
as Angela
MovieRumble Fish
1983
as Cassandra
MovieStrange Invaders
1983
as Margaret Bigelow
MovieThou Shalt Not Kill
1982
as Susan Masters
MovieDesperate Lives
1982
as Eileen Phillips
MovieMommie Dearest
1981
as Christina Crawford
MovieInside Moves
1980
as Louise
MovieHoneysuckle Rose
1980
as Jeanne
TVGuyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Sheila Langtree
TVStuds Lonigan
1979
as Catherine Banahan
MovieBattered
1978
as Doris Thompson
MoviePretty Baby
1978
as Frieda
MovieForever
1978
as Sybil Davidson
MovieThe Possessed
1977
as Lane
TVKingston: Confidential
1977
MovieIn the Glitter Palace
1977
as Casey Walker
TVGibbsville
1976
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Carole Walker
