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Diana Scarwid
Actor
Born August 27, 1955 (69 years)
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.
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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Filmography
| 2011 | Another Happy Day · as Donna |
| 2010 | Backyard Wedding · as Susan Slauson |
| 2009 | Tribute · as Cathy Morrow |
| 2008 | Dream Boy · as Vivian Davies |
| 2008 | The Cleaner (TV Series) · as Mrs. Geiler |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies (TV Series) · as Mother Superior |
| 2006 | Heroes (TV Series) · as Alice Shaw |
| 2006 | Local Color · as Edith Talia |
| 2006 | Valley of the Heart's Delight · as Natalie Walsh |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Jane Winmar |
| 2005 | Prison Break (TV Series) · as Jeanette Owens |
| 2005 | Red Thread · as Miss Johnson |
| 2004 | Lost (TV Series) · as Isabel |
| 2004 | The Clearing · as Eva Finch |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls (TV Series) · as Karen Tyler |
| 2003 | Party Monster · as Elke |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Rayanne Leland |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing · as Sandra Cooper |
| 2002 | The Angel Doll · as Fronia Black |
| 2002 | Path to War · as Marny Clifford |
| 2000 | What Lies Beneath · as Jody |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures · as Dianne Barrie |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Jackie Madden |
| 1999 | Down Will Come Baby · as Dorothy Mcintyre |
| 1998 | Before He Wakes · as Joanne Michaels |
| 1998 | A Will of Their Own (TV Series) · as Crystal Eastman |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon (TV Series) · as Joan Aldrin |
| 1998 | Ruby Bridges · as Miss Woodmere |
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina · as Aunt Raylene |
| 1996 | The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue · as Mrs. Annie Feagan |
| 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 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Halsey |
| 1993 | J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (TV Series) · as Rose Kennedy |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Linda Bowman |
| 1993 | Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story · as Darlene |
| 1991 | Night of the Hunter · as Willa Harper |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Lisa Russo |
| 1989 | Brenda Starr · as Libby 'lips' Lipscomb |
| 1987 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Louisa Holt |
| 1987 | After the Promise · as Anna Jackson |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Extremities · as Terry |
| 1986 | Psycho III · as Maureen Coyle |
| 1985 | 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 | Desperate Lives · as Eileen Phillips |
| 1981 | Mommie Dearest · as Christina Crawford |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones · as Sheila Langtree |
| 1980 | Inside Moves · as Louise |
| 1980 | Honeysuckle Rose · as Jeanne |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (TV Series) · as Sheila Langtree |
| 1979 | Studs Lonigan (TV Series) · as Catherine Banahan |
| 1978 | Battered · as Doris Thompson |
| 1978 | Forever · as Sybil Davidson |
| 1978 | Pretty Baby · as Frieda |
| 1977 | The Possessed · as Lane |
| 1977 | In the Glitter Palace · as Casey Walker |
| 1977 | Bunco · as Lolly |
| 1976 | Gibbsville (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Irene |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Out-Of-Town Visitor |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Carole Walker |