Cast
Diana Scarwid
Acting
Cast
Diana Scarwid
Known for
Acting
Born
1955-08-27
From
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). 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.
★6.4
MOVIE2000
What Lies Beneath
as Jody
★7.0
MOVIE1978
Pretty Baby
as Frieda
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Rumble Fish
as Cassandra
★7.9
MOVIE1995
The Cure
as Gail
★6.9
MOVIE1983
Silkwood
as Angela
★6.4
MOVIE1981
Mommie Dearest
as Christina Crawford
★5.8
MOVIE2004
The Clearing
as Eva Finch
★6.7
MOVIE2003
Path to War
as Marny Clifford
★6.7
MOVIE1996
If These Walls Could Talk
as Marcia Schulman
★6.2
MOVIE1986
Extremities
as Terry
★5.5
MOVIE2011
Another Happy Day
as Donna
★5.8
MOVIE2003
Party Monster
as Elke
★5.7
MOVIE1986
Psycho III
as Maureen Coyle
★5.9
MOVIE2003
A Guy Thing
as Sandra Cooper
★7.5
MOVIE1987
After the Promise
as Anna Jackson
★7.1
MOVIE1996
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Aunt Raylene
★4.8
MOVIE1983
Strange Invaders
as Margaret Bigelow
★6.2
MOVIE1995
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
as Lynette Salerno
★4.7
MOVIE1989
Brenda Starr
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
★5.7
MOVIE2009
Nora Roberts' Tribute
as Cathy Morrow
★5.0
MOVIE1977
The Possessed
as Lane
★6.1
MOVIE2000
Dirty Pictures
as Dianne Barrie
★6.1
MOVIE2008
Dream Boy
as Vivian Davies
★5.4
MOVIE1980
Honeysuckle Rose
as Jeanne
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Ruby Bridges
as Miss Woodmere
★7.7
MOVIE1995
Truman
as Bess Truman
★6.5
MOVIE1982
Desperate Lives
as Eileen Phillips
★6.4
MOVIE1980
Inside Moves
as Louise
★4.9
MOVIE1996
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
★4.0
MOVIE1977
In the Glitter Palace
as Casey Walker
★5.8
MOVIE1986
Heat
as Cassie
★5.3
MOVIE1985
A Bunny's Tale
as Toby
★7.3
MOVIE2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Natalie Walsh
★6.3
MOVIE1996
Critical Choices
as Diana Johnson
★6.5
MOVIE2010
The Psycho Legacy
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE1999
Down Will Come Baby
as Dorothy McIntyre
★6.3
MOVIE2010
Backyard Wedding
as Susan Slauson
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Night of the Hunter
as Willa Harper
★5.4
MOVIE2002
The Angel Doll
as Fronia Black
★5.5
MOVIE1986
The Ladies Club
as Lucy Bricker
★4.0
MOVIE1998
Before He Wakes
as Joanne Michaels
★10.0
MOVIE1978
Forever
as Sybil Davidson
★6.1
MOVIE1995
The Neon Bible
as Sarah
★9.0
MOVIE1978
Battered
as Doris Thompson
★7.0
MOVIE1982
Thou Shalt Not Kill
as Susan Masters
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
as Darlene
★10.0
MOVIE2006
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
★10.0
MOVIE2006
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
★10.0
MOVIE2006