Diana Scarwid
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.
Known for
Another Happy Day
The Psycho Legacy
Backyard Wedding
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Dream Boy
Pushing Daisies
Heroes
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Criminal Minds
Prison Break
Lost
The Clearing
Wonderfalls
Path to War
Cold Case
Party Monster
A Guy Thing
The Angel Doll
What Lies Beneath
Dirty Pictures
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Down Will Come Baby
Before He Wakes
A Will of their Own
From the Earth to the Moon
Ruby Bridges
Bastard Out of Carolina
Critical Choices
If These Walls Could Talk
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Truman
The Neon Bible
The Cure
The Outer Limits
The X-Files
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Night of the Hunter
Law & Order
Brenda Starr
After the Promise
Heat
Extremities
Psycho III
The Ladies Club
A Bunny's Tale
Silkwood
Rumble Fish
Strange Invaders
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Desperate Lives
Mommie Dearest
Inside Moves
Honeysuckle Rose
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Studs Lonigan
Battered
Pretty Baby
Forever
The Possessed
Kingston: Confidential
In the Glitter Palace
Gibbsville
Starsky & Hutch
Hawaii Five-O