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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 27, 1955
Place of Birth
Savannah, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
- دایانا اسکاروید
Diana Scarwid
1.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
5.5
Donna
Another Happy Day
2011
6.5
Self
The Psycho Legacy
2010
6.3
Susan Slauson
Backyard Wedding
2010
5.9
Cathy Morrow
Nora Roberts' Tribute
2009
6.1
Vivian Davies
Dream Boy
2008
7.8
Mother Superior
Pushing Daisies
2007
7.5
Alice Shaw
Heroes
2006
0.0
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006
0.0
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
0.0
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006
Credits
Another Happy Day
as Donna
2011
5.5
The Psycho Legacy
as Self
2010
6.5
Backyard Wedding
as Susan Slauson
2010
6.3
Nora Roberts' Tribute
as Cathy Morrow
2009
5.9
Dream Boy
as Vivian Davies
2008
6.1
Pushing Daisies
as Mother Superior
2007
7.8
Heroes
as Alice Shaw
2006
7.5
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006
0.0
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006
0.0
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006
0.0
Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Natalie Walsh
2006
6.0
Criminal Minds
as Jane Winmar
2005
8.3
Prison Break
as Jeanette Owens
2005
8.1
Lost
as Isabel
2004
7.9
The Clearing
as Eva Finch
2004
5.8
Wonderfalls
as Karen Tyler
2004
7.7
Path to War
as Marny Clifford
2003
6.7
Cold Case
as Rayanne Leland
2003
7.8
Party Monster
as Elke
2003
5.8
A Guy Thing
as Sandra Cooper
2003
5.9
The Angel Doll
as Fronia Black
2002
5.2
What Lies Beneath
as Jody
2000
6.4
Dirty Pictures
as Dianne Barrie
2000
5.8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jackie Madden
1999
7.9
Down Will Come Baby
as Dorothy McIntyre
1999
5.3
Before He Wakes
as Joanne Michaels
1998
3.2
A Will of their Own
as Crystal Eastman
1998
7.0
From the Earth to the Moon
as Joan Aldrin
1998
8.1
Ruby Bridges
as Miss Woodmere
1998
6.7
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Aunt Raylene
1996
7.1
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
1996
4.3
Critical Choices
as Diana Johnson
1996
6.0
If These Walls Could Talk
as Marcia Schulman
1996
6.6
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
as Lynette Salerno
1995
6.2
Truman
as Bess Truman
1995
7.6
The Neon Bible
as Sarah
1995
6.0
The Cure
as Gail
1995
7.9
The Outer Limits
as Elizabeth Halsey
1995
7.7
The X-Files
as Linda Bowman
1993
8.4
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
as Darlene
1993
5.0
Night of the Hunter
as Willa Harper
1991
5.7
Law & Order
as Lisa Russo
1990
7.4
Brenda Starr
as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
1989
4.6
After the Promise
as Anna Jackson
1987
7.6
Heat
as Cassie
1986
5.7
Extremities
as Terry
1986
6.1
Psycho III
as Maureen Coyle
1986
5.6
The Ladies Club
as Lucy Bricker
1986
5.2
A Bunny's Tale
as Toby
1985
4.0
Silkwood
as Angela
1983
6.9
Rumble Fish
as Cassandra
1983
7.0
Strange Invaders
as Margaret Bigelow
1983
4.8
Thou Shalt Not Kill
as Susan Masters
1982
6.5
Desperate Lives
as Eileen Phillips
1982
6.0
Mommie Dearest
as Christina Crawford
1981
6.3
Inside Moves
as Louise
1980
6.3
Honeysuckle Rose
as Jeanne
1980
5.2
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Sheila Langtree
1980
7.2
Studs Lonigan
as Catherine Banahan
1979
9.5
Battered
as Doris Thompson
1978
0.0
Pretty Baby
as Frieda
1978
7.0
Forever
as Sybil Davidson
1978
0.0
The Possessed
as Lane
1977
4.8
Kingston: Confidential
1977
5.0
In the Glitter Palace
as Casey Walker
1977
2.7
Gibbsville
1976
0.0
Starsky & Hutch
1975
7.3
Hawaii Five-O
as Carole Walker
1968
7.1