Acting
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.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
Law & Order
1990 · TV
Criminal Minds
2005 · TV
Lost
2004 · TV
Prison Break
2005 · TV
The X-Files
1993 · TV
Heroes
2006 · TV
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV
Cold Case
2003 · TV
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · TV
Pushing Daisies
2007 · TV
From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · TV
Wonderfalls
2004 · TV
Pretty Baby
1978 · Movie
What Lies Beneath
2000 · Movie
The Cure
1995 · Movie
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980 · TV
Rumble Fish
1983 · Movie
Psycho III
1986 · Movie
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996 · Movie
Gibbsville
1976 · TV
Mommie Dearest
1981 · Movie
Silkwood
1983 · Movie
A Will of their Own
1998 · TV
A Guy Thing
2003 · Movie
Kingston: Confidential
1977 · TV
Extremities
1986 · Movie
Truman
1995 · Movie
Dream Boy
2008 · Movie
If These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Movie
Party Monster
2003 · Movie
After the Promise
1987 · Movie
Another Happy Day
2011 · Movie
Studs Lonigan
1979 · TV
The Clearing
2004 · Movie
Path to War
2003 · Movie
Brenda Starr
1989 · Movie
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995 · Movie
A Bunny's Tale
1985 · Movie
In the Glitter Palace
1977 · Movie
Strange Invaders
1983 · Movie
The Ladies Club
1986 · Movie
Down Will Come Baby
1999 · Movie
Honeysuckle Rose
1980 · Movie
Nora Roberts' Tribute
2009 · Movie
Valley of the Heart's Delight
2006 · Movie
Inside Moves
1980 · Movie
Heat
1986 · Movie
The Possessed
1977 · Movie
Critical Choices
1996 · Movie
The Angel Doll
2002 · Movie
Night of the Hunter
1991 · Movie
Backyard Wedding
2010 · Movie
The Psycho Legacy
2010 · Movie
Desperate Lives
1982 · Movie
Ruby Bridges
1998 · Movie
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982 · Movie
Dirty Pictures
2000 · Movie
The Neon Bible
1995 · Movie
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996 · Movie
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006 · Movie
Before He Wakes
1998 · Movie
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006 · Movie
Battered
1978 · Movie
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
1993 · Movie
Forever
1978 · Movie
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006 · Movie
