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Diana Scarwid
Savannah, Georgia, USA
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 nomin…
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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.
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2011
Another Happy Day
Movie Donna
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2010
The Psycho Legacy
Movie Self
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2010
Backyard Wedding
Movie Susan Slauson
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2009
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Movie Cathy Morrow
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2008
Dream Boy
Movie Vivian Davies
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2007
Pushing Daisies
TV show Mother Superior
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2006
Heroes
TV show Alice Shaw
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- 2006
- 2006
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2006
Valley of the Heart's Delight
Movie Natalie Walsh
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2005
Criminal Minds
TV show Jane Winmar
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2005
Prison Break
TV show Jeanette Owens
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2004
Lost
TV show Isabel
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2004
The Clearing
Movie Eva Finch
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2004
Wonderfalls
TV show Karen Tyler
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2003
Path to War
Movie Marny Clifford
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Rayanne Leland
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2003
Party Monster
Movie Elke
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2003
A Guy Thing
Movie Sandra Cooper
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2002
The Angel Doll
Movie Fronia Black
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2000
What Lies Beneath
Movie Jody
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2000
Dirty Pictures
Movie Dianne Barrie
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Jackie Madden
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1999
Down Will Come Baby
Movie Dorothy McIntyre
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1998
Before He Wakes
Movie Joanne Michaels
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1998
A Will of their Own
TV show Crystal Eastman
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1998
From the Earth to the Moon
TV show Joan Aldrin
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1998
Ruby Bridges
Movie Miss Woodmere
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1996
Bastard Out of Carolina
Movie Aunt Raylene
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1996
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Movie Mrs. Annie Feagan
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1996
Critical Choices
Movie Diana Johnson
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1996
If These Walls Could Talk
Movie Marcia Schulman
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1995
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Movie Lynette Salerno
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1995
Truman
Movie Bess Truman
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1995
The Neon Bible
Movie Sarah
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1995
The Cure
Movie Gail
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1995
The Outer Limits
TV show Elizabeth Halsey
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1993
The X-Files
TV show Linda Bowman
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1993
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story
Movie Darlene
