Acting credits
68
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Diana Scarwid
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 49Series: 19
TMDB ID: 2958
IMDb ID: nm0769311
Known for: Acting
Born: August 27, 1955
Age: 70
Place of birth: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2011
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q242805
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Diana Scarwid.
5.5
Another Happy Day
as Donna
2011 Movie
6.5
The Psycho Legacy
as Self
2010 Movie
6.3
Backyard Wedding
as Susan Slauson
2010 Movie
5.7
Nora Roberts' Tribute
as Cathy Morrow
2009 Movie
6.1
Dream Boy
as Vivian Davies
2008 Movie
Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On
2006 Movie
Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan
2006 Movie
Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan
2006 Movie
6.0
Valley of the Heart's Delight
as Natalie Walsh
2006 Movie
5.8
The Clearing
as Eva Finch
2004 Movie
6.7
Path to War
as Marny Clifford
2003 Movie
5.8
Party Monster
as Elke
2003 Movie
5.9
A Guy Thing
as Sandra Cooper
2003 Movie
5.2
The Angel Doll
as Fronia Black
2002 Movie
6.4
What Lies Beneath
as Jody
2000 Movie
5.8
Dirty Pictures
as Dianne Barrie
2000 Movie
5.3
Down Will Come Baby
as Dorothy McIntyre
1999 Movie
3.2
Before He Wakes
as Joanne Michaels
1998 Movie
6.7
Ruby Bridges
as Miss Woodmere
1998 Movie
7.1
Bastard Out of Carolina
as Aunt Raylene
1996 Movie
4.3
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
as Mrs. Annie Feagan
1996 Movie
6.0
Critical Choices
as Diana Johnson
1996 Movie
6.6
If These Walls Could Talk
as Marcia Schulman
1996 Movie
6.2
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
as Lynette Salerno
1995 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Diana Scarwid.
7.8
Pushing Daisies
as Mother Superior • 4 eps
2007 Series
7.5
Heroes
as Alice Shaw • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Jane Winmar • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
Prison Break
as Jeanette Owens • 3 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Lost
as Isabel • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.7
Wonderfalls
as Karen Tyler • 13 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Rayanne Leland • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jackie Madden • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.0
A Will of their Own
as Crystal Eastman • 2 eps
1998 Series
8.1
From the Earth to the Moon
as Joan Aldrin • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Elizabeth Halsey • 1 eps
1995 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Linda Bowman • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Lisa Russo • 1 eps
1990 Series
7.2
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
as Sheila Langtree • 2 eps
1980 Series
9.5
Studs Lonigan
as Catherine Banahan • 3 eps
1979 Series
5.0
Kingston: Confidential
1 eps
1977 Series
Gibbsville
1 eps
1976 Series
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1 eps
1975 Series
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Carole Walker • 1 eps
1968 Series