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Diana Scarwid

Acting Born Aug 27, 1955 Savannah, Georgia, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jackie Madden

Law & Order

as Lisa Russo

Criminal Minds

as Jane Winmar

Lost

as Isabel
Film

Closer

as Jeanette Owens

The X-Files

as Linda Bowman

Hawaii Five-O

as Carole Walker

Heroes

as Alice Shaw

Cold Case

as Rayanne Leland

The Outer Limits

as Elizabeth Halsey

Pushing Daisies

as Mother Superior
Film

The Cure

as Gail

Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Jackie Madden
  • Law & Order (1990) as Lisa Russo
  • Criminal Minds (2005) as Jane Winmar
  • Lost (2004) as Isabel
  • Prison Break (2005) as Jeanette Owens
  • The X-Files (1993) as Linda Bowman
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Carole Walker
  • Heroes (2006) as Alice Shaw
  • Cold Case (2003) as Rayanne Leland
  • Starsky & Hutch (1975)
  • The Outer Limits (1995) as Elizabeth Halsey
  • Pushing Daisies (2007) as Mother Superior
  • From the Earth to the Moon (1998) as Joan Aldrin
  • What Lies Beneath (2000) as Jody
  • Pretty Baby (1978) as Frieda
  • Wonderfalls (2004) as Karen Tyler
  • Rumble Fish (1983) as Cassandra
  • The Cure (1995) as Gail
  • Gibbsville (1976)
  • Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) as Sheila Langtree
  • A Guy Thing (2003) as Sandra Cooper
  • Kingston: Confidential (1977)
  • Silkwood (1983) as Angela
  • Mommie Dearest (1981) as Christina Crawford