Diana Scarwid | |
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Born | [1] [2] Savannah, Georgia, U.S | August 27, 1955
Nationality | American |
Education | The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Pace University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1976–2011 |
Spouse | Eric Scheinbart (m. 1978;div. 1995) |
Children | 2 |
Diana Scarwid is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest (1981). She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Inside Moves (1980), and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Truman (1995).
Scarwid has more than 70 film and television credits, including Pretty Baby (1978), Rumble Fish (1983), Silkwood (1983), Psycho III (1986), Extremities (1986), The Neon Bible (1995), What Lies Beneath (2000), Party Monster (2003), The Clearing (2004), and Another Happy Day (2011).
Scarwid was born in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Frizelle) [3] and Anthony John Scarwid. She has three brothers. Diana moved to New York at 17 to become an actress. She graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Pace University simultaneously, completing the dual program as an honor student. [4]
In 1980, Scarwid appeared in films Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones and Honeysuckle Rose . [5] [6] She co-starred in films Inside Moves (1980), Mommie Dearest (1981), and Brenda Starr (1989). [7] [8] [9] Scarwid earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Inside Moves and a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress in Mommie Dearest.
In television movies, Scarwid had performances in Desperate Lives (1982), Strange Invaders, Rumble Fish (1983), Silkwood (1983), The Ladies Club, Psycho III (1986), Extremities (1986), and After the Promise (1987).
In 1991, Scarwid appeared in Night of the Hunter (1991). She portrayed Rose Kennedy in JFK: Reckless Youth (1993). In 1995, Scarwid appeared in films The Cure, The Neon Bible, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain and Heat, and she portrayed Bess Truman in Truman.
In 1996, Scarwid had roles in Trial By Fire and Bastard Out of Carolina, If These Walls Could Talk, Critical Choices, The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue and The Outer Limits.
In 1998, Scarwid appeared in The X-Files ( episode "Kitsunegari"), Ruby Bridges, From the Earth to the Moon , A Will of Their Own, and Down Will Come Baby .
Scarwid started the new century with the portrayal of Dianne Barrie in the TV movie Dirty Pictures (2000). The same year, she appeared as Michelle Pfeiffer's character's kooky friend in Robert Zemeckis's What Lies Beneath . In 2001, she guest-starred in Law & Order as a fingerprint analyst accused of manslaughter, and in 2003, she appeared as a prying mother in A Guy Thing . The same year, she portrayed Elke Alig, Michael Alig's enabling and neglectful mother in Party Monster , the adaptation of James St. James's memoir Disco Bloodbath . The following year, she starred as Karen Tyler, a smothering mother in Wonderfalls . She returned to the Law and Order franchise with an appearance as a mother on the warpath after finding out her son is a victim of pedophilia in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode titled "Head".
In the mid 2000s, she had roles in Read Thread (2005), Valley of the Heart's Delight (2006); and Local Color (2006). The same year, she guest-starred as Jeanette Owens in Prison Break , following which she assumed the role of Isabel, a mysterious sheriff and island inhabitant in the TV series Lost . Consecutively, she assumed roles in episodes of other TV series, including Cold Case , Pushing Daisies , and Heroes . Nearing the end of the decade, she had roles on The Cleaner (2009) and Criminal Minds (2009).
Scarwid appeared in the TV movie Backyard Wedding (2010) and Sam Levinson's Another Happy Day (2011).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Pretty Baby | Frieda | |
1980 | Honeysuckle Rose | Jeanne | |
1980 | Inside Moves | Louise | |
1981 | Mommie Dearest | Christina Crawford | |
1983 | Strange Invaders | Margaret Newman | |
1983 | Rumble Fish | Cassandra | |
1983 | Silkwood | Angela | |
1986 | The Ladies Club | Lucy Bricker | |
1986 | Psycho III | Maureen Coyle | |
1986 | Extremities | Terry | |
1986 | Heat | Cassie | |
1989 | Brenda Starr | Libby "Lips" Lipscomb | |
1995 | The Cure | Gail | |
1995 | The Neon Bible | Sarah | |
1995 | Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain | Lynette Salerno | |
1996 | Bastard out of Carolina | Raylene | |
1996 | The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue | Annie Feagan | |
2000 | What Lies Beneath | Jody | |
2002 | The Angel Doll | Fronia Black | |
2003 | A Guy Thing | Sandra Cooper | |
2003 | Party Monster | Elke Alig | |
2004 | The Clearing | Eva Finch | |
2005 | Red Thread | Miss Johnson | |
2006 | Valley of the Heart's Delight | Natalie Walsh | |
2006 | Local Color | Edith Talia | |
2006 | Swimming with the Virgin | Mother | Short film |
2008 | And Then She Was Gone | Woman in Disguise | Short film |
2008 | Dream Boy | Vivian Davies | |
2011 | Another Happy Day | Donna |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Police Woman | Irene | "Sara Who?" |
1976 | Starsky & Hutch | Lisa Graham | "Nightmare" |
1976 | Gibbsville | Kathleen | "Andrea" |
1977 | In the Glitter Palace | Casey Walker | TV movie |
1977 | The Possessed | Lane | TV movie |
1977 | Kingston: Confidential | Erica | "Golden Girl" |
1977 | Bunco | Lolly | TV movie |
1978 | Forever | Sybil Davidson | TV movie |
1978 | Battered | Doris Thompson | TV movie |
1979 | Hawaii Five-O | Carole Walker | "The Spirit Is Willie" |
1979 | Studs Lonigan | Catherine Banahan | TV miniseries |
1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Sheila Langtree | TV movie |
1982 | Desperate Lives | Eileen Phillips | TV movie |
1982 | Thou Shalt Not Kill | Susan Masters | TV movie |
1985 | A Bunny's Tale | Toby | TV movie |
1987 | After the Promise | Anna Jackson | TV movie |
1991 | Night of the Hunter | Willa Harper | TV movie |
1993 | American Experience | Louisa Holt | "Simple Justice" |
1993 | Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story | Darlene | TV movie |
1993 | J.F.K.: Reckless Youth | Rose Kennedy | TV movie |
1995 | Truman | Bess Truman | TV movie |
1996 | The Outer Limits | Elizabeth Halsey | "Trial by Fire" |
1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Marcia Schulman | Segment: "1996" |
1996 | Critical Choices | Diana | TV movie |
1998 | The X-Files | Linda Bowman | "Kitsunegari" |
1998 | Ruby Bridges | Miss Woodmere | TV movie |
1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Joan Aldrin | "Mare Tranquilitatis" |
1998 | Before He Wakes | Joanne Michaels | TV movie |
1998 | A Will of Their Own | Crystal Eastman | "1.1" |
1999 | Down Will Come Baby | Dorothy McIntyre | TV movie |
2000 | Dirty Pictures | Dianne Barrie | TV movie |
2001 | Law & Order | Lisa Russo | "Myth of Fingerprints" |
2002 | Path to War | Marny Clifford | TV movie |
2004 | Wonderfalls | Karen Tyler | Main role |
2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jackie Madden | "Head" |
2006 | Prison Break | Jeanette Owens | "Subdivision", "Buried", "Dead Fall" |
2007 | Lost | Isabel | "Stranger in a Strange Land" |
2008 | Cold Case | Rayanne Leland | "Spiders" |
2008-2009 | Pushing Daisies | Mother Superior | Recurring role |
2009 | Tribute | Cathy Morrow | TV movie |
2009 | Heroes | Alice Shaw | "1961" |
2009 | The Cleaner | Mrs. Geiler | "Split Ends" |
2009 | Criminal Minds | Jane Winmar | "Cradle to Grave" |
2010 | Backyard Wedding | Susan Slauson | TV movie |
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