Diana Scarwid

Diana Scarwid

1955-08-27 Savannah, Georgia, USA 49 Credits

Biography

Diana Elizabeth Scarwid 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 (bo...

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Another Happy Day

Another Happy Day

2011

as Donna

5.6
Acting

A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.

The Psycho Legacy

The Psycho Legacy

2010

as Self

6.9
Acting

The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what ...

Backyard Wedding

Backyard Wedding

2010

as Susan Slauson

6.3
Acting

Kim Tyler grew up loving her next-door neighbor, Evan Slauson. Now she's all set to have the wedding of her dreams to stable Jeffrey in her parents' b...

Nora Roberts' Tribute

Nora Roberts' Tribute

2009

as Cathy Morrow

5.9
Acting

A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous gr...

Dream Boy

Dream Boy

2008

as Vivian Davies

6.1
Acting

The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the bru...

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On

2006

Acting

Documentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped into the culture since that time. It is always fun to ...

Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan

Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan

2006

Acting

A documentary in which the creative team discuss the process of adapting the material, the challenge of bringing an icon to life, bringing Frank Perry...

Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan

Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan

2006

Acting

Documentary which delves a bit deeper into the story of the film in which the cast and crew discuss some of the narrative beats, the performances in s...

Valley of the Heart's Delight

Valley of the Heart's Delight

2006

as Natalie Walsh

6.0
Acting

When a fatal kidnapping ignites a firestorm of suspicion and rage in idyllic 1933 San Jose, California, a hard-nosed young reporter takes on the power...

The Clearing

The Clearing

2004

as Eva Finch

5.8
Acting

When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the ...

Path to War

Path to War

2003

as Marny Clifford

6.7
Acting

A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside t...

Party Monster

Party Monster

2003

as Elke

5.8
Acting

The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe ...

A Guy Thing

A Guy Thing

2003

as Sandra Cooper

5.9
Acting

Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked wh...

The Angel Doll

The Angel Doll

2002

as Fronia Black

5.2
Acting

The story of two small town boys from different sides of the tracks: 1950's childhood and self-redemption. Young "Whitey" Black (so called because of ...

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath

2000

as Jody

6.4
Acting

When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the wh...

Dirty Pictures

Dirty Pictures

2000

as Dianne Barrie

6.2
Acting

A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.

Down Will Come Baby

Down Will Come Baby

1999

as Dorothy McIntyre

5.7
Acting

Leah Garr wants to move from Phoenix to take a new job in Denver to help her family (Husband Marcus and Daughter Robin). When Robin goes to camp to gi...

Before He Wakes

Before He Wakes

1998

as Joanne Michaels

3.8
Acting

Initially cleared of "accidentally" killing her husband, an idyllic wife and mother comes under suspicion when police learn that her first husband als...

Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges

1998

as Miss Woodmere

6.7
Acting

When six-year-old Ruby Bridges is chosen to be the first African-American to integrate her local elementary school, she is subjected to the true uglin...

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

1996

as Mrs. Annie Feagan

4.3
Acting

When an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, his three children are determined to get him out of jail in time for Christma...

Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996

as Aunt Raylene

7.1
Acting

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her ti...

Critical Choices

Critical Choices

1996

as Diana Johnson

6.0
Acting

A Milwaukee Women's Health Clinic becomes the battleground between pro-choice activists and right-to-life demonstrators over and Easter Sunday weekend...

If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

as Marcia Schulman

6.7
Acting

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a...

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

1995

as Lynette Salerno

6.2
Acting

Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage o...

Truman

Truman

1995

as Bess Truman

7.6
Acting

Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision...

The Neon Bible

The Neon Bible

1995

as Sarah

6.1
Acting

During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

The Cure

The Cure

1995

as Gail

7.9
Acting

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an even...

Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story

Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story

1993

as Darlene

5.0
Acting

When a woman learns she cannot bear children, her mother decides to be a surrogate for her.

Night of the Hunter

Night of the Hunter

1991

as Willa Harper

5.7
Acting

A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.

Brenda Starr

Brenda Starr

1989

as Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb

4.6
Acting

Fearless reporter Brenda Starr needs a big scoop if she wishes to retain her lofty status within the world of journalism, so she ventures deep into th...

After the Promise

After the Promise

1987

as Anna Jackson

7.7
Acting

Elmer Jackson is a carpenter in a small Californian town in the 1930s. Struggling to bring up 4 young boys after the death of his wife, he is horrifie...

Heat

Heat

1986

as Cassie

5.8
Acting

Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together ...

Extremities

Extremities

1986

as Terry

6.1
Acting

A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the pol...

Psycho III

Psycho III

1986

as Maureen Coyle

5.6
Acting

When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less tha...

The Ladies Club

The Ladies Club

1986

as Lucy Bricker

5.2
Acting

A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men who have committed repeated violations of wo...

A Bunny's Tale

A Bunny's Tale

1985

as Toby

4.5
Acting

A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.

Silkwood

Silkwood

1983

as Angela

7.0
Acting

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possi...

Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish

1983

as Cassandra

7.0
Acting

Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare w...

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders

1983

as Margaret Bigelow

4.8
Acting

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Thou Shalt Not Kill

1982

as Susan Masters

6.5
Acting

A man is wrongly convicted for murder and sent to prison, where he is accused of murdering a brutal guard he killed in self-defense.

Desperate Lives

Desperate Lives

1982

as Eileen Phillips

6.0
Acting

A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.

Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

1981

as Christina Crawford

6.4
Acting

Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour...

Inside Moves

Inside Moves

1980

as Louise

6.4
Acting

After a failed suicide attempt leaves him partially crippled, Rory begins spending a lot of time at a neighborhood bar full of interesting misfits. Wh...

Honeysuckle Rose

Honeysuckle Rose

1980

as Jeanne

5.4
Acting

Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical...

Battered

Battered

1978

as Doris Thompson

Acting

Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their hus...

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1978

as Frieda

7.0
Acting

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-...

Forever

Forever

1978

as Sybil Davidson

Acting

Romantic drama about a teenage girl's first love and the perennial adolescent dilemma of whether to give herself to him in order to hang on to him. Ba...

The Possessed

The Possessed

1977

as Lane

4.8
Acting

A former priest, now an exorcist, battles the satanic forces that are threatening the students at a girls school.

In the Glitter Palace

In the Glitter Palace

1977

as Casey Walker

3.5
Acting

The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.