Diana Scarwid

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 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 Shes had roles in numerous TV movies including Truman 1995 as Bess Truman The Possessed 1977 Desperate Lives 1982 A Bunnys 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 FiveO The XFiles Law Order Law Order SVU Prison Break Lost Cold Case Heroes and Criminal Minds