• Name: Diana Scarwid
  • Date of Birth: August 27, 1955
  • Place of Birth: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Mini-bio: Character actress Diana Scarwid's pre-film credentials are impeccable. Scarwid was active with the University of Georgia Theatre Workshop, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the National Shakespea... read morere Conservatory and the Film Actor's Workshop at Burbank Studios before making her first movie appearance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978). She was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of John Savage's girlfriend in Inside Moves (1980), then moved on to her most talked-about screen role: Cristina Crawford, the much-abused adopted daughter of Hollywood star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) in Mommie Dearest (1980). Opinions are split right down the middle concerning Scarwid's work in this film: Some congratulate her for bringing artistry and craftsmanship to an impossibly written role, while others condemn her for never rising above the tawdry material--and for failing to shed her Southern accent. Evidently Mommie Dearest did more harm than good for Scarwid; thereafter, with isolated exceptions like 1981's Silkwood (in which she was superb as Cher's humorless lesbian lover), she was largely confined to garbage like Psycho III (1986) and Brenda Starr (1993). Happily, there are still some producers willing to cast Diana Scarwid in worthwhile parts; the most recent of these was the role of Rose Kennedy in the made-for-TV JFK: The Restless Years (1993). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Replace this image with an actor photoDiana Scarwid mini-bio: Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1980" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol 32. For her roles in Inside Moves (1980) and Mommie Dearest (1981), she became the first actress ever to go from being an Oscar nominee to a Razzie "winner" in just one year. In mini-movies, she won an Emmy nomination playing "First Lady" Bess Truman in Truman (1995) (TV) and later played Rose Kennedy in J.F.K.: Reckless Youth (1993) (TV). Appeared in the National Shakespeare Conservatory production of "Spoon River Anthology" in New York. Graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and Pace University's Theatre Arts Program. Is only 14 years younger than Faye Dunaway, who played her mother in Mommie Dearest (1981).

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