Scarwid, Diana 1955-

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Scarwid, Diana 1955-

PERSONAL

Born August 27, 1955, in Savannah, GA; married Eric Sheinbart (a doctor) 1977; children: two. Education: Attended Pace University; studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the University of Georgia Theater Workshop, the National Shakespeare Conservatory, and the Film Actors Workshop.

Addresses:

Agent—Innovative Artists, 1505 Tenth St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career:

Actress.

Member:

Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Awards, Honors:

Named one of the promising new actors of 1980, John Willis' Screen World; Academy Award nomination, best actress in a supporting role, 1981, for Inside Moves; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or special, 1996, for Truman; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite supporting actress in a suspense movie, 2001, for What Lies Beneath.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Frieda, Pretty Baby, Paramount, 1978.

Jeanne, Honeysuckle Rose (also known as On the Road Again), Warner Bros., 1980.

Louise, Inside Moves, Associated Film Distributors, 1980.

Christina Crawford as an adult, Mommie Dearest, Paramount, 1981.

Angela, Silkwood, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.

Cassandra, Rumble Fish, Universal, 1983.

Margaret Newman, Strange Invaders, Orion, 1983.

Lucy Bricker, The Ladies Club (also known as The Sisterhood and The Violated), New Line Cinema, 1986.

Terry, Extremities, Atlantic Releasing, 1986.

Cassie, Heat, New Century/Vista, 1987.

Maureen Coyle, Psycho III (also known as Psicosis 3, Psicosis III, Psycose 3, Psycose III, and Psyko III), Universal, 1987.

Libby "Lips" Lipscomb, Brenda Starr, Triumph Releasing, 1989.

Gail, The Cure, Universal, 1995.

Lynette Salerno, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (also known as Cacadores de aventuras, Das Geheimnis des Baerenfelsens, Guldgravarna—hemligheten i Bear Mountain, and Le secret de Bear Mountain), Universal, 1995.

Sarah, The Neon Bible, Strand Releasing, 1995.

Jody, What Lies Beneath (also known as A verdade escondida, Apparences, Bag facaden—What lies beneath, Dolt under ytan, Le verita nascoste, Lo que la verdad esconde, Revelacao, Revelaciones, Salaisuus pinnan alla, and Schatten der Wahrheit), DreamWorks, 2000.

Fronia Black, The Angel Doll, Mainline Releasing, 2002.

Elke, Party Monster, Strand Releasing, 2003.

Sandra Cooper, A Guy Thing (also known as Cosa de hombres, Cosas de tios, Cose da maschi, Gelegenheit macht Liebe, Ivresse et consequences, Louco por elas, Miehen mieli, and Typiquement masculin), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2003.

Eva Finch, The Clearing (also known as Anatomie einer Entfuehrung), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2004.

Isabel, Lost, Ardustry Home Entertainment, 2004.

Miss Johnson, Red Thread, 2005.

Edith Talia, Local Color, Permut Presentations, 2006.

Mother, Swimming with the Virgin (short film), Ninety Eight Productions, 2006.

Natalie Walsh, Valley of the Heart's Delight, Banana Peel Entertainment, 2006.

Vivian, Dream Boy, Garbus Kroupa Entertainment/Mettray Reformatory Pictures, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Karen Tyler, Wonderfalls (also known as Maid of the Mist and Touched by a Crazy Person), Fox, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Catherine Banahan, Studs Lonigan, NBC, 1985.

Rose Kennedy, JFK: Reckless Youth (also known as JFK: Nuoruusvuodet and John F. Kennedy—Wilde Jugend), ABC, 1993.

Marcia Schulman, "1996," If These Walls Could Talk, HBO, 1996.

Crystal Eastman, A Will of Their Own (also known as Daughters of the New World, Filhas do novo mundo, La fuerza del corazon, Lo specchio del destino, and O thriamvos tis thelisis), NBC, 1998.

Joan Aldrin, From the Earth to the Moon (also known as Avaruuden sankarit, Da terra a lua, De la terre a la lune, De la tierra a la luna, Fra jorden til maanen, and Operaatio: Kuu), HBO, 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Casey Walker, In the Glitter Palace (also known as A Woman Accused), NBC, 1977.

Lane, The Possessed, NBC, 1977.

Lolly, Bunco, 1977.

Doris Thompson, Battered, NBC, 1978.

Sybil Davidson, Forever, CBS, 1978.

Eileen Phillips, Desperate Lives, CBS, 1982.

Susan Masters, Thou Shalt Not Kill, NBC, 1982.

Sheila Langtree, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (also known as The Mad Messiah), CBS, 1985.

Toby, A Bunny's Tale, ABC, 1985.

Anna Jackson, After the Promise, CBS, 1987.

Willa Harper, Night of the Hunter, ABC, 1991.

Darlene, Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story, CBS, 1993.

Bess Wallace Truman, Truman, HBO, 1995.

Annie Feagan, The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (also known as L'ange de Noel), Family Channel, 1996.

Aunt Raylene, Bastard out of Carolina, Showtime, 1996.

Diana Johnson, Critical Choices, Showtime, 1996.

Joanne, Before He Wakes, CBS, 1998.

Ms. Woodmere, Rudy Bridges (also known as Ruby Bridges—Ein Maedchen kaempft fuer sein Recht), ABC, 1998.

Dorothy and Gretchen, Down Will Come Baby, CBS, 1999.

Dianne Barrie, Dirty Pictures, Showtime, 2000.

Marny Clifford, Path to War, HBO, 2002.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Herself, 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Lisa Graham, "Nightmare," Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1976.

"Andrea," Gibbsville, NBC, 1976.

"Golden Girl," Kingston: Confidential, NBC, 1977.

Carole Walker, "The Spirit Is Willie," Hawaii Five-O (also known as McGarrett), CBS, 1979.

Louisa Holt, "Simple Justice," The American Experience, PBS, 1993.

Elizabeth Halsey, "Trial by Fire," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, Sci-Fi Channel, and syndicated, 1996.

Linda Bowman, "Kitsunegari," The X-Files, Fox, 1998.

Medical examiner Lisa Russo, "Myth of Fingerprints," Law & Order (also known as Law & Order Prime), NBC, 2001.

Herself, "Scream Queens," The E! True Hollywood Story (also known as Scream Queens: The E! True Hollywood Story and THS), E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Jackie Madden, "Head," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order's Sex Crimes, Law & Order: SVU, and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2004.

Jeanette Owens, "Bad Blood," Prison Break (also known as The Break, Prison Break: Manhunt, Prison Break: On the Run, Grande evasion, I apodrasi, Pako, Pogenemine, and Prison Break—Em busca da verdade), Fox, 2006.

Jeanette Owens, "Buried," Prison Break (also known as The Break, Prison Break: Manhunt, Prison Break: On the Run, Grande evasion, I apodrasi, Pako, Pogenemine, and Prison Break—Em busca da verdade), Fox, 2006.

Jeanette Owens, "Dead Fall," Prison Break (also known as The Break, Prison Break: Manhunt, Prison Break: On the Run, Grande evasion, I apodrasi, Pako, Pogenemine, and Prison Break—Em busca da verdade), Fox, 2006.

Jeanette Owens, "Subdivision," Prison Break (also known as The Break, Prison Break: Manhunt, Prison Break: On the Run, Grande evasion, I apodrasi, Pako, Pogenemine, and Prison Break—Em busca da verdade), Fox, 2006.

Isabel, "Stranger in a Strange Land," Lost, ABC, 2007.