Diana Scarwid as Jody
Norman Spencer, a university research scientist, is growing more and more concerned about his wife, Claire, a retired concert cellist who a year ago was involved in a serious auto accident, and who has just sent off her daughter Caitlin (Norman's stepdaughter) to college. Now, Claire reports hearing voices and witnessing eerie occurrences in and around their lakeside Vermont home, including seeing the face of a young woman reflected in water. An increasingly frightened Claire thinks the phenomena have something to do with the couple living next door, especially since the wife has disappeared without apparent explanation. At her husband's urging, Claire starts to see a therapist; she tells him she thinks the house is being haunted by a ghost. His advice? Try to make contact. Enlisting the help of her best friend, Jody, and a ouija board, Claire seeks to find out the truth of What Lies Beneath.
Biography for Diana Scarwid
Date of birth
27 August 1955
Savannah, Georgia, USA
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Trivia
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1980" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol 32.
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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: An Oscar nomination seemed to promise great things for this skilled and appealing actress-but her career has never blossomed as it should have. A seasoned stage performer, with a solid academic background, she debuted onscreen in Pretty Baby (1978), and received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her work as John Savage's girlfriend in 1980's Inside Moves prior to being abused as Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest (1981). She played Cher's dour lesbian lover in 1983's Silkwood and a suicidal nun in the excessive Psycho III (1986). Scarwid was among the unfortunates who labored in the ill-fated, long-unreleased comic-strip adaptation Brenda Starr (1992). She deserves better.
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Guy Thing, A (2003)
Party Monster (2003) .... Elke
Path to War (2002) (TV) .... Marny Clifford
Angel Doll, The (2000) .... Fronia Black
What Lies Beneath (2000) .... Jody
Dirty Pictures (2000) (TV) .... Dianne
Down Will Come Baby (1999) (TV) .... Dorothy/Gretchen
Before He Wakes (1998) (TV) .... Joanne
"Will of Their Own, A" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Crystal Eastman
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Joan Aldrin
Ruby Bridges (1998) (TV) .... Ms. Woodmere
Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996) .... Mrs. Annie Feagan
Critical Choices (1996) (TV) .... Diana
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) (TV) .... Marcia Schulman (segment "1996")
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) .... Aunt Raylene
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995) .... Lynette Salerno
Truman (1995) (TV) .... Bess Truman
Neon Bible, The (1995) .... Sarah
... aka Biblia de ne�n, La (1997) (Spain)
Cure, The (1995) .... Gail
"J.F.K.: Reckless Youth" (1993) (mini) TV Series .... Rose Kennedy
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (1993) (TV) .... Darlene
Simple Justice (1993) (TV) .... Louisa Holt
Night of the Hunter (1991) (TV) .... Willa
Brenda Starr (1989) .... Libby 'Lips' Lipscomb
After the Promise (1987) (TV) .... Anna Jackson
Heat (1987) .... Cassie
Extremities (1986) .... Terry
Ladies Club, The (1986) .... Lucy Bricker
... aka Violated, The (1986)
Psycho III (1986) .... Maureen Coyle
... aka Psycose 3 (1986) (USA: Spanish title)
Bunny's Tale, A (1985) (TV) .... Toby
Silkwood (1983) .... Angela
Rumble Fish (1983) .... Cassandra
Strange Invaders (1983) .... Margaret
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982) (TV) .... Susan Masters
Desperate Lives (1982) (TV) .... Eileen Phillips
Mommie Dearest (1981) .... Christina Crawford (adult)
Honeysuckle Rose (1980) .... Jeanne
... aka On the Road Again (1980) (USA: reissue title)
Inside Moves (1980) .... Louise
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV) .... Sheila Langtree
... aka Mad Messiah, The (1980) (TV)
"Studs Lonigan" (1979) (mini) TV Series .... Catherine Banahan
Battered (1978) (TV) .... Doris Thompson
Pretty Baby (1978) .... Frieda
Forever (1978) (TV) .... Sybil Davidson
Bunco (1977) (TV) .... Lolly
Possessed, The (1977) (TV) .... Lane
In the Glitter Palace (1977) (TV) .... Casey Walker
... aka Woman Accused, A (1977) (TV)