Diane Downs — Small Sacrifices Character Profile

About Diane Downs

Central figure accused of shooting her three children. Claims an unknown assailant carjacked her and shot them, but is later tried, convicted of murder and attempted murder, and sentenced to life in prison.

Diane Downs — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Farrah Fawcett

Appears in

Small Sacrifices (1989)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Diane Downs — Family Husband — Lew Lewiston (Ryan O'Neal)

  Marital relationship

• Diane Downs — Family Mother — Boyd Paul Downs (Garry Chalk)

  Mother-son relationship

• Diane Downs — Family Mother — Robbie Downs (Christopher Caravalho)

  Mother-son relationship

• Diane Downs — Family Mother — Karen Downs (Emily Perkins)

  Mother-daughter relationship

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More characters from Small Sacrifices

• Lew Lewiston (Ryan O'Neal)
• Detective Doug Welch (Gordon Clapp)
• Frank Joziak (John Shea)
• Matt Jensen (Part 2) (Garwin Sanford)
• Karen Downs (Emily Perkins)
• Robbie Downs (Christopher Caravalho)
• Rosalind Dyring (Elan Ross Gibson)
• Evelyn Slaven (Jayne Eastwood)
• Boyd Paul Downs (Garry Chalk)
• Daryl Chapman (Ken James)
• Russell Wells (Sean McCann)