Farrah Fawcett was given an Emmy Award nomination for her role as real-life murderer Diane Downs in the 1989 film Small Sacrifices.
Farrah Fawcett . She received two Emmy Award nominations for her roles in TV movies , as a battered wife in the 1984 film The Burning Bed and as real-life murderer Diane Downs in the 1989 film Small Sacrifices .