🔗 Share this article Acclaimed Actress Diane Ladd, Celebrated For Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at 89 Years Old. This Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Ladd, a Hollywood veteran has died aged 89. This actor, with filmography spanned Chinatown, passed away at home at her Ojai, California home. This announcement was announced through a message shared by her offspring, Academy Award-winning star Laura Dern, her daughter. Dern, who appeared with Diane Ladd in various films such as Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, referred to her as “my wonderful hero plus my precious gift of a mother”, stating that she was present when she passed. “She was the most wonderful mother, daughter, grandmother, actress, artist along with compassionate soul that seemed almost dreamlike,” she expressed. “We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.” Beginnings and Rise to Fame Her initial acting years included supporting roles in television programs including The Fugitive and the 1970s featured her performing with the legendary Jack Nicholson in the classic Chinatown. During that year, 1974, she shared the screen with actress Ellen Burstyn in the Martin Scorsese acclaimed comedy drama Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. Her role brought Ladd an Academy Award nomination as best supporting actress. 1980s and Beyond During the eighties, she starred in the dramatic film Black Widow as well as comedy sequel Christmas Vacation and appeared on Alice, a comedy program derived from Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. In the following decade, she was given another Oscar nomination for supporting actress nomination for her part in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart, a cult classic where she played the parent of her real-life daughter Laura Dern’s role. The following year she obtained a further nomination for her role in Rambling Rose which also starred Dern. “This was the film which Princess Diana chose as her absolutely favorite, and she flew us to England for a royal premiere and a party dedicated to us,” Ladd said about the film Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, grasping our hands, and crying, watching us perform.” The 1990s also saw roles in humorous films Cemetery Club reuniting her with Ellen Burstyn, Primary Colors, a comedy about politics, with John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne the movie Citizen Ruth where she played Laura Dern’s mom another time. The decade also earned her TV award nominations for performances in the series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire and Touched by an Angel, a drama. Working with Laura Dern She persisted in performing alongside her daughter in comedy drama Daddy and Them, David Lynch’s Inland Empire and White’s satirical show the program Enlightened. She also appeared alongside Sandra Bullock, a star in the film 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian and with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, a biographical drama. Subsequent TV appearances consisted of Ray Donovan plus Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures She also authored and directed the comedy film the movie Mrs Munck which starred her and previous spouse actor Bruce Dern. “Bruce is an excellent performer,” she said. “I’m privileged to have directed him on a project. Actually, I am the sole female ever who directed her former husband. I humorously say: ‘I advise females, if you seek payback, direct your ex-husband.’ However, I’m joking.” Personal Life She happened to be the third cousin of the great Tennessee Williams, who she referred to as “a major inspiration on my life”. In 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with lung disease and informed she only had half a year left but she regained full health after her daughter transferred her to a new hospital. “When you use your pain and not let it back up like an injury, instead use it to explore, to illuminate the way for you and those around, then you are succeeding,” Ladd said.