🔗 Share this article Diane Ladd, Famed For Her Role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at Age 89. This Academy Award-nominated performer the celebrated Diane Ladd has died 89 years old. This star, with roles spanned Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, left this world in her residence at her Ojai, California home. The news was shared in a statement from her child, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern, her daughter. Dern, who performed alongside Diane Ladd in a number of films like Rambling Rose, called her “my wonderful hero plus my profound gift being my mom”, noting that she was at her bedside as she died. “She was the greatest grandmother, mother, daughter, star, artist and caring individual that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she wrote. “We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.” Beginnings and Rise to Fame Her initial acting years saw supporting roles on television series like Perry Mason and that decade featured her performing alongside actor Jack Nicholson in the classic Chinatown. During that year, 1974, she appeared with Ellen Burstyn in Martin Scorsese’s celebrated film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. Her acting landed Ladd her first Oscar nomination in the supporting actress category. Later Decades Throughout the 1980s, she was seen in crime thriller Black Widow, a suspense story plus humorous film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation while also joining the show Alice, a comedy program inspired by her earlier movie. During the next ten years, she received a further Oscar nomination for supporting actress nomination for her performance in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart, a cult classic where she acted as the parent of her biological child the character played by Dern. The next year she was awarded a further nomination for her acting in the film Rambling Rose which also starred her daughter. “This was the film which Princess Diana chose as her absolutely favorite, and she brought me and Laura to England for a royal premiere and a party for us,” Ladd recalled of Rambling Rose. “And she sat between us, grasping our hands, and weeping, watching us perform.” The nineties featured performances in comedy The Cemetery Club reuniting her with her co-star Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a political comedy, starring John Travolta and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth, a dark comedy where she played Dern’s mother again. That period also earned her Emmy nominations for roles in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the show Grace Under Fire and Touched by an Angel. Collaborations with Daughter She continued to star alongside her daughter in dramatic comedies Daddy and Them, a movie, Lynch’s Inland Empire and White’s satirical show Enlightened. She additionally starred with Sandra Bullock, a star in 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins, a legend in that movie plus Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, a biographical drama. Subsequent TV appearances consisted of Ray Donovan, a drama and Young Sheldon, a comedy. Writing and Directing She also authored and directed the comedy Mrs Munck, a film which starred her and previous spouse Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a talented star,” she said. “It was a privilege to guide him on a project. Indeed, I’m the only woman in recorded history to direct her ex-husband. I often joke: ‘I tell women, if you want revenge, direct your ex-husband.’ But I’m only kidding.” Personal Life She was additionally a relative of the great Tennessee Williams, who she called “a significant impact on my life”. Back in 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with a pulmonary condition and informed her life expectancy was six months but made a full recovery when her daughter moved her to a new hospital. “Should you harness your suffering and prevent it from festering similar to a wound, instead apply it to discover, to clarify the journey for yourself and others, then you are winning,” Ladd said.