🔗 Share this article Acclaimed Actress Diane Ladd, Known For Her Performance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at 89 Years Old. This award-nominated actress Diane Ladd left us 89 years old. This actress, with roles featured Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, passed away at home at her Ojai, California home. This announcement was shared via an announcement from her child, Academy Award-winning star Laura Dern, her daughter. Her daughter, who appeared with her mother in several movies including Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, described her as “my incredible hero as well as my profound gift being my mom”, writing that she was at her bedside as she died. “She was an exceptional grandmother, mother, daughter, actress, artist along with empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she wrote. “We were blessed to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Early Career and Rise to Fame Ladd’s early career featured minor parts in television programs including Perry Mason and that decade had her appearing next to the legendary Jack Nicholson in Chinatown. That very year, 1974, she performed with actress Ellen Burstyn in Scorsese’s acclaimed dramatic comedy Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. The performance landed Ladd her initial Oscar nod in the supporting actress category. Subsequent Years During the eighties, she starred in the thriller Black Widow, a suspense story plus funny follow-up Christmas Vacation and appeared on Alice, a sitcom derived from her earlier movie. In the following decade, she received another supporting actress nomination for her performance in Lynch’s Wild at Heart, a cult classic in which she portrayed the mother of her biological child the character played by Dern. The following year she received an additional nod for her acting in the film Rambling Rose which also starred her daughter. “This was the film that Princess Diana picked as her top choice, and she flew me and Laura to the UK for a royal premiere and a celebration for us,” Ladd said about the film Rambling Rose. “She positioned herself between us, taking our hands, and crying, viewing our performance.” The nineties featured performances in comedy Cemetery Club, a film joining her again with Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a political comedy, starring John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth, a dark comedy where she played Laura Dern’s mom again. That period also saw her score TV award nominations for roles in the series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the show Grace Under Fire plus Touched by an Angel. Partnerships with Her Daughter She kept appearing with her daughter in dramatic comedies Daddy and Them, Lynch’s Inland Empire and White’s comedy-drama series Enlightened, a TV series. She additionally starred next to actress Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, Sir Anthony Hopkins in that movie plus Jennifer Lawrence in the film Joy. Her more recent television parts featured Ray Donovan, a drama plus Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures Ladd also wrote and helmed the humorous movie Mrs Munck, a film featuring her and ex-husband actor Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a great actor,” she noted. “I’m privileged to have directed him in a movie. Indeed, I am the sole female in history to direct her ex-husband. I often joke: ‘I say ladies, if you seek payback, helm a movie with your ex.’ Though I’m just teasing.” Personal Connections She happened to be a relative of the great Tennessee Williams, whom she described as “a major inspiration in my life”. During 2018, doctors misdiagnosed Ladd with a pulmonary condition and told she only had half a year left yet she recovered completely when her daughter transferred her to another medical facility. “When you use your pain and avoid letting it accumulate similar to a wound, rather utilize it to explore, to make the path clearer for personal and collective growth, then you are winning,” Ladd said.