🔗 Share this article Diane Ladd, Famed For Her Performance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at the Age of 89. This award-nominated actor Diane Ladd, a Hollywood veteran left us aged 89. The actress, with credits featured Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, died at her home in Ojai, California. This announcement was revealed through a message by her daughter, Academy Award-winning star Laura Dern, her daughter. Dern, who starred with her mother in a number of films including Rambling Rose, referred to her as “my incredible hero and my precious gift of a mother”, stating that she was by her side as she died. “She was an exceptional grandmother, mother, daughter, actress, artist along with empathetic spirit that felt like a dream come true,” she stated. “We were lucky to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Early Career and Major Success The start of her career included small roles on television series such as Perry Mason whereas the seventies saw her starring with actor Jack Nicholson in the classic Chinatown. In the same year, 1974, she appeared alongside Ellen Burstyn in Scorsese’s praised dramatic comedy Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. The performance landed Ladd her initial Oscar nod for best supporting actress. 1980s and Beyond In the 1980s, she appeared in crime thriller the movie Black Widow as well as comedy sequel Christmas Vacation and appeared on Alice, a comedy program derived from her earlier movie. In the subsequent decade, she was given a further supporting actress Oscar nomination for her role in Lynch’s Wild at Heart, a cult classic in which she portrayed the parent of her real-life daughter Laura Dern’s role. A year later she received an additional nod for her acting in Rambling Rose, another movie which included Dern. “This was the film that Princess Diana picked as her top choice, and she flew me and Laura to the UK for a special screening and a celebration in our honor,” Ladd shared about the film Rambling Rose. “She positioned herself between us, taking our hands, with tears, seeing us act.” The nineties featured performances in the comedy The Cemetery Club bringing her back with her co-star Burstyn, the movie Primary Colors, a satirical film, featuring John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne the movie Citizen Ruth where she played Laura Dern’s mom another time. That period also earned her TV award nominations for work in the series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire, a sitcom and Touched by an Angel. Collaborations with Daughter She persisted in performing alongside her daughter in films blending humor and drama Daddy and Them, the David Lynch project the movie Inland Empire and the series by Mike White dark comedy series the program Enlightened. She was also seen with Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, a movie, Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian, a film and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy. Her later TV roles included Ray Donovan plus Young Sheldon. Writing and Directing She additionally penned and directed the comedy film the movie Mrs Munck featuring Diane Ladd and previous spouse Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a great actor,” she noted. “I’m privileged to have directed him in a movie. Actually, I am the sole female ever to direct her ex-husband. I humorously say: ‘I say ladies, if you seek payback, helm a movie with your ex.’ Though I’m just teasing.” Personal Life She was additionally a family member of playwright Tennessee Williams, who she called “a significant impact in my life”. During 2018, Ladd was misdiagnosed with a respiratory illness and informed she had just six months to live but made a full recovery when her daughter shifted her to a new hospital. “When you use your pain and prevent it from festering like a sore or something, rather utilize it to investigate, to illuminate the way for personal and collective growth, then you are triumphing,” Ladd expressed.