🔗 Share this article Acclaimed Actress Diane Ladd, Known For Her Role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Passes Away at the Age of 89. The award-nominated actor Diane Ladd, a Hollywood veteran left us at the age of 89. The actress, with roles featured Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, died at her home in Ojai, California. This announcement was revealed in a statement by her offspring, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern, her daughter. Her daughter, who performed alongside her mom in various films like Wild at Heart, referred to her as “my wonderful hero plus my profound gift being my mom”, noting that she was present when she passed. “She was an exceptional grandmother, mother, daughter, star, artist along with compassionate soul that felt like a dream come true,” she wrote. “We were fortunate to know her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Early Career and Major Success The start of her career featured supporting roles in TV shows such as The Fugitive while the seventies had her appearing alongside Jack Nicholson in the film Chinatown. That very year, the year 1974, she appeared with actress Ellen Burstyn in the Martin Scorsese acclaimed film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. Her acting brought Ladd her initial Oscar nod for best supporting actress. 1980s and Beyond During the eighties, she appeared in crime thriller Black Widow, a suspense story as well as humorous film Christmas Vacation and also took part in Alice, a television series derived from the film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. In the subsequent decade, she received another best supporting actress nomination for her role in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart in which she portrayed the parent of her real-life daughter Laura Dern’s role. The next year she received an additional nod for her performance in the film Rambling Rose which also starred Laura Dern. “This movie that Princess Diana selected as her very favorite, and she brought Laura and I to England for a special screening and a celebration in our honor,” Ladd recalled of Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, taking our hands, and weeping, seeing us act.” That decade featured performances in humorous films The Cemetery Club bringing her back with Burstyn, the movie Primary Colors, a comedy about politics, starring John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth where she acted as Laura Dern’s mom once more. That period also brought her nominations for Emmy Awards for roles on Dr Quinn, Grace Under Fire plus Touched by an Angel. Partnerships with Her Daughter She continued to star with Laura Dern in films blending humor and drama the film Daddy and Them, Lynch’s Inland Empire and White’s dark comedy series Enlightened. She was also seen alongside actress Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, a movie, Anthony Hopkins, a legend in that movie and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy. Her more recent television parts featured the series Ray Donovan plus Young Sheldon. Behind the Camera She additionally penned and helmed the comedy Mrs Munck featuring her and ex-husband Bruce Dern, an actor. “Bruce is an excellent performer,” she noted. “I’m privileged to have directed him in a movie. In fact, I stand as the only woman in recorded history to direct her ex-husband. I make a joke: ‘I tell women, should you desire retribution, helm a movie with your ex.’ Though I’m just teasing.” Personal Connections She happened to be a family member of playwright Tennessee Williams, who she called “a great influence in my life”. In 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with a respiratory illness and told her life expectancy was six months yet she recovered completely once her daughter transferred her to another medical facility. “When you use your pain and avoid letting it accumulate like a sore or something, instead apply it to investigate, to illuminate the way for personal and collective growth, then you are triumphing,” Ladd remarked.