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Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd

ActingBorn November 29, 1935Died November 3, 2025 (age 89)Meridian, Mississippi, USA

Biography

Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner; November 29, 1935 – November 3, 2025) was an American actress. She appeared in over 200 films and television shows, receiving three Academy Award nominations for her roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), and Rambling Rose (1991), the first of which won her a BAFTA Award. She was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, winning one for her role in the sitcom Alice (1980–1981). Ladd's other film appearances include Chinatown (1974), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Primary Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and Joy (2015). She was the mother of actress Laura Dern, with her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diane Ladd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2022
Isle of Hope

as Carmen

Movie
2022
Gigi & Nate

as Mama Blanche

Movie
2020Movie
2020
The Last Full Measure

as Alice Pitsenbarger

Movie
2018
Christmas Lost and Found

as Grandma Frances

Movie
2018
Olympia

as Self

Movie
2017
Young Sheldon

as Hortense

TV
2016
Chesapeake Shores

as Nell O'Brien

TV
2016Movie
2016
AmeriGeddon

as Betty

Movie
2016Movie
2015
Joy

as Mimi

Movie
2015
Just Before I Go

as Mamma (uncredited)

Movie
2013
Ray Donovan

as Motel Lady

TV
2011
Enlightened

as Helen Jellicoe

TV
2009Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008
Mayerthorpe

as Roszko's mother

Movie
2007
Lynch 2

as Self

Movie
2006
Inland Empire

as Marilyn Levens

Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2004
Kingdom Hospital

as Sally Druse

Movie
2004
Gracie's Choice

as Louela Lawson

Movie
2003
Cold Case

as Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)

TV
2003Movie
2003Movie
2002
Living with the Dead

as Regina Van Praagh

Movie
2002
Living with the Dead

as Regina Van Praagh

TV
2001Movie
2001
Rain

as Audrey

Movie
2000
Can't Be Heaven

as Nona Gina

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Strong Medicine

as Annabelle Lee Stowe

TV
2000
Sharing the Secret

as Nina's Mother

Movie
2000
28 Days

as Bobbie Jean

Movie
2000Movie
2000Movie
1998
The Staircase

as Sister Margaret

Movie
1998
Primary Colors

as Mamma Stanton

Movie
1997Movie
1997
The Westing Game

as Berthe Erica Crow

Movie
1996
Ghosts of Mississippi

as Grandma Caroline Moore

Movie
1996
Citizen Ruth

as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1996
Cold Lazarus

as Martina Masdon

TV
1996Movie
1996TV
1995
Raging Angels

as Sister Kate

Movie
1995
Mrs. Munck

as Mrs. Munck

Movie
1995
Mother

as Olivia Hendrix

Movie
1994
Touched by an Angel

as Carolyn Sellers

TV
1994
ER

as Mrs. Pooler

TV
1994Movie
1993Movie
1993
Carnosaur

as Dr. Jane Tiptree

Movie
1993
The Cemetery Club

as Lucille Rubin

Movie
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Charlotte Cooper

TV
1992
Spies, Inc.

as Alice

Movie
1992
Vicki!

as Self

TV
1992Movie
1992
Forever

as Mabel Normand

Movie
1991TV
1991
Rambling Rose

as Mrs. Hillyer

Movie
1991TV
1991
Shadow of a Doubt

as Emma Spencer Newton

Movie
1991
A Kiss Before Dying

as Mrs. Corliss

Movie
1990
The Lookalike

as Mary Helen Needam

Movie
1990
Wild at Heart

as Marietta Fortune

Movie
1990Movie
1988
Plain Clothes

as Jane Melway

Movie
1988
Bluegrass

as Verna Howland

TV
1987
Celebration Family

as Mrs. Heflin

Movie
1987Movie
1986
L.A. Law

as Celeste Bauman

TV
1985
Crime of Innocence

as Rose Hayward

Movie
1984
I Married a Centerfold

as Jeanette Bryan

Movie
1983Movie
1983Movie
1983
Grace Kelly

as Margaret Kelly

Movie
1982TV
1982
Desperate Lives

as Carol Cameron

Movie
1981
All Night Long

as Helen Dupler

Movie
1979
Willa

as Mae

Movie
1978Movie
1978
Black Beauty

as Amelia Gordon

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Ruby Gibson

TV
1977
The Love Boat

as Bernice Bronson

TV
1977
The November Plan

as Laura Taylor

Movie
1976
Alice

as Belle Dupree

TV
1976
Embryo

as Martha Douglas

Movie
1976Movie
1974TV
1974
Chinatown

as Ida Sessions

Movie
1973Movie
1973Movie
1971
The Steagle

as Mrs. Roberta Forbes

Movie
1971Movie
1970Movie
1969
The Reivers

as Phoebe

Movie
1969
Then Came Bronson

as Valerie Faber

TV
1967
Ironside

as Peggy Barnard

TV
1966
Shane

as Amy Sloate

TV
1966Movie
1965
The Big Valley

as Muriel Akely

TV
1964
Daniel Boone

as Ronda Cameron

TV
1963
The Great Adventure

as Annie Thompson

TV
1963
Mr. Novak

as Mrs. Otis

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Stella

TV
1962
40 Pounds of Trouble

as Honeymoon Bride (uncredited)

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1960
Murder, Inc.

as Showgirl

Movie
1958
Naked City

as Yankee Cretias

TV
1958
Naked City

as Kathie Mills

TV
1957
Decoy

as Selma Richmond

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Miss Frances

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Elena

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Lulu

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Bonnie Mae Haley

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Emma Newton

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Audience Member

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 29, 1935
Day of DeathNovember 3, 2025
Place of BirthMeridian, Mississippi, USA
Popularity1.3