🔗 Share this article Oscar-Nominated Star Diane Ladd, Known For Her Role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at the Age of 89. The Oscar-nominated actor Diane Ladd has died at the age of 89. This actor, with roles included Chinatown, died at her home in Ojai, California. Her passing was announced in a statement shared by her daughter, award-winning actress her daughter Laura Dern. Laura Dern, who appeared with her mom in a number of films such as Wild at Heart, called her “my amazing hero and my precious gift of a mother”, writing that she was present as she died. “She was the greatest mother, daughter, grandmother, star, artist and compassionate soul that felt like a dream come true,” she stated. “We were fortunate to know her. She is flying with her angels now.” Initial Roles and Rise to Fame Ladd’s early career included minor parts in television programs including Perry Mason while the seventies featured her performing next to the legendary Jack Nicholson in Chinatown. That very year, the year 1974, she shared the screen alongside Ellen Burstyn in Scorsese’s praised comedy drama the movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Her role landed Ladd her initial Oscar nod as best supporting actress. Later Decades During the eighties, she starred in the dramatic film Black Widow and humorous film National Lampoon’s holiday comedy while also joining the show Alice, a sitcom based on her earlier movie. In the following decade, she earned an additional supporting actress Academy Award nomination for her role in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart where she played the mom of her actual daughter the character played by Dern. A year later she obtained another nomination for her role in Rambling Rose which also starred her daughter. “This was the film which Princess Diana chose as her absolutely favorite, and she brought Laura and I to London for a premiere and a celebration dedicated to us,” Ladd said of Rambling Rose. “And she sat between us, holding both our hands, and weeping, viewing our performance.” The 1990s featured performances in humorous films Cemetery Club reuniting her with Ellen Burstyn, Primary Colors, a comedy about politics, featuring John Travolta and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth where she acted as Dern’s mother again. Those years also saw her score nominations for Emmy Awards for performances in the series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire plus Touched by an Angel. Working with Laura Dern She continued to star with her daughter in films blending humor and drama the film Daddy and Them, David Lynch’s Inland Empire and White’s comedy-drama series the program Enlightened. She also appeared with actress Sandra Bullock in the film 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian and Jennifer Lawrence in the film Joy. Her later TV roles included Ray Donovan plus Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures She also authored and directed the comedy Mrs Munck which starred her and ex-husband Bruce Dern. “Bruce is an excellent performer,” she said. “I’m privileged to have directed him in a movie. In fact, I’m the only woman ever to direct her ex-husband. I often joke: ‘I advise females, should you desire retribution, guide your former spouse.’ However, I’m joking.” Family Ties She was additionally a relative of the great Tennessee Williams, who she called “a great influence on my life”. Back in 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with lung disease and told she only had half a year left but made a full recovery after her daughter transferred her to a new hospital. “Should you harness your suffering and avoid letting it accumulate like a sore or something, instead apply it to explore, to illuminate the way for you and those around, then you are succeeding,” Ladd said.