🔗 Share this article Oscar-Nominated Star Diane Ladd, Known For Her Performance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at Age 89. This Oscar-nominated actress Diane Ladd, a Hollywood veteran left us 89 years old. The star, whose filmography featured Chinatown, passed away at home in Ojai, California. The news was revealed via an announcement by her offspring, award-winning actress Laura Dern, her daughter. Her daughter, who appeared with Diane Ladd in various films such as Wild at Heart, referred to her as “my amazing hero and my precious gift as a mother”, stating that she was present during her final moments. “She was an exceptional mother, daughter, grandmother, actress, artist along with caring individual that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she expressed. “We were lucky to have her. She is now with the angels.” Beginnings and Rise to Fame Her initial acting years featured supporting roles in television programs such as Perry Mason while the 1970s saw her starring with Jack Nicholson in the film Chinatown. That very year, 1974, she appeared with Ellen Burstyn in the Martin Scorsese praised dramatic comedy Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. Her acting brought Ladd her first Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. 1980s and Beyond During the eighties, she appeared in crime thriller Black Widow, a suspense story and humorous film Christmas Vacation and appeared on the show Alice, a television series based on her earlier movie. In the following decade, she earned an additional Oscar nomination for supporting actress Academy Award nomination for her role in Lynch’s the movie Wild at Heart where she played the parent of her biological child Laura Dern’s role. The next year she was awarded an additional nod for her acting in 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 special screening and a celebration dedicated to us,” Ladd said regarding Rambling Rose. “She positioned herself between us, holding both our hands, and weeping, watching us perform.” The nineties also saw roles in the comedy Cemetery Club, a film joining her again with Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a comedy about politics, featuring John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth, a dark comedy in which she portrayed Dern’s mother another time. The decade also earned her nominations for Emmy Awards for roles in the series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire, a sitcom and Touched by an Angel. Collaborations with Daughter She kept appearing with Laura Dern in dramatic comedies Daddy and Them, the David Lynch project Inland Empire, a surreal film and the series by Mike White comedy-drama series Enlightened. She additionally starred alongside actress Sandra Bullock in the film 28 Days, Sir Anthony Hopkins in that movie and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy. Her more recent television parts consisted of the series Ray Donovan and Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures She also authored and directed the comedy film Mrs Munck, a film that included Diane Ladd and previous spouse Bruce Dern, an actor. “Bruce is an excellent performer,” she said. “I’m privileged to have directed him in a movie. Indeed, I am the sole female in recorded history to direct her ex-husband. I humorously say: ‘I tell women, if you seek payback, guide your former spouse.’ Though I’m just teasing.” Family Ties Ladd was also a relative of the great Tennessee Williams, who she called “a great influence throughout my life”. In 2018, Ladd was misdiagnosed with lung disease and told she only had half a year left but she regained full health when her daughter transferred her to a new hospital. “If you can take your pain and not let it back up like a sore or something, instead use it to explore, to illuminate the way for yourself and others, then you are winning,” Ladd expressed.