Diane Ladd
- Acting
- November 29, 1935 · Meridian, Mississippi, USA
- November 3, 2025
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Common Ground · Executive producer
- Isle of Hope · Carmen
- Gigi & Nate · Mama Blanche
- Charlie's Christmas Wish · Nana
- The Last Full Measure · Alice Pitsenbarger
- Christmas Lost and Found · Grandma Frances
- Olympia · Self
- Young Sheldon · Hortense
- Chesapeake Shores · Nell O'Brien
- I Dream Too Much · Vera
- AmeriGeddon · Betty
- Sophie and the Rising Sun · Ruth Jeffers
- Joy · Mimi
- Just Before I Go · Mamma (uncredited)
- Ray Donovan · Motel Lady
- Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets · Barnsey
- Enlightened · Helen Jellicoe
- Celebrity Ghost Stories · Self
- American Cowslip · Roe
- The Monday Before Thanksgiving · Norma Lowrey
- Jake's Corner · Fran
- Mayerthorpe · Roszko's mother
- Lynch 2 · Self
- Nora Roberts' Montana Sky · Bess
- Inland Empire · Marilyn Levens
- When I Find the Ocean · Edna
- Come Early Morning · Nana
- The World's Fastest Indian · Ada
- Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
- Kingdom Hospital · Sally Druse
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital · Sally Druse
- Gracie's Choice · Louela Lawson
- Cold Case · Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)
- Charlie's War · Jobie
- A Long Way Home · Mother
- Living with the Dead · Regina Van Praagh
- Living with the Dead · Regina Van Praagh
- Redemption of the Ghost
- Daddy and Them · Jewel
- Rain · Audrey
- Christy: Choices of the Heart
- The Law of Enclosures · Bea
- Strong Medicine · Annabelle Lee Stowe
- Sharing the Secret · Nina's Mother
- 28 Days · Bobbie Jean
- Best Actress · Self
- More Than Puppy Love · Aunt Edna
- Can't Be Heaven · Nona Gina
- The Staircase · Sister Margaret
- Primary Colors · Mamma Stanton
- James Dean: Race with Destiny · Mama Pierangeli
- The Westing Game · Berthe Erica Crow
- Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II · Aunt Shelly
- Ghosts of Mississippi · Grandma Caroline Moore
- Citizen Ruth · Ruth's Mother (uncredited)
- Cold Lazarus · Martina Masdon
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge · Irma Coulter
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge · Irma Coulter
- Raging Angels · Sister Kate
- Mrs. Munck · Mrs. Munck, Director
- Mother · Olivia Hendrix, Co-producer
- Touched by an Angel · Carolyn Sellers
- ER · Mrs. Pooler
- Hush Little Baby · Edie
- Father Hood · Rita
- Carnosaur · Dr. Jane Tiptree
- The Cemetery Club · Lucille Rubin
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman · Charlotte Cooper
- Spies, Inc. · Alice
- Vicki! · Self
- Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me · Lucille
- Forever · Mabel Normand
- Pebble Mill · Self
- Rambling Rose · Mrs. Hillyer
- Sisters
- Shadow of a Doubt · Emma Spencer Newton
- A Kiss Before Dying · Mrs. Corliss
- The Lookalike · Mary Helen Needam
- Wild at Heart · Marietta Fortune
- Rock Hudson · Kay