🔗 Share this article Oscar-Nominated Star Diane Ladd, Famed For Her Performance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at 89 Years Old. The award-nominated actress Diane Ladd passed away 89 years old. This actor, with credits featured Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, left this world in her residence in California’s Ojai. Her passing was shared via an announcement shared by her daughter, award-winning actress Laura Dern. Dern, who starred with her mother in a number of films such as Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, described her as “my wonderful hero and my special gift of a mother”, noting that she was present during her final moments. “She was an exceptional daughter, mother, grandmother, star, artist along with compassionate soul that felt like a dream come true,” she stated. “We were blessed to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Initial Roles and Rise to Fame The start of her career featured small roles on television series including Perry Mason whereas the seventies had her appearing next to the legendary Jack Nicholson in the film Chinatown. During that year, 1974, she performed alongside Ellen Burstyn in Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed dramatic comedy the movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. The performance landed Ladd her first Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. 1980s and Beyond Throughout the 1980s, she was seen in the thriller Black Widow, a suspense story and funny follow-up Christmas Vacation and appeared on the sitcom Alice, a comedy program based on the film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. In the subsequent decade, she earned a further supporting actress Academy Award nomination for her role in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart where she acted as the parent of her actual daughter Laura Dern’s role. A year later she obtained another nomination for her acting in Rambling Rose which also starred Dern. “This was the film which Princess Diana selected as her very favorite, and she flew me and Laura to England for a special screening and a party for us,” Ladd recalled regarding Rambling Rose. “She positioned herself between us, holding both our hands, and weeping, viewing our performance.” That decade featured performances in the comedy Cemetery Club, a film bringing her back with Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a satirical film, with John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth in which she portrayed Laura Dern’s mom again. The decade also brought her nominations for Emmy Awards for roles in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire, a sitcom and Touched by an Angel, a drama. Collaborations with Daughter She persisted in performing with Laura Dern in dramatic comedies Daddy and Them, a movie, Lynch’s the movie Inland Empire and White’s satirical show the program Enlightened. She was also seen with actress Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins, a legend in The World’s Fastest Indian and Jennifer Lawrence in the film Joy. Her more recent television parts included Ray Donovan, a drama and Young Sheldon, a comedy. Writing and Directing She additionally penned and helmed the comedy Mrs Munck, a film that included Diane Ladd and previous spouse actor Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a talented star,” she mentioned. “It was a privilege to guide him in a film. In fact, I stand as the only woman in history to helm a film with her ex. I humorously say: ‘I tell women, should you desire retribution, guide your former spouse.’ Though I’m just teasing.” Personal Life Ladd was also the third cousin of the great Tennessee Williams, who she called “a great influence in my life”. In 2018, Ladd was misdiagnosed with a respiratory illness and advised she only had half a year left but made a full recovery after her daughter shifted her to a new hospital. “When you use your pain and not let it back up similar to a wound, rather utilize it to discover, to illuminate the way for yourself and others, then you are triumphing,” Ladd remarked.