🔗 Share this article Diane Ladd, Celebrated For Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at Age 89. The award-nominated actor the celebrated Diane Ladd passed away aged 89. The star, whose filmography featured Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, left this world in her residence in Ojai, California. This announcement was shared in a statement from her daughter, Oscar-winning actor her daughter Laura Dern. Laura Dern, who appeared with Diane Ladd in several movies such as Wild at Heart, called her “my incredible hero as well as my profound gift being my mom”, noting that she was at her bedside during her final moments. “She was the greatest grandmother, mother, daughter, actress, artist and caring individual that seemed almost dreamlike,” she wrote. “We were blessed to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Early Career and Major Success Ladd’s early career saw supporting roles on television series such as Perry Mason while that decade had her appearing with actor Jack Nicholson in Chinatown. During that year, the year 1974, she appeared with Ellen Burstyn in the Martin Scorsese acclaimed dramatic comedy the movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Her acting earned Ladd an Academy Award nomination as best supporting actress. Subsequent Years Throughout the 1980s, she starred in the thriller Black Widow, a suspense story as well as funny follow-up Christmas Vacation while also joining the show Alice, a comedy program based on the film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. In the subsequent decade, she received a further best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her part in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart where she played the mother of her actual daughter Dern’s character. A year later she obtained a further nomination for her performance in Rambling Rose, another movie that also featured her daughter. “This movie that the late Princess Diana picked as her top choice, and she invited me and Laura to the UK for a special screening and a party in our honor,” Ladd shared regarding Rambling Rose. “And she sat between us, grasping our hands, and crying, watching us perform.” That decade included parts in the comedy Cemetery Club reuniting her with Ellen Burstyn, the movie Primary Colors, 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 once more. That period also earned her Emmy nominations for roles in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the show Grace Under Fire and Touched by an Angel. Collaborations with Daughter She continued to star alongside her daughter in comedy drama Daddy and Them, a movie, Lynch’s Inland Empire, a surreal film and White’s dark comedy series the program Enlightened. She additionally starred alongside actress Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian and with Jennifer Lawrence in the film Joy. Her later TV roles featured Ray Donovan and Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures She additionally penned and directed the humorous movie Mrs Munck featuring Diane Ladd and ex-husband actor Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a talented star,” she noted. “I was honored to direct him in a movie. Indeed, I’m the only woman in recorded history to helm a film with her ex. I often joke: ‘I say ladies, if you seek payback, helm a movie with your ex.’ However, I’m joking.” Family Ties She happened to be a family member of the great Tennessee Williams, who she referred to as “a significant impact throughout my life”. Back in 2018, doctors misdiagnosed Ladd with a pulmonary condition and informed her life expectancy was six months but she regained full health after her daughter moved her to a new hospital. “Should you harness your suffering and avoid letting it accumulate like a sore or something, instead use it to investigate, to make the path clearer for you and those around, then you are succeeding,” Ladd said.