In brief
Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee and renowned actress, has died at the age of 89. Her daughter, Laura Dern, shared the news in a heartfelt statement, honoring Ladd’s legacy as a beloved mother and artist. Ladd's notable career began with her role in Martin Scorsese's 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore', earning her an Oscar nomination in 1974 and leading to a prolific career in film and television that lasted for decades.
Diane Ladd, three-time Academy Award nominee and star of Wild at Heart, has died at 89.
Her daughter, actress Laura Dern, confirmed her death on Monday.
My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, Dern said, adding that her final moments were spent at home in California.
Dern, who starred with her mother in 1991's Rambling Rose, did not share Ladd's cause of death.
She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created, Dern said. We were blessed to have her.
Ladd's career on stage and screen spanned decades. Her big break in film came in a waitress role in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in 1974, which earned her an Oscar nomination.
She went on to appear in dozens of films after that including as recently as 2022, when she played a grandmother in the coming-of-age film Gigi & Nate, and also acted frequently on television shows.
She was married to actor Bruce Dern from 1960 to 1969.
