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Diane Ladd 
Diane Ladd, 2007Born Rose Diane Ladner
November 29, 1935
Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.Occupation Actress, director, producer, writer Years active 1958–present Spouse Bruce Dern (1960–1969)
William A. Shea, Jr. (1969–1977)
Robert Charles Hunter (1999–present)Website Official website Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1935)[1] is an American actress, film director, producer and published author. She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008). Twice divorced and currently married, Ladd is the mother of actress Laura Dern by ex-husband actor Bruce Dern.
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Personal life
Ladd was born Rose Diane Ladner in Meridian, Mississippi, the only child of Mary Bernadette (née Anderson; August 15, 1912 – May 23, 2002), a housewife and actress, and Preston Paul Ladner (August 14, 1906 – April 1982), a poulterer.[2][3] Ladd is a second cousin of playwright Tennessee Williams[4] and is also related to poet Sidney Lanier.[5] Ladd was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother.[6][7]
Ladd was formerly married to actor and one-time co-star Bruce Dern from 1960–1969; the couple had two children, Diane Elizabeth Dern and actress Laura Elizabeth Dern. Diane died at 18 months from head injuries caused by falling into a swimming pool. Ladd and Laura Dern co-starred in the films Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose. They also appeared together in Inland Empire, another film by David Lynch. They currently co-star on the HBO series Enlightened. Ladd is now married to Robert Charles Hunter.
Career
In 1971, Ladd joined the cast of the CBS soap opera, The Secret Storm. She was the second actress to play the role of Kitty Styles on the long-running daytime serial. She later had a supporting role in Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Flo in the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. That film inspired the TV series Alice, in which Flo was portrayed by Polly Holliday. When Holliday left the TV series, Ladd succeeded her as waitress Isabelle "Belle" Dupree. In 1993, Ladd appeared in the episode "Guess Who's Coming to Chow?" of the CBS comedy/western series Harts of the West in the role of the mother of co-star Harley Jane Kozak. The 15-episode program, set on a dude ranch in Nevada starred Beau Bridges and Lloyd Bridges.
In 2004, Ladd played psychic Mrs. Druse in the television miniseries of Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital. In April 2006, Ladd released her first book entitled: Spiraling Through The School Of Life: A Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Discovery. In 2007, she co-starred in the Lifetime Television film Montana Sky.
In addition to her Academy Award nomination for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, she was also nominated (again in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category) for both Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, both of which she starred alongside her daughter Laura Dern. Dern received a nomination for Best Actress for Rambling Rose. The dual mother and daughter nominations for Ladd and Dern in Rambling Rose marked the first time in Academy Award history that such an event had occurred. They were also nominated for dual Golden Globe Awards in the same year.
Ladd has worked in the theatre as well. She made her Broadway debut in the play Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights in 1968. In 1976 she starred in the play, A Texas Trilogy: Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander, for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.[8]
Hollywood Walk of Fame
On November 1, 2010, Ladd, Laura Dern and Bruce Dern received adjoining stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; this is the first time family members have been given such consideration on the Walk. Her star is the 2,421st.
Filmography
- The Wild Angels (1966)
- The Reivers (1969)
- The Rebel Rousers (1970)
- Macho Callahan (1970)
- WUSA (1970)
- The Steagle (1971)
- White Lightning (1973)
- Chinatown (1974)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- Embryo (1976)
- All Night Long (1981)
- Sweetwater (1983)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
- Grace Kelly (1983)
- Black Widow (1987)
- Spies Inc. (1988)
- Plain Clothes (1988)
- Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
- A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
- Rambling Rose (1991)
- Forever (1992)
- The Cemetery Club (1993)
- Carnosaur (1993)
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1993)
- Father Hood (1993)
- Mrs. Munck (1995)
- Raging Angels (1995)
- Citizen Ruth (1996)
- Mother (1996)
- Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
- Primary Colors (1998)
- Route 66 (1998)
- More Than Puppy Love (2000)
- 28 Days (2000)
- The Law of Enclosures (2000)
- Can't Be Heaven (2000)
- Daddy and Them (2001)
- Redemption of the Ghost (2002)
- The Virgin (2002)
- Charlie's War (2003)
- Gracie's Choice (2004)
- The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
- Come Early Morning (2006)
- When I Find the Ocean (2006)
- Inland Empire (2006)
- Jake's Corner (2008)
- American Cowslip (2008)
References
- ^ Year of birth as per the California Divorce Index, 1966–1984. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California at Ancestry.com
- ^ Diane Ladd Yahoo! Movies bio. Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-31.
- ^ 05-31-02obituaries. Ojaivalleynews.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-31.
- ^ ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' archives. Nl.newsbank.com (1993-02-19). Retrieved on 2011-07-31.
- ^ RIDING THE CREST OF TWO WIDELY PRAISED PERFORM. Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA). September 20, 1991
- ^ Thomas Hubbard 10 July 2006
- ^ Hoge, Warren. (1976-09-23) "Diane Ladd Savors 'Top of World'", ''New York Times''. Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-31.
- ^ Internet Broadway Database profile. Ibdb.com. Retrieved on 2011-07-31.
External links
- Diane Ladd at the Internet Movie Database
- Diane Ladd at Allmovie
- Diane Ladd at Yahoo! Movies
- Diane's Bio (from ALICE Website)
Awards for Diane Ladd BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1968–1984) Billie Whitelaw (1968) · Celia Johnson (1969) · Susannah York (1970) · Margaret Leighton (1971) · Cloris Leachman (1972) · Valentina Cortese (1973) · Ingrid Bergman (1974) · Diane Ladd (1975) · Jodie Foster (1976) · Jenny Agutter (1977) · Geraldine Page (1978) · Rachel Roberts (1979) · Rohini Hattangadi / Maureen Stapleton (1982) · Jamie Lee Curtis (1983) · Liz Smith (1984)
Complete list · (1968–1984) · (1985–2009) · (2010–2034) Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1970–1989) Gail Fisher (1970) · Sue Ane Langdon (1971) · Ruth Buzzi (1972) · Ellen Corby (1973) · Betty Garrett (1974) · Hermione Baddeley (1975) · Josette Banzet (1976) · Polly Holliday (1978) · Polly Holliday (1979) · Valerie Bertinelli/Diane Ladd (1980) · Valerie Bertinelli (1981) · Shelley Long (1982) · Barbara Stanwyck (1983) · Faye Dunaway (1984) · Sylvia Sidney (1985) · Olivia de Havilland (1986) · Claudette Colbert (1987) · Katherine Helmond (1988) · Amy Madigan (1989)
Complete list · (1970–1989) · (1990–2009) · (2010–2029) Categories:- 1935 births
- Living people
- Actors from Mississippi
- Actors Studio alumni
- American film actors
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe (television) winners
- Independent Spirit Award winners
- People from Meridian, Mississippi
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