Diane Ladd, the acclaimed actress known for “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” “Chinatown,” and “Wild at Heart,” died Monday at her home in Ojai, Calif. She was 89. The death was announced by her daughter, Laura Dern, in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter. Dern said her mother “passed with me beside her this morning,” calling Ladd an “amazing hero” and a “profound gift.”
Ladd earned three Academy Award nominations for supporting roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” (1974), “Wild at Heart” (1990), and “Rambling Rose” (1991). She also won a Golden Globe for the TV series “Alice” and worked steadily across film and television for six decades. Key credits included “Chinatown,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” and guest turns on “ER” and “In the Heat of the Night.”
Born in Laurel, Miss., Ladd collaborated with Dern on multiple projects, including “Wild at Heart” and “Rambling Rose,” the latter earning both mother and daughter Oscar nominations. She welcomed Dern during her marriage to actor Bruce Dern.
“She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit,” Dern said in her statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.”
Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
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