🔗 Share this article Diane Ladd, Known For Her Role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Passes Away at 89 Years Old. This Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Ladd passed away at the age of 89. The actor, whose roles included Chinatown, passed away at home in Ojai, California. The news was revealed in a statement shared by her offspring, Oscar-winning actor her daughter Laura Dern. Dern, who performed alongside her mother in several movies including Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, described her as “my amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother”, noting that she was present during her final moments. “She was the most wonderful mother, daughter, grandmother, performer, creative along with empathetic spirit that seemed almost dreamlike,” she wrote. “We were blessed to have her. She is now with the angels.” Initial Roles and Rise to Fame Her initial acting years featured minor parts in television programs such as Gunsmoke whereas the seventies featured her performing next to the legendary Jack Nicholson in the film Chinatown. That very year, 1974, she appeared with Ellen Burstyn in the Martin Scorsese celebrated dramatic comedy Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. Her acting brought Ladd her initial Oscar nod as best supporting actress. 1980s and Beyond In the 1980s, she was seen in crime thriller Black Widow, a suspense story plus funny follow-up Christmas Vacation and appeared on Alice, a comedy program inspired by Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. In the following decade, she received another Oscar nomination for supporting actress Academy Award nomination for her role in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart where she acted as the parent of her real-life daughter Laura Dern’s role. The following year she obtained another nomination for her role in the film Rambling Rose which also starred Laura Dern. “This was the picture which Princess Diana selected as her very favorite, and she invited us to England for a premiere and a party dedicated to us,” Ladd said of Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, taking our hands, and weeping, watching us perform.” The nineties featured performances in comedy The Cemetery Club reuniting her with her co-star Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a comedy about politics, featuring John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth where she played Dern’s mother another time. Those years also brought her TV award nominations for roles in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire and Touched by an Angel. Working with Laura Dern She persisted in performing alongside her daughter in films blending humor and drama the film Daddy and Them, the David Lynch project the movie Inland Empire and White’s dark comedy series Enlightened. She additionally starred alongside Sandra Bullock, a star in 28 Days, a movie, Sir Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian and with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, a biographical drama. Subsequent TV appearances consisted of Ray Donovan, a drama and Young Sheldon, a comedy. Filmmaking Ventures She also authored and helmed the humorous movie Mrs Munck featuring Diane Ladd and ex-husband Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a talented star,” she said. “I’m privileged to have directed him on a project. Indeed, I am the sole female in history who directed her former husband. I humorously say: ‘I tell women, should you desire retribution, helm a movie with your ex.’ But I’m only kidding.” Family Ties She was additionally a relative of playwright Tennessee Williams, whom she described as “a significant impact on my life”. In 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with lung disease and informed she had just six months to live but she regained full health when her daughter transferred her to a new hospital. “If you can take your pain and not let it back up like an injury, instead apply it to discover, to make the path clearer for personal and collective growth, then you are winning,” Ladd said.