🔗 Share this article Oscar-Nominated Star Diane Ladd, Famed For Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Dies at the Age of 89. This Oscar-nominated actor the celebrated Diane Ladd left us at the age of 89. The star, whose roles included Chinatown, left this world in her residence in Ojai, California. Her passing was revealed via an announcement by her offspring, Academy Award-winning star Laura Dern. Laura Dern, who starred with her mom in several movies such as Rambling Rose, described her as “my amazing hero plus my precious gift being my mom”, stating that she was by her side as she died. “She was the greatest grandmother, mother, daughter, star, artist and caring individual that felt like a dream come true,” she wrote. “We were lucky to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Initial Roles and Breakthrough Ladd’s early career featured small roles in TV shows such as The Fugitive while the seventies saw her starring next to Jack Nicholson in the film Chinatown. In the same year, the year 1974, she appeared with actress Ellen Burstyn in the Martin Scorsese praised dramatic comedy Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Her acting landed Ladd an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. Later Decades During the eighties, she was seen in the thriller the movie Black Widow as well as funny follow-up Christmas Vacation while also joining the sitcom Alice, a television series derived from her earlier movie. In the following decade, she received an additional Oscar nomination for supporting actress Academy Award nomination for her role in David Lynch’s the movie Wild at Heart where she acted as the mom of her biological child Laura Dern’s role. The following year she was awarded an additional nod for her role in Rambling Rose which also starred her daughter. “This was the picture that Princess Diana selected as her very favorite, and she flew Laura and I to England for a special screening and a party dedicated to us,” Ladd said of Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, grasping our hands, and crying, viewing our performance.” That decade also saw roles in comedy Cemetery Club, a film bringing her back with her co-star Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a political comedy, starring John Travolta and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth where she played Dern’s mother once more. The decade also saw her score nominations for Emmy Awards for performances on Dr Quinn, the show Grace Under Fire plus Touched by an Angel. Working with Laura Dern She continued to star with her daughter in dramatic comedies the film Daddy and Them, the David Lynch project Inland Empire, a surreal film and White’s dark comedy series the program Enlightened. She also appeared alongside Sandra Bullock, a star in the film 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins in that movie plus Jennifer Lawrence in the film Joy. Her more recent television parts featured the series Ray Donovan plus Young Sheldon. Behind the Camera She additionally penned and oversaw the humorous movie Mrs Munck which starred Diane Ladd and previous spouse Bruce Dern, an actor. “Bruce is an excellent performer,” she noted. “I’m privileged to have directed him in a movie. Indeed, I’m the only woman ever to direct her ex-husband. I often joke: ‘I advise females, should you desire retribution, helm a movie with your ex.’ However, I’m joking.” Personal Connections She was additionally the third cousin of playwright Tennessee Williams, who she referred to as “a great influence in my life”. Back in 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with a pulmonary condition and advised she only had half a year left but she regained full health once her daughter moved her to another medical facility. “When you use your pain and prevent it from festering like a sore or something, rather utilize it to explore, to make the path clearer for yourself and others, then you are winning,” Ladd expressed.