
Diane Ladd
Acting
- Born:
- 1935-11-29
- Died:
- 2025-11-03
- Place of birth:
- Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Biography
Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner; November 29, 1935 – November 3, 2025) was an American actress. She appeared in over 200 films and television shows, receiving three Academy Award nominations for her roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), and Rambling Rose (1991), the first of which won her a BAFTA Award. She was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, winning one for her role in the sitcom Alice (1980–1981). Ladd's other film appearances include Chinatown (1974), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Primary Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and Joy (2015). She was the mother of actress Laura Dern, with her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diane Ladd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography

Isle of Hope

Gigi & Nate

Charlie's Christmas Wish

The Last Full Measure

Christmas Lost and Found

Olympia

Young Sheldon

Chesapeake Shores

I Dream Too Much

AmeriGeddon

Sophie and the Rising Sun

Joy

Just Before I Go

Ray Donovan

Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

Enlightened

Celebrity Ghost Stories

American Cowslip

The Monday Before Thanksgiving

Jake's Corner
Mayerthorpe

Lynch 2

Nora Roberts' Montana Sky

Inland Empire

When I Find the Ocean

Come Early Morning

The World's Fastest Indian

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Kingdom Hospital

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

Gracie's Choice

Cold Case

Charlie's War

A Long Way Home

Living with the Dead

Living with the Dead

Redemption of the Ghost

Daddy and Them

Rain

Christy: Choices of the Heart

The Law of Enclosures

Strong Medicine

Sharing the Secret

28 Days

Best Actress

More Than Puppy Love

Can't Be Heaven

The Staircase

Primary Colors

James Dean: Race with Destiny

The Westing Game

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

Ghosts of Mississippi

Citizen Ruth

Cold Lazarus

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Raging Angels

Mrs. Munck

Mother

Touched by an Angel

ER

Hush Little Baby

Father Hood

Carnosaur

The Cemetery Club

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Spies, Inc.
Vicki!

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

Forever
Pebble Mill

Rambling Rose

Sisters
Shadow of a Doubt

A Kiss Before Dying

The Lookalike

Wild at Heart

Rock Hudson

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Father Dowling Mysteries

Plain Clothes

Bluegrass

Celebration Family

Black Widow

L.A. Law

Crime of Innocence

I Married a Centerfold

Little Red Riding Hood

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Grace Kelly

Faerie Tale Theatre

Desperate Lives

All Night Long

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Willa

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

Black Beauty

The Love Boat

The November Plan

Battle of the Network Stars

Alice

Embryo

City of Angels

Addie and the King of Hearts

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Movin' On

Chinatown

White Lightning

The Devil's Daughter

The Steagle

Macho Callahan

Rebel Rousers

The Reivers

Then Came Bronson

Ironside

Shane

The Wild Angels

The Big Valley

Daniel Boone
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Great Adventure

Mr. Novak

The Fugitive

40 Pounds of Trouble

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Murder, Inc.

The Detectives

77 Sunset Strip

Naked City

Decoy

The Walter Winchell File

Perry Mason

Gunsmoke

The Oscars

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Golden Globe Awards