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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 29, 1935
Place of Birth:
Meridian, Mississippi, USA
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Diane Ladd
Biography
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Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1935) 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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Isle of Hope | Carmen |
| 2022 | Gigi & Nate | Mama Blanche |
| 2020 | The Last Full Measure | Alice Pitsenbarger |
| 2020 | Charlie's Christmas Wish | Nana |
| 2018 | Christmas Lost and Found | Grandma Frances |
| 2018 | Olympia | Herself |
| 2016 | I Dream Too Much | Vera |
| 2016 | Sophie and the Rising Sun | Ruth Jeffers |
| 2016 | AmeriGeddon | Betty |
| 2015 | Joy | Mimi |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets | Barnsey |
| 2009 | American Cowslip | Roe |
| 2008 | Mayerthorpe | Roszko's mother |
| 2008 | Jake's Corner | Fran |
| 2007 | Lynch 2 | Self |
| 2007 | Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky | Bess |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Marilyn Levens |
| 2006 | Come Early Morning | Nana |
| 2006 | When I Find the Ocean | Edna |
| 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | Ada |
| 2004 | Gracie's Choice | Louela Lawson |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Sally Druse |
| 2004 | Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart | |
| 2003 | A Long Way Home | Mother |
| 2003 | Charlie's War | Jobie |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Regina Van Praagh |
| 2002 | Redemption of the Ghost | |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them | Jewel |
| 2001 | Rain | Audrey Turnquick |
| 2000 | 28 Days | Bobbie Jean |
| 2000 | More Than Puppy Love | Aunt Edna |
| 2000 | Can't Be Heaven | Nona Gina |
| 2000 | The Law of Enclosures | Bea |
| 2000 | Sharing the Secret | Nina's Mother |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Mamma Stanton |
| 1998 | The Staircase | Sister Margaret |
| 1997 | James Dean: Race with Destiny | Mama Pierangeli |
| 1997 | The Westing Game | Berthe Erica Crow |
| 1997 | Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II | Aunt Shelly |
| 1996 | Citizen Ruth | Ruth's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Grandma Caroline Moore |
| 1996 | The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Irma Coulter |
| 1995 | Mrs. Munck | Mrs. Munck |
| 1995 | Raging Angels | Sister Kate |
| 1995 | Mother | Olivia Hendrix |
| 1994 | Hush Little Baby | Edie |
| 1993 | Father Hood | Rita |
| 1993 | Carnosaur | Dr. Jane Tiptree |
| 1993 | The Cemetery Club | Lucille Rubin |
| 1992 | Forever | Mabel Normand |
| 1992 | Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me | Lucille |
| 1992 | Spies, Inc. | Alice |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Mrs. Corliss |
| 1991 | Rambling Rose | Mrs. Hillyer |
| 1991 | Shadow of a Doubt | Emma Spencer Newton |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Marietta Fortune |
| 1990 | The Lookalike | Mary Helen Needam |
| 1990 | Rock Hudson | Kay |
| 1989 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Nora |
| 1988 | Bluegrass | Verna Howland |
| 1988 | Plain Clothes | Jane Melway |
| 1987 | Black Widow | Etta |
| 1985 | Crime of Innocence | Rose Hayward |
| 1984 | I Married a Centerfold | Jeanette Bryan |
| 1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Mrs. Nightshade |
| 1983 | Grace Kelly | Margaret Kelly |
| 1983 | Little Red Riding Hood | Mother |
| 1982 | Desperate Lives | Carol Cameron |
| 1981 | All Night Long | Helen Dupler |
| 1979 | Willa | Mae |
| 1978 | Thaddeus Rose and Eddie | Carlotta |
| 1977 | The November Plan | Laura Taylor |
| 1976 | Embryo | Martha Douglas |
| 1976 | Addie and the King of Hearts | Irene Davis |
| 1974 | Chinatown | Ida Sessions |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Flo |
| 1973 | White Lightning | Maggie |
| 1973 | The Devil's Daughter | Alice Shaw |
| 1971 | The Steagle | Mrs. Roberta Forbes |
| 1971 | Macho Callahan | Girl |
| 1970 | Rebel Rousers | Karen |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Phoebe |
| 1966 | The Wild Angels | Gaysh |
| 1962 | 40 Pounds of Trouble | Honeymoon Bride |
| 1960 | Murder, Inc. | Showgirl |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Young Sheldon | Hortense |
| 2016 | Chesapeake Shores | Nell O'Brien |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | Motel Lady |
| 2011 | Enlightened | Helen Jellicoe |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2004 | Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital | Sally Druse |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Zelda Amatuzzi (2005) |
| 2001 | Christy: Choices of the Heart | |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Annabelle Lee Stowe |
| 1996 | Cold Lazarus | Martina Masdon |
| 1994 | ER | Mrs. Pooler |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Carolyn Sellers |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Charlotte Cooper |
| 1992 | Vicki! | Self |
| 1991 | Sisters | |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Celeste Bauman |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Mother |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Lynette Jones |
| 1978 | Black Beauty | Amelia Gordon |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Ruby Gibson |
| 1976 | Alice | Belle Dupree |
| 1976 | Battle of the Network Stars | |
| 1976 | City of Angels | |
| 1974 | Movin' On | |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Peggy Barnard |
| 1966 | Shane | Amy Sloate |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Muriel Akely |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Ronda Cameron |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Annie Thompson |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Stella |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Mrs. Otis |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Cissy |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | The Detectives | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
| 1958 | Naked City | Yankee Cretias |
| 1958 | Naked City | Kathie Mills |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Miss Frances |
| 1957 | Decoy | Selma Richmond |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | Lois |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Elena |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lulu |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bonnie Mae Haley |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Emma Newton |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member |