Diane Ladd
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday29 November 1935
Died3 November 2025 (age 89)
Place of birthMeridian, Mississippi, USA
Known credits139
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 Mis…
Common Ground
2023 · Executive Producer
Isle of Hope
2022 · Carmen
Gigi & Nate
2022 · Mama Blanche
Charlie's Christmas Wish
2020 · Nana
The Last Full Measure
2019 · Alice Pitsenbarger
Christmas Lost and Found
2018 · Grandma Frances
Olympia
2018 · Self
Young Sheldon
2017 · Hortense
Chesapeake Shores
2016 · Nell O'Brien
I Dream Too Much
2016 · Vera
AmeriGeddon
2016 · Betty
Sophie and the Rising Sun
2016 · Ruth Jeffers
Joy
2015 · Mimi
Just Before I Go
2015 · Mamma (uncredited)
Ray Donovan
2013 · Motel Lady
Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets
2012 · Barnsey
Enlightened
2011 · Helen Jellicoe
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
American Cowslip
2009 · Roe
The Monday Before Thanksgiving
2008 · Norma Lowrey
Jake's Corner
2008 · Fran
Mayerthorpe
2008 · Roszko's mother
Lynch 2
2007 · Self
Nora Roberts' Montana Sky
2007 · Bess
Inland Empire
2006 · Marilyn Levens
When I Find the Ocean
2006 · Edna
Come Early Morning
2006 · Nana
The World's Fastest Indian
2005 · Ada
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004
Kingdom Hospital
2004 · Sally Druse
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
2004 · Sally Druse
Gracie's Choice
2004 · Louela Lawson
Cold Case
2003 · Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)
Charlie's War
2003 · Jobie
A Long Way Home
2003 · Mother
Living with the Dead
2002 · Regina Van Praagh
Living with the Dead
2002 · Regina Van Praagh
Redemption of the Ghost
2002
Daddy and Them
2001 · Jewel
Rain
2001 · Audrey
Christy: Choices of the Heart
2001
The Law of Enclosures
2000 · Bea
Strong Medicine
2000 · Annabelle Lee Stowe
Sharing the Secret
2000 · Nina's Mother
28 Days
2000 · Bobbie Jean
Best Actress
2000 · Self
More Than Puppy Love
2000 · Aunt Edna
Can't Be Heaven
1999 · Nona Gina
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