Diane Ladd
Born: 1935-11-29 in Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Died: 2025-11-03
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Common Ground ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Gigi & Nate as Mama Blanche
- Isle of Hope as Carmen
2020
- The Last Full Measure as Alice Pitsenbarger
- Charlie's Christmas Wish as Nana
2018
- Olympia as Herself
- Christmas Lost and Found as Grandma Frances
2017
- Young Sheldon as Hortense
2016
- Chesapeake Shores as Nell O'Brien
- AmeriGeddon as Betty
- Sophie and the Rising Sun as Ruth Jeffers
- I Dream Too Much as Vera
2015
- Joy as Mimi
- Just Before I Go as Mamma (uncredited)
2013
- Ray Donovan as Motel Lady
2012
- Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets as Barnsey
2011
- Enlightened as Helen Jellicoe
2009
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- American Cowslip as Roe
2008
- Mayerthorpe as Roszko's mother
- Jake's Corner as Fran
2007
- Nora Roberts' Montana Sky as Bess
- Lynch 2 as Self
2006
- Inland Empire as Marilyn Levens
- Come Early Morning as Nana
- When I Find the Ocean as Edna
2005
- The World's Fastest Indian as Ada
2004
- Kingdom Hospital as Sally Druse
- Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Sally Druse
- Gracie's Choice as Louela Lawson
- Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2003
- Cold Case as Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)
- A Long Way Home as Mother
- Charlie's War as Jobie
2002
- Living with the Dead as Regina Van Praagh
- Redemption of the Ghost
2001
- Daddy and Them as Jewel
- Rain as Audrey Turnquick
- Christy: Choices of the Heart
2000
- Strong Medicine as Annabelle Lee Stowe
- 28 Days as Bobbie Jean
- More Than Puppy Love as Aunt Edna
- Sharing the Secret as Nina's Mother
- Best Actress as Self
- Can't Be Heaven as Nona Gina
- The Law of Enclosures as Bea
1998
- The Staircase as Sister Margaret
- Primary Colors as Mamma Stanton
1997
- Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II as Aunt Shelly
- The Westing Game as Berthe Erica Crow
- James Dean: Race with Destiny as Mama Pierangeli
1996
- Citizen Ruth as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)
- Ghosts of Mississippi as Grandma Caroline Moore
- Cold Lazarus as Martina Masdon
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Irma Coulter
1995
- Raging Angels as Sister Kate
- Mrs. Munck as Mrs. Munck
- Mother as Olivia Hendrix
1994
- ER as Mrs. Pooler
- Touched by an Angel as Carolyn Sellers
- Hush Little Baby as Edie
1993
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Charlotte Cooper
- Father Hood as Rita
- Carnosaur as Dr. Jane Tiptree
- The Cemetery Club as Lucille Rubin
1992
- Vicki! as Self
- Forever as Mabel Normand
- Spies, Inc. as Alice
- Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me as Lucille
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- A Kiss Before Dying as Mrs. Corliss
- Shadow of a Doubt as Emma Spencer Newton
- Rambling Rose as Mrs. Hillyer
- Sisters
1990
- The Lookalike as Mary Helen Needam
- Wild at Heart as Marietta Fortune
- Rock Hudson as Kay
1988
- Plain Clothes as Jane Melway
- Bluegrass as Verna Howland
1987
- Black Widow as Etta
- Celebration Family as Mrs. Heflin
1986
- L.A. Law as Celeste Bauman
1985
- Crime of Innocence as Rose Hayward
1984
- I Married a Centerfold as Jeanette Bryan
1983
- Grace Kelly as Margaret Kelly
- Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mrs. Nightshade
- Little Red Riding Hood as Mother
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Mother
- Desperate Lives as Carol Cameron
1981
- All Night Long as Helen Dupler
1980
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Lynette Jones
1979
- Willa as Mae
1978
- Thaddeus Rose and Eddie as Carlotta
- Black Beauty as Amelia Gordon
1977
- The Love Boat as Ruby Gibson
- The November Plan as Laura Taylor
1976
- Alice as Belle Dupree
- Embryo as Martha Douglas
- Battle of the Network Stars
- City of Angels
- Addie and the King of Hearts as Irene Davis
1974
- Chinatown as Ida Sessions
- Movin' On
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Flo
1973
- The Devil's Daughter as Alice Shaw
- White Lightning as Maggie
1971
- Macho Callahan as Girl
- The Steagle as Mrs. Roberta Forbes
1970
- Rebel Rousers as Karen
1969
- The Reivers as Phoebe
- Then Came Bronson as Valerie Faber
1967
- Ironside as Peggy Barnard
1966
- Shane as Amy Sloate
- The Wild Angels as Gaysh
1965
- The Big Valley as Muriel Akely
1964
- Daniel Boone as Ronda Cameron
1963
- The Fugitive as Stella
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Cissy
- The Great Adventure as Annie Thompson
- Mr. Novak as Mrs. Otis
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 40 Pounds of Trouble as Honeymoon Bride
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960
- Murder, Inc. as Showgirl
1959
1958
- Naked City as Yankee Cretias
- 77 Sunset Strip
1957
- Perry Mason as Miss Frances
- Decoy as Selma Richmond
- The Walter Winchell File as Lois
1955
- Gunsmoke as Elena
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Emma Newton
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee