Diane Ladd
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.
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Acting History
2022
Isle of Hope as Carmen
2022Gigi & Nate as Mama Blanche
2020Charlie's Christmas Wish as Nana
2020The Last Full Measure as Alice Pitsenbarger
2018Christmas Lost and Found as Grandma Frances
2018Olympia as Herself
2017Young Sheldon as Hortense
2016Chesapeake Shores as Nell O'Brien
2016I Dream Too Much as Vera
2016AmeriGeddon as Betty
2016Sophie and the Rising Sun as Ruth Jeffers
2015Joy as Mimi
2015Just Before I Go as Mamma (uncredited)
2013Ray Donovan as Motel Lady
2012Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets as Barnsey
2011Enlightened as Helen Jellicoe
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
2009American Cowslip as Roe
2008Jake's Corner as Fran
2008Mayerthorpe as Roszko's mother
2007Lynch 2 as Self
2007Nora Roberts' Montana Sky as Bess
2006Inland Empire as Marilyn Levens
2006When I Find the Ocean as Edna
2006Come Early Morning as Nana
2005The World's Fastest Indian as Ada
2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
2004Kingdom Hospital as Sally Druse
2004Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital as Sally Druse
2004Gracie's Choice as Louela Lawson
2003Cold Case as Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)
2003Charlie's War as Jobie
2003A Long Way Home as Mother
2002Living with the Dead as Regina Van Praagh
2002Redemption of the Ghost
2001Daddy and Them as Jewel
2001Rain as Audrey Turnquick
2001Christy: Choices of the Heart
2000Can't Be Heaven as Nona Gina
2000The Law of Enclosures as Bea
2000Strong Medicine as Annabelle Lee Stowe
2000Sharing the Secret as Nina's Mother
200028 Days as Bobbie Jean
2000Best Actress as Self
2000More Than Puppy Love as Aunt Edna
1998The Staircase as Sister Margaret
1998Primary Colors as Mamma Stanton
1997James Dean: Race with Destiny as Mama Pierangeli
1997The Westing Game as Berthe Erica Crow
1997Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II as Aunt Shelly
1996Ghosts of Mississippi as Grandma Caroline Moore
1996Citizen Ruth as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)
1996Cold Lazarus as Martina Masdon
1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Irma Coulter
1995Raging Angels as Sister Kate
1995Mrs. Munck as Mrs. Munck
1995Mother as Olivia Hendrix
1994Touched by an Angel as Carolyn Sellers
1994ER as Mrs. Pooler
1994Hush Little Baby as Edie
1993Father Hood as Rita
1993Carnosaur as Dr. Jane Tiptree
1993The Cemetery Club as Lucille Rubin
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Charlotte Cooper
1992Spies, Inc. as Alice
1992Vicki! as Self
1992Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me as Lucille
1992Forever as Mabel Normand
1991Pebble Mill as Self
1991Rambling Rose as Mrs. Hillyer
1991Sisters
1991Shadow of a Doubt as Emma Spencer Newton
1991A Kiss Before Dying as Mrs. Corliss
1990The Lookalike as Mary Helen Needam
1990Wild at Heart as Marietta Fortune
1990Rock Hudson as Kay
1989National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Nora
1989Father Dowling Mysteries
1988Plain Clothes as Jane Melway
1988Bluegrass as Verna Howland
1987Celebration Family as Mrs. Heflin
1987Black Widow as Etta
1986L.A. Law as Celeste Bauman
1985Crime of Innocence as Rose Hayward
1984I Married a Centerfold as Jeanette Bryan
1983Little Red Riding Hood as Mother
1983Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mrs. Nightshade
1983Grace Kelly as Margaret Kelly
1982Faerie Tale Theatre as Mother
1982Desperate Lives as Carol Cameron
1981All Night Long as Helen Dupler
1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Lynette Jones
1979Willa as Mae
1978Thaddeus Rose and Eddie as Carlotta
1978Black Beauty as Amelia Gordon
1977The Love Boat as Ruby Gibson
1977The November Plan as Laura Taylor
1976Battle of the Network Stars
1976Alice as Belle Dupree
1976Embryo as Martha Douglas
1976City of Angels
1976Addie and the King of Hearts as Irene Davis
1974Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Flo
1974Movin' On
1974Chinatown as Ida Sessions
1973White Lightning as Maggie
1973The Devil's Daughter as Alice Shaw
1971The Steagle as Mrs. Roberta Forbes
1971Macho Callahan as Girl
1970Rebel Rousers as Karen
1969The Reivers as Phoebe
1969Then Came Bronson as Valerie Faber
1967Ironside as Peggy Barnard
1966Shane as Amy Sloate
1966The Wild Angels as Gaysh
1965The Big Valley as Muriel Akely
1964Daniel Boone as Ronda Cameron
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Cissy
1963The Great Adventure as Annie Thompson
1963Mr. Novak as Mrs. Otis
1963The Fugitive as Stella
196240 Pounds of Trouble as Honeymoon Bride
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960Murder, Inc. as Showgirl
1959The Detectives
195877 Sunset Strip
1958Naked City as Yankee Cretias
1958Naked City as Kathie Mills
1957Decoy as Selma Richmond
1957The Walter Winchell File as Lois
1957Perry Mason as Miss Frances
1955Gunsmoke as Elena
1955Gunsmoke as Lulu
1955Gunsmoke as Bonnie Mae Haley
1953The Oscars as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Emma Newton
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member