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Diane Ladd

Acting

Born November 29, 1935 · Meridian, Mississippi, USA

Died November 3, 2025

Also known as Roses Dianes Ladner · دایان لد · Дайан Роуз Ладд

Biography

Diane Ladd was an American actress. With a career spanning over 70 years, 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).

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1992 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1991 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1975 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Redemption of the Ghost

2002

More Than Puppy Love

2000as Aunt Edna

Olympia

2018as Self

Young Sheldon

2017as Hortense

The Westing Game

1997as Berthe Erica Crow

Chinatown

1974as Ida Sessions

Chesapeake Shores

2016as Nell O'Brien

ER

1994as Mrs. Pooler

Gigi & Nate

2022as Mama Blanche

The World's Fastest Indian

2005as Ada

Cold Case

2003as Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)

Perry Mason

1957as Miss Frances

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993as Charlotte Cooper

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Ray Donovan

2013as Motel Lady

Charlie's War

2003as Jobie

Hush Little Baby

1994as Edie

Strong Medicine

2000as Annabelle Lee Stowe

The Last Full Measure

2019as Alice Pitsenbarger

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2008as Self

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

1980as Lynette Jones

The Fugitive

1963as Stella

Touched by an Angel

1994as Carolyn Sellers

Sisters

1991

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989as Nora

Gracie's Choice

2004as Louela Lawson

Enlightened

2011as Helen Jellicoe

Inland Empire

2006as Marilyn Levens

Wild at Heart

1990as Marietta Fortune

L.A. Law

1986as Celeste Bauman

Alice

1976as Belle Dupree

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974as Flo

Daniel Boone

1964as Ronda Cameron

James Dean: Race with Destiny

1997as Mama Pierangeli

Ironside

1967as Peggy Barnard

Sophie and the Rising Sun

2016as Ruth Jeffers

Gunsmoke

1955as Bonnie Mae Haley

Joy

2015as Mimi

Citizen Ruth

1996as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996as Grandma Caroline Moore

Can't Be Heaven

1999as Nona Gina

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

1997as Aunt Shelly

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983as Mrs. Nightshade

Movin' On

1974

Decoy

1957as Selma Richmond

Just Before I Go

2014as Mamma (uncredited)

The Reivers

1969as Phoebe

28 Days

2000as Bobbie Jean

Sharing the Secret

2000as Nina's Mother

Primary Colors

1998as Mamma Stanton