
Diane Ladd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 29, 1935
- Died
- November 3, 2025 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Meridian, Mississippi, USA
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.
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Filmography

Isle of Hope
Movie · as Carmen

Gigi & Nate
Movie · as Mama Blanche

The Last Full Measure
Movie · as Alice Pitsenbarger

Charlie's Christmas Wish
Movie · as Nana

Christmas Lost and Found
Movie · as Grandma Frances

Olympia
Movie · as Self

Young Sheldon
TV · as Hortense · 1 ep

I Dream Too Much
Movie · as Vera

Sophie and the Rising Sun
Movie · as Ruth Jeffers

AmeriGeddon
Movie · as Betty

Chesapeake Shores
TV · as Nell O'Brien · 55 eps

Joy
Movie · as Mimi

Just Before I Go
Movie · as Mamma (uncredited)

Ray Donovan
TV · as Motel Lady · 1 ep

Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets
Movie · as Barnsey

Enlightened
TV · as Helen Jellicoe · 18 eps

American Cowslip
Movie · as Roe

Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mayerthorpe
Movie · as Roszko's mother

Jake's Corner
Movie · as Fran

The Monday Before Thanksgiving
Movie · as Norma Lowrey

Lynch 2
Movie · as Self

Nora Roberts' Montana Sky
Movie · as Bess

Inland Empire
Movie · as Marilyn Levens

Come Early Morning
Movie · as Nana

When I Find the Ocean
Movie · as Edna

The World's Fastest Indian
Movie · as Ada

Gracie's Choice
Movie · as Louela Lawson

Kingdom Hospital
Movie · as Sally Druse

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
Movie

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
TV · as Sally Druse · 13 eps

A Long Way Home
Movie · as Mother

Charlie's War
Movie · as Jobie

Cold Case
TV · as Zelda Amatuzzi (2005) · 1 ep

Living with the Dead
Movie · as Regina Van Praagh

Redemption of the Ghost
Movie

Living with the Dead
TV · as Regina Van Praagh · 2 eps

Daddy and Them
Movie · as Jewel

Rain
Movie · as Audrey

Christy: Choices of the Heart
TV · 2 eps

28 Days
Movie · as Bobbie Jean

More Than Puppy Love
Movie · as Aunt Edna

The Law of Enclosures
Movie · as Bea

Sharing the Secret
Movie · as Nina's Mother

Best Actress
Movie · as Self

Strong Medicine
TV · as Annabelle Lee Stowe · 2 eps

Can't Be Heaven
Movie · as Nona Gina

Primary Colors
Movie · as Mamma Stanton

The Staircase
Movie · as Sister Margaret

James Dean: Race with Destiny
Movie · as Mama Pierangeli

The Westing Game
Movie · as Berthe Erica Crow

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Movie · as Aunt Shelly

Citizen Ruth
Movie · as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)

Ghosts of Mississippi
Movie · as Grandma Caroline Moore

The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Movie · as Irma Coulter

Cold Lazarus
TV · as Martina Masdon · 3 eps

The Siege at Ruby Ridge
TV · as Irma Coulter · 2 eps

Mrs. Munck
Movie · as Mrs. Munck

Raging Angels
Movie · as Sister Kate

Mother
Movie · as Olivia Hendrix

Hush Little Baby
Movie · as Edie

ER
TV · as Mrs. Pooler · 1 ep

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Carolyn Sellers · 1 ep

Father Hood
Movie · as Rita

Carnosaur
Movie · as Dr. Jane Tiptree

The Cemetery Club
Movie · as Lucille Rubin

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV · as Charlotte Cooper · 4 eps

Forever
Movie · as Mabel Normand

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
Movie · as Lucille

Spies, Inc.
Movie · as Alice
Vicki!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

A Kiss Before Dying
Movie · as Mrs. Corliss

Rambling Rose
Movie · as Mrs. Hillyer
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie · as Emma Spencer Newton

Sisters
TV · 2 eps
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Wild at Heart
Movie · as Marietta Fortune

The Lookalike
Movie · as Mary Helen Needam

Rock Hudson
Movie · as Kay

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Movie · as Nora

Father Dowling Mysteries
TV · 1 ep

Plain Clothes
Movie · as Jane Melway

Bluegrass
TV · as Verna Howland · 2 eps

Black Widow
Movie · as Etta

Celebration Family
Movie · as Mrs. Heflin

L.A. Law
TV · as Celeste Bauman · 1 ep

Crime of Innocence
Movie · as Rose Hayward

I Married a Centerfold
Movie · as Jeanette Bryan

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Movie · as Mrs. Nightshade

Grace Kelly
Movie · as Margaret Kelly

Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Mother

Desperate Lives
Movie · as Carol Cameron

Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Mother · 1 ep

All Night Long
Movie · as Helen Dupler

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV · as Lynette Jones · 2 eps

Willa
Movie · as Mae

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie
Movie · as Carlotta

Black Beauty
TV · as Amelia Gordon · 5 eps

The November Plan
Movie · as Laura Taylor

The Love Boat
TV · as Ruby Gibson, Bernice Bronson · 1 ep

Embryo
Movie · as Martha Douglas

Addie and the King of Hearts
Movie · as Irene Davis

Alice
TV · as Belle Dupree · 44 eps

Battle of the Network Stars
TV · 1 ep

City of Angels
TV · 3 eps

Chinatown
Movie · as Ida Sessions

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Movie · as Flo

Movin' On
TV · 1 ep

White Lightning
Movie · as Maggie

The Devil's Daughter
Movie · as Alice Shaw

The Steagle
Movie · as Mrs. Roberta Forbes

Macho Callahan
Movie · as Girl

Rebel Rousers
Movie · as Karen

The Reivers
Movie · as Phoebe

Then Came Bronson
TV · as Valerie Faber · 1 ep

Ironside
TV · as Peggy Barnard · 1 ep

The Wild Angels
Movie · as Gaysh

Shane
TV · as Amy Sloate · 1 ep

The Big Valley
TV · as Muriel Akely · 1 ep

Daniel Boone
TV · as Ronda Cameron · 1 ep

The Great Adventure
TV · as Annie Thompson · 1 ep

The Fugitive
TV · as Stella · 1 ep

Mr. Novak
TV · as Mrs. Otis · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Cissy · 1 ep

40 Pounds of Trouble
Movie · as Honeymoon Bride (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

Murder, Inc.
Movie · as Showgirl

The Detectives
TV · 1 ep

77 Sunset Strip
TV · 1 ep

Naked City
TV · as Yankee Cretias, Kathie Mills · 1 ep

Perry Mason
TV · as Miss Frances · 1 ep

Decoy
TV · as Selma Richmond · 1 ep

The Walter Winchell File
TV · as Lois · 1 ep

Gunsmoke
TV · as Elena, Lulu, Bonnie Mae Haley · 1 ep

The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Emma Newton · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member · 2 eps




