Diane Ladd

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

2022
Isle of Hope poster

Isle of Hope

Movie · as Carmen

2022
Gigi & Nate poster

Gigi & Nate

Movie · as Mama Blanche

2020
The Last Full Measure poster

The Last Full Measure

Movie · as Alice Pitsenbarger

2020
Charlie's Christmas Wish poster

Charlie's Christmas Wish

Movie · as Nana

2018
Christmas Lost and Found poster

Christmas Lost and Found

Movie · as Grandma Frances

2018
Olympia poster

Olympia

Movie · as Self

2017
Young Sheldon poster

Young Sheldon

TV · as Hortense · 1 ep

2016
I Dream Too Much poster

I Dream Too Much

Movie · as Vera

2016
Sophie and the Rising Sun poster

Sophie and the Rising Sun

Movie · as Ruth Jeffers

2016
AmeriGeddon poster

AmeriGeddon

Movie · as Betty

2016
Chesapeake Shores poster

Chesapeake Shores

TV · as Nell O'Brien · 55 eps

2015
Joy poster

Joy

Movie · as Mimi

2015
Just Before I Go poster

Just Before I Go

Movie · as Mamma (uncredited)

2013
Ray Donovan poster

Ray Donovan

TV · as Motel Lady · 1 ep

2012
Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets poster

Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

Movie · as Barnsey

2011
Enlightened poster

Enlightened

TV · as Helen Jellicoe · 18 eps

2009
American Cowslip poster

American Cowslip

Movie · as Roe

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Mayerthorpe

Mayerthorpe

Movie · as Roszko's mother

2008
Jake's Corner poster

Jake's Corner

Movie · as Fran

2008
The Monday Before Thanksgiving poster

The Monday Before Thanksgiving

Movie · as Norma Lowrey

2007
Lynch 2 poster

Lynch 2

Movie · as Self

2007
Nora Roberts' Montana Sky poster

Nora Roberts' Montana Sky

Movie · as Bess

2006
Inland Empire poster

Inland Empire

Movie · as Marilyn Levens

2006
Come Early Morning poster

Come Early Morning

Movie · as Nana

2006
When I Find the Ocean poster

When I Find the Ocean

Movie · as Edna

2005
The World's Fastest Indian poster

The World's Fastest Indian

Movie · as Ada

2004
Gracie's Choice poster

Gracie's Choice

Movie · as Louela Lawson

2004
Kingdom Hospital poster

Kingdom Hospital

Movie · as Sally Druse

2004
Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart poster

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

Movie

2004
Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital poster

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

TV · as Sally Druse · 13 eps

2003
A Long Way Home poster

A Long Way Home

Movie · as Mother

2003
Charlie's War poster

Charlie's War

Movie · as Jobie

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Zelda Amatuzzi (2005) · 1 ep

2002
Living with the Dead poster

Living with the Dead

Movie · as Regina Van Praagh

2002
Redemption of the Ghost poster

Redemption of the Ghost

Movie

2002
Living with the Dead poster

Living with the Dead

TV · as Regina Van Praagh · 2 eps

2001
Daddy and Them poster

Daddy and Them

Movie · as Jewel

2001
Rain poster

Rain

Movie · as Audrey

2001
Christy: Choices of the Heart poster

Christy: Choices of the Heart

TV · 2 eps

2000
28 Days poster

28 Days

Movie · as Bobbie Jean

2000
More Than Puppy Love poster

More Than Puppy Love

Movie · as Aunt Edna

2000
The Law of Enclosures poster

The Law of Enclosures

Movie · as Bea

2000
Sharing the Secret poster

Sharing the Secret

Movie · as Nina's Mother

2000
Best Actress poster

Best Actress

Movie · as Self

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Annabelle Lee Stowe · 2 eps

1999
Can't Be Heaven poster

Can't Be Heaven

Movie · as Nona Gina

1998
Primary Colors poster

Primary Colors

Movie · as Mamma Stanton

1998
The Staircase poster

The Staircase

Movie · as Sister Margaret

1997
James Dean: Race with Destiny poster

James Dean: Race with Destiny

Movie · as Mama Pierangeli

1997
The Westing Game poster

The Westing Game

Movie · as Berthe Erica Crow

1997
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II poster

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

Movie · as Aunt Shelly

1996
Citizen Ruth poster

Citizen Ruth

Movie · as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi poster

Ghosts of Mississippi

Movie · as Grandma Caroline Moore

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Movie · as Irma Coulter

1996
Cold Lazarus poster

Cold Lazarus

TV · as Martina Masdon · 3 eps

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

TV · as Irma Coulter · 2 eps

1995
Mrs. Munck poster

Mrs. Munck

Movie · as Mrs. Munck

1995
Raging Angels poster

Raging Angels

Movie · as Sister Kate

1995
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · as Olivia Hendrix

1994
Hush Little Baby poster

Hush Little Baby

Movie · as Edie

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Mrs. Pooler · 1 ep

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Carolyn Sellers · 1 ep

1993
Father Hood poster

Father Hood

Movie · as Rita

1993
Carnosaur poster

Carnosaur

Movie · as Dr. Jane Tiptree

1993
The Cemetery Club poster

The Cemetery Club

Movie · as Lucille Rubin

1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman poster

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV · as Charlotte Cooper · 4 eps

1992
Forever poster

Forever

Movie · as Mabel Normand

1992
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me poster

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

Movie · as Lucille

1992
Spies, Inc. poster

Spies, Inc.

Movie · as Alice

1992
Vicki!

Vicki!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
A Kiss Before Dying poster

A Kiss Before Dying

Movie · as Mrs. Corliss

1991
Rambling Rose poster

Rambling Rose

Movie · as Mrs. Hillyer

1991
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · as Emma Spencer Newton

1991
Sisters poster

Sisters

TV · 2 eps

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Wild at Heart poster

Wild at Heart

Movie · as Marietta Fortune

1990
The Lookalike poster

The Lookalike

Movie · as Mary Helen Needam

1990
Rock Hudson poster

Rock Hudson

Movie · as Kay

1989
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation poster

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Movie · as Nora

1989
Father Dowling Mysteries poster

Father Dowling Mysteries

TV · 1 ep

1988
Plain Clothes poster

Plain Clothes

Movie · as Jane Melway

1988
Bluegrass poster

Bluegrass

TV · as Verna Howland · 2 eps

1987
Black Widow poster

Black Widow

Movie · as Etta

1987
Celebration Family poster

Celebration Family

Movie · as Mrs. Heflin

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Celeste Bauman · 1 ep

1985
Crime of Innocence poster

Crime of Innocence

Movie · as Rose Hayward

1984
I Married a Centerfold poster

I Married a Centerfold

Movie · as Jeanette Bryan

1983
Something Wicked This Way Comes poster

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Movie · as Mrs. Nightshade

1983
Grace Kelly poster

Grace Kelly

Movie · as Margaret Kelly

1983
Little Red Riding Hood poster

Little Red Riding Hood

Movie · as Mother

1982
Desperate Lives poster

Desperate Lives

Movie · as Carol Cameron

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Mother · 1 ep

1981
All Night Long poster

All Night Long

Movie · as Helen Dupler

1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones poster

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

TV · as Lynette Jones · 2 eps

1979
Willa poster

Willa

Movie · as Mae

1978
Thaddeus Rose and Eddie poster

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

Movie · as Carlotta

1978
Black Beauty poster

Black Beauty

TV · as Amelia Gordon · 5 eps

1977
The November Plan poster

The November Plan

Movie · as Laura Taylor

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Ruby Gibson, Bernice Bronson · 1 ep

1976
Embryo poster

Embryo

Movie · as Martha Douglas

1976
Addie and the King of Hearts poster

Addie and the King of Hearts

Movie · as Irene Davis

1976
Alice poster

Alice

TV · as Belle Dupree · 44 eps

1976
Battle of the Network Stars poster

Battle of the Network Stars

TV · 1 ep

1976
City of Angels poster

City of Angels

TV · 3 eps

1974
Chinatown poster

Chinatown

Movie · as Ida Sessions

1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore poster

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Movie · as Flo

1974
Movin' On poster

Movin' On

TV · 1 ep

1973
White Lightning poster

White Lightning

Movie · as Maggie

1973
The Devil's Daughter poster

The Devil's Daughter

Movie · as Alice Shaw

1971
The Steagle poster

The Steagle

Movie · as Mrs. Roberta Forbes

1971
Macho Callahan poster

Macho Callahan

Movie · as Girl

1970
Rebel Rousers poster

Rebel Rousers

Movie · as Karen

1969
The Reivers poster

The Reivers

Movie · as Phoebe

1969
Then Came Bronson poster

Then Came Bronson

TV · as Valerie Faber · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Peggy Barnard · 1 ep

1966
The Wild Angels poster

The Wild Angels

Movie · as Gaysh

1966
Shane poster

Shane

TV · as Amy Sloate · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Muriel Akely · 1 ep

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Ronda Cameron · 1 ep

1963
The Great Adventure poster

The Great Adventure

TV · as Annie Thompson · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Stella · 1 ep

1963
Mr. Novak poster

Mr. Novak

TV · as Mrs. Otis · 1 ep

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Cissy · 1 ep

1962
40 Pounds of Trouble poster

40 Pounds of Trouble

Movie · as Honeymoon Bride (uncredited)

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1960
Murder, Inc. poster

Murder, Inc.

Movie · as Showgirl

1959
The Detectives poster

The Detectives

TV · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Yankee Cretias, Kathie Mills · 1 ep

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Miss Frances · 1 ep

1957
Decoy poster

Decoy

TV · as Selma Richmond · 1 ep

1957
The Walter Winchell File poster

The Walter Winchell File

TV · as Lois · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

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

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Emma Newton · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member · 2 eps