🔗 Share this article Oscar-Nominated Star Diane Ladd, Famed For Her Performance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at 89 Years Old. The Academy Award-nominated actor Diane Ladd, a Hollywood veteran passed away at the age of 89. This star, whose credits included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, left this world in her residence at her Ojai, California home. This announcement was shared via an announcement shared by her offspring, award-winning actress Laura Dern. Laura Dern, who performed alongside her mother in several movies including Wild at Heart, called her “my amazing hero as well as my precious gift as a mother”, noting that she was present when she passed. “She was an exceptional daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that seemed almost dreamlike,” she wrote. “We were blessed to have her. She is now with the angels.” Beginnings and Major Success Her initial acting years saw minor parts on television series like The Fugitive whereas the seventies saw her starring with actor Jack Nicholson in the film Chinatown. During that year, 1974, she appeared alongside Ellen Burstyn in Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed film the movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. The performance landed Ladd her initial Oscar nod for best supporting actress. Later Decades Throughout the 1980s, she starred in the dramatic film the movie Black Widow as well as funny follow-up National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and appeared on Alice, a television series based on Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. In the subsequent decade, she received an additional Oscar nomination for supporting actress nomination for her performance in Lynch’s Wild at Heart, a cult classic in which she portrayed the parent of her real-life daughter the character played by Dern. The next year she received an additional nod for her role in the film Rambling Rose which included her daughter. “This movie that the late Princess Diana picked as her top choice, and she brought Laura and I to London for a premiere and a party in our honor,” Ladd said regarding Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, taking our hands, and crying, viewing our performance.” The 1990s included parts in comedy Cemetery Club bringing her back with Ellen Burstyn, the movie Primary Colors, a comedy about politics, featuring John Travolta and Payne’s Citizen Ruth, a dark comedy in which she portrayed Laura Dern’s mom once more. Those years also brought her nominations for Emmy Awards for roles in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire and Touched by an Angel, a drama. Working with Laura Dern She kept appearing with Laura Dern in films blending humor and drama the film Daddy and Them, the David Lynch project Inland Empire, a surreal film and White’s dark comedy series Enlightened. She was also seen alongside Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins in that movie and with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, a biographical drama. Her more recent television parts consisted of the series Ray Donovan and Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures She additionally penned and oversaw the humorous movie Mrs Munck which starred her and previous spouse Bruce Dern. “Bruce is an excellent performer,” she mentioned. “I’m privileged to have directed him in a movie. Actually, I stand as the only woman in history to helm a film with her ex. I humorously say: ‘I say ladies, if you seek payback, direct your ex-husband.’ Though I’m just teasing.” Personal Connections Ladd was also the third cousin of the great Tennessee Williams, who she referred to as “a great influence on my life”. In 2018, doctors misdiagnosed Ladd with a pulmonary condition and told she only had half a year left but made a full recovery once her daughter moved her to another medical facility. “Should you harness your suffering and avoid letting it accumulate like a sore or something, rather utilize it to explore, to clarify the journey for you and those around, then you are winning,” Ladd expressed.