🔗 Share this article Oscar-Nominated Star Diane Ladd, Famed For Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Passes Away at Age 89. This Academy Award-nominated actress the celebrated Diane Ladd passed away 89 years old. This actor, whose roles included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, died at her home in Ojai, California. This announcement was shared in a statement from her child, Oscar-winning actor her daughter Laura Dern. Dern, who performed alongside her mother in a number of films such as Wild at Heart, called her “my wonderful hero and my special gift of a mother”, writing that she was at her bedside as she died. “She was the greatest grandmother, mother, daughter, star, artist as well as caring individual that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she stated. “We were blessed to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Initial Roles and Breakthrough Her initial acting years included minor parts on television series including Gunsmoke and that decade saw her starring next to the legendary Jack Nicholson in Chinatown. In the same year, 1974, she performed with actress Ellen Burstyn in Scorsese’s praised comedy drama Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. The performance landed Ladd an Academy Award nomination in the supporting actress category. 1980s and Beyond In the 1980s, she starred in the thriller the movie Black Widow and humorous film Christmas Vacation while also joining the show Alice, a comedy program derived from the film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. During the next ten years, she received an additional supporting actress Academy Award nomination for her part in Lynch’s the movie Wild at Heart where she played the mom of her actual daughter Dern’s character. A year later she obtained a further nomination for her performance in Rambling Rose which also starred Laura Dern. “This movie that Princess Diana chose as her absolutely favorite, and she invited Laura and I to England for a premiere and an event dedicated to us,” Ladd said of Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, grasping our hands, with tears, watching us perform.” That decade included parts in comedy Cemetery Club bringing her back with her co-star Burstyn, the movie Primary Colors, a political comedy, with John Travolta and Payne’s Citizen Ruth where she played Dern’s mother another time. That period also saw her score Emmy nominations for work in the series Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the show Grace Under Fire plus Touched by an Angel. Collaborations with Daughter She kept appearing alongside her daughter in comedy drama Daddy and Them, a movie, David Lynch’s the movie Inland Empire and White’s satirical show Enlightened. She was also seen next to Sandra Bullock, a star in 28 Days, a movie, Sir Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian and with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy. Her later TV roles consisted of Ray Donovan, a drama and Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures She additionally penned and helmed the humorous movie Mrs Munck, a film that included herself and ex-husband Bruce Dern, an actor. “Bruce is a talented star,” she said. “I was honored to direct him in a film. Indeed, I am the sole female in recorded history who directed her former husband. I humorously say: ‘I tell women, should you desire retribution, guide your former spouse.’ But I’m only kidding.” Personal Life She was additionally a family member of playwright Tennessee Williams, who she called “a significant impact on my life”. In 2018, Ladd was misdiagnosed with lung disease and told she only had half a year left but made a full recovery after her daughter moved her to a new hospital. “When you use your pain and prevent it from festering similar to a wound, instead use it to investigate, to clarify the journey for yourself and others, then you are succeeding,” Ladd remarked.