Diane Ladd is an American actress, film director, producer and author. She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose, Ghosts of Mississippi, Touched by an Angel,...
Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Writer, Author
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Robert Charles Hunter (m. 1999), William A. Shea, Jr. (m. 1969–1977), Bruce Dern (m. 1960–1969)
Children
Laura Dern, Diane Elizabeth Dern
Parents
Mary Lanier, Preston Paul Lanier
Nicknames
Rose Diane Lanier , Diane Lad , Laddie , Rose Diane Ladner , Rose Diane Ladnier
Awards
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress i...
Movies
Joy, Wild at Heart, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Rambling Rose, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Chinatown, 28 Days, The World's Fastest Indian, The Wild Angels, Daddy and Them, Carnosaur, Inland Empire, Primary Colors, Something Wicked This Way Comes, White Lightning, Come Early Morning, ...
[on Jean Seberg during the making of Macho Callahan (1970)] She was terribly sensitive, almost like a little girl. We shot in a village outside Mexico City one day, and they set up tables for the cast and crew to eat. These skinny dogs wandered over, and Jean started to feed them off her plate. Someone snapped that you don't do that - not when there were people going hungry. Jean looked awfully hurt and didn't eat for two days after that. I personally considered her a great lady and a wonderful human being. A lady of sensitive, thought-out, careful choice and depth, and select caring.
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Fact
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Became a grandmother for the second time at age 68 when her daughter Laura Dern gave birth to her daughter Jaya Harper, with [now ex] husband Ben Harper, on November 28, 2004.
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Became a grandmother for the first time at age 65 when her daughter Laura Dern gave birth to her son Ellery Walker Harper, with [now ex] husband Ben Harper, on August 10, 2001.
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Gave birth to her second child at age 31, a daughter Laura Elizabeth Dern aka Laura Dern on February 10, 1967. Child's father is her ex-husband, Bruce Dern.
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Gave birth to her first child at age 25, a daughter Diane Elizabeth Dern in 1960. Child's father is her ex-husband, Bruce Dern.
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 1, 2010.
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Has a master's degree in psychology and is a part-time nutrition counselor.
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Her mother was of half German and half Norwegian ancestry. Her father, who was from a family with deep roots in the American South, had English, as well as distant French and Swiss, ancestry.
Has played Florence Jean Castleberry - later made famous by Polly Holliday on the sitcom Alice (1976) - in the motion picture Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and then played her replacement, Isabelle "Belle" Dupree, on the sitcom.
Hers and her daughter's (Laura Dern) Oscar nominations for Rambling Rose (1991) mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received Oscar nominations for the same movie.
Had two daughters with ex-husband Bruce Dern. Her first daughter, Diane Elizabeth Dern was born on November 27, 1960, tragically died at the age of 17 1/2 months after accidentally falling into the family pool and hitting her head causing a massive brain hemorrhage, years before second daughter, Laura Dern, was born in 1967.
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