🔗 Share this article Oscar-Nominated Star Diane Ladd, Known For Her Role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at the Age of 89. This Academy Award-nominated performer Diane Ladd, a Hollywood veteran has died aged 89. The actress, with filmography featured Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, passed away at home in California’s Ojai. This announcement was shared through a message from her offspring, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern. Her daughter, who appeared with her mother in various films like Rambling Rose, called her “my wonderful hero and my precious gift being my mom”, noting that she was present during her final moments. “She was the most wonderful grandmother, mother, daughter, star, artist and caring individual that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she wrote. “We were lucky to have her. She is now with the angels.” Beginnings and Major Success Her initial acting years included minor parts in TV shows including Perry Mason and the seventies had her appearing alongside actor Jack Nicholson in the classic Chinatown. During that year, 1974, she shared the screen alongside Ellen Burstyn in Martin Scorsese’s celebrated film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Her role landed Ladd her initial Oscar nod as best supporting actress. 1980s and Beyond In the 1980s, she was seen in the dramatic film Black Widow, a suspense story plus humorous film National Lampoon’s holiday comedy while also joining Alice, a television series inspired by Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. During the next ten years, she was given an additional best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her performance in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart where she acted as the mother of her biological child Laura Dern’s role. The following year she obtained an additional nod for her role in Rambling Rose, another movie which included Dern. “This was the film that Princess Diana chose as her absolutely favorite, and she invited us to the UK for a royal premiere and a party in our honor,” Ladd recalled regarding Rambling Rose. “And she sat between us, holding both our hands, and crying, seeing us act.” That decade featured performances in humorous films Cemetery Club, a film reuniting her with Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a comedy about politics, with John Travolta and Alexander Payne’s the movie Citizen Ruth where she acted as Laura Dern’s mom another time. Those years also brought her Emmy nominations for performances in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, Grace Under Fire, a sitcom and Touched by an Angel, a drama. Working with Laura Dern She kept appearing with Laura Dern in films blending humor and drama Daddy and Them, a movie, the David Lynch project Inland Empire, a surreal film and the series by Mike White comedy-drama series Enlightened, a TV series. She was also seen next to Sandra Bullock, a star in the film 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins, a legend in The World’s Fastest Indian, a film plus Jennifer Lawrence in the film Joy. Her more recent television parts featured the series Ray Donovan and Young Sheldon, a comedy. Filmmaking Ventures She also authored and oversaw the comedy film Mrs Munck which starred herself and previous spouse Bruce Dern, an actor. “Bruce is a great actor,” she noted. “I was honored to direct him in a film. Actually, I stand as the only woman ever to direct her ex-husband. I often joke: ‘I tell women, if you seek payback, guide your former spouse.’ However, I’m joking.” Personal Life She happened to be a family member of the great Tennessee Williams, who she referred to as “a significant impact in my life”. During 2018, doctors misdiagnosed Ladd with a respiratory illness and told she had just six months to live yet she recovered completely once her daughter transferred her to a new hospital. “Should you harness your suffering and prevent it from festering like an injury, instead apply it to discover, to clarify the journey for personal and collective growth, then you are triumphing,” Ladd expressed.