🔗 Share this article Diane Ladd, Famed For Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Dies at Age 89. The award-nominated actor Diane Ladd, a Hollywood veteran left us at the age of 89. This star, with roles featured Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, died at her home at her Ojai, California home. This announcement was shared through a message shared by her daughter, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern. Laura Dern, who starred with her mother in a number of films like Wild at Heart, called her “my incredible hero plus my special gift being my mom”, writing that she was present as she died. “She was the most wonderful daughter, mother, grandmother, star, artist and empathetic spirit that felt like a dream come true,” she stated. “We were lucky to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Initial Roles and Breakthrough The start of her career included small roles in television programs like The Fugitive whereas that decade saw her starring next to the legendary Jack Nicholson in the classic Chinatown. During that year, 1974, she shared the screen alongside Ellen Burstyn in the Martin Scorsese acclaimed film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. The performance earned Ladd her initial Oscar nod for best supporting actress. Subsequent Years During the eighties, she was seen in the dramatic film Black Widow and funny follow-up Christmas Vacation and also took part in the sitcom Alice, a comedy program based on Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. In the following decade, she received an additional supporting actress nomination for her performance in Lynch’s the movie Wild at Heart where she acted as the parent of her real-life daughter Dern’s character. A year later she was awarded an additional nod for her performance in the film Rambling Rose that also featured her daughter. “This was the picture that the late Princess Diana selected as her very favorite, and she brought us to the UK for a premiere and a party for us,” Ladd shared of Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, holding both our hands, with tears, seeing us act.” The nineties included parts in the comedy Cemetery Club bringing her back with Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a comedy about politics, starring John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth, a dark comedy in which she portrayed the mother of Dern again. That period also earned her nominations for Emmy Awards for roles on Dr Quinn, Grace Under Fire and Touched by an Angel. Collaborations with Daughter She kept appearing with her daughter in comedy drama the film Daddy and Them, David Lynch’s the movie Inland Empire and White’s comedy-drama series Enlightened. She also appeared next to actress Sandra Bullock in 28 Days, a movie, Anthony Hopkins in that movie plus Jennifer Lawrence in Joy. Her more recent television parts consisted of Ray Donovan, a drama and Young Sheldon. Filmmaking Ventures Ladd also wrote and helmed the comedy the movie Mrs Munck featuring her and ex-husband Bruce Dern, an actor. “Bruce is a talented star,” she mentioned. “It was a privilege to guide him in a film. In fact, I stand as the only woman in history who directed her former husband. I make a joke: ‘I advise females, if you seek payback, helm a movie with your ex.’ However, I’m joking.” Family Ties She happened to be a relative of playwright Tennessee Williams, whom she described as “a great influence on my life”. Back in 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with a respiratory illness and told her life expectancy was six months but she regained full health once her daughter moved her to a different hospital. “If you can take your pain and not let it back up like an injury, instead apply it to explore, to clarify the journey for personal and collective growth, then you are succeeding,” Ladd said.