🔗 Share this article Acclaimed Actress Diane Ladd, Known For Her Role in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Has Died at the Age of 89. This award-nominated actress the celebrated Diane Ladd has died at the age of 89. The actor, with credits included National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, died at her home at her Ojai, California home. The news was announced via an announcement by her offspring, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern. Laura Dern, who appeared with her mother in various films such as Rambling Rose, referred to her as “my incredible hero plus my precious gift being my mom”, writing that she was at her bedside when she passed. “She was an exceptional mother, daughter, grandmother, performer, creative along with compassionate soul that seemed almost dreamlike,” she stated. “We were lucky to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.” Early Career and Rise to Fame Her initial acting years saw supporting roles on television series including The Fugitive while that decade featured her performing alongside actor Jack Nicholson in the film Chinatown. During that year, 1974, she appeared alongside Ellen Burstyn in Martin Scorsese’s celebrated comedy drama Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, a classic. The performance earned Ladd her first Oscar nomination as best supporting actress. Later Decades Throughout the 1980s, she starred in crime thriller the movie Black Widow as well as funny follow-up Christmas Vacation and also took part in the sitcom Alice, a comedy program inspired by her earlier movie. During the next ten years, she received another Oscar nomination for supporting actress Oscar nomination for her role in David Lynch’s Wild at Heart where she acted as the mother of her biological child Dern’s character. The following year she received another nomination for her performance in Rambling Rose that also featured Laura Dern. “This movie which Princess Diana chose as her absolutely favorite, and she invited Laura and I to London for a special screening and an event for us,” Ladd said about the film Rambling Rose. “She positioned herself between us, grasping our hands, and crying, seeing us act.” The nineties included parts in the comedy Cemetery Club bringing her back with Burstyn, Primary Colors, a political story, a satirical film, with John Travolta and the film by Alexander Payne Citizen Ruth, a dark comedy in which she portrayed Laura Dern’s mom once more. The decade also saw her score Emmy nominations for work in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the show Grace Under Fire plus Touched by an Angel. Working with Laura Dern She kept appearing with her daughter in comedy drama the film Daddy and Them, the David Lynch project Inland Empire and White’s satirical show Enlightened. She additionally starred next to Sandra Bullock, a star in 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins in The World’s Fastest Indian, a film plus Jennifer Lawrence in the film Joy. Her later TV roles consisted of Ray Donovan, a drama and Young Sheldon, a comedy. Behind the Camera Ladd also wrote and helmed the comedy film the movie Mrs Munck that included her and former husband actor Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a great actor,” she noted. “I was honored to direct him in a movie. Indeed, I’m the only woman in history to helm a film with her ex. I make a joke: ‘I tell women, if you want revenge, guide your former spouse.’ However, I’m joking.” Family Ties Ladd was also a family member of playwright Tennessee Williams, who she referred to as “a significant impact throughout my life”. During 2018, doctors misdiagnosed Ladd with a pulmonary condition and told her life expectancy was six months but made a full recovery once her daughter shifted her to a different hospital. “Should you harness your suffering and not let it back up similar to a wound, instead apply it to explore, to clarify the journey for you and those around, then you are triumphing,” Ladd remarked.