Diane Ladd, the veteran, Oscar-nominated actress who starred in movie classics together with “Alice Does not Dwell Right here Anymore” and “Chinatown,” has died at age 89, her daughter, actress Laura Dern, confirmed.
“My wonderful hero and my profound present of a mom, Diane Ladd, handed with me beside her this morning, at her residence in Ojai, Ca,” Dern stated Monday in an announcement shared with ABC Information. “She was the best daughter, mom, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that solely desires may have seemingly created.”
“We had been blessed to have her,” Dern continued. “She is flying along with her angels now.”
Diane Ladd was Oscar nominated 3 times, the primary for 1974’s “Alice Does not Dwell Right here Anymore,” and the second and third instances for the movies “Wild at Coronary heart” and “Rambling Rose,” launched in 1990 and 1991, respectively, and each of which co-starred her daughter. Laura Dern was additionally Oscar-nominated for the latter, making her and her mom considered one of solely two parent-child duos nominated for Academy Awards for a similar movie. The opposite was Henry Fonda and Jane Fonda in 1981’s “On Golden Pond.”
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