From People.com: Diane Ladd, actress and mother to Laura Dern, has died. She was 89 years old.
“My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in Ojai, Calif.,” Dern, 58, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE on Monday, Nov. 3.
“She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she added. “We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.”
Ladd’s numerous movie and TV credits included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (and the TV sitcom Alice, based on the 1974 film), Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose. She was nominated for three Oscars and three Emmys.
Ladd, who was born on November 29, 1935, was just 3 and a half weeks away from her 90th birthday. Her last name was originally Ladner, but she shortened it when she started working in Hollywood.
Her daughter, Laura, also became an actress and starred alongside her mother in multiple films, including Wild at Heart, Rambling Rose, Citizen Ruth, Inland Empire, and Enlightened.
Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress in ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,’ Dies at 89 https://t.co/24KxbIJGvr
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) November 3, 2025
BREAKING: Diane Ladd, a three-time Oscar nominee known for roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Wild at Heart,” dies at 89, daughter Laura Dern announces. https://t.co/6ulJUfDNnl
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 3, 2025
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— People (@people) November 3, 2025
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