Diane Ladd

ProducerActorDirectorWriterProduction Nov 29 (died age 89) Meridian, Mississippi, USA 1944–2023 (79 year career)

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Biography

Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner; November 29, 1935 – November 3, 2025) was an American actress. She appeared in over 200 films and television shows, receiving three Academy Award nominations for her roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), and Rambling Rose (1991), the first of which won her a BAFTA Award. She was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, winning one for her role in the sitcom Alice (1980–1981). Ladd's other fi…

Known For

Film

Chinatown

Ida Sessions

Film

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Nora

Film

Joy

Mimi

Film

Wild at Heart

Marietta Fortune

Film

The World's Fastest Indian

Ada

Film

Inland Empire

Marilyn Levens

Film

The Last Full Measure

Alice Pitsenbarger

Film

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Flo

Filmography

Acting (136)

Movies (88)

Gigi & Nate

2022

as Mama Blanche

7.5

Isle of Hope

2022

as Carmen

The Last Full Measure

2020

as Alice Pitsenbarger

7.3

Charlie's Christmas Wish

as Nana

Olympia

as Herself

Christmas Lost and Found

2018

as Grandma Frances

5.7

Sophie and the Rising Sun

as Ruth Jeffers

AmeriGeddon

as Betty

I Dream Too Much

as Vera

Joy

as Mimi

Just Before I Go

as Mamma (uncredited)

6.4

Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

as Barnsey

American Cowslip

as Roe

Mayerthorpe

as Roszko's mother

Jake's Corner

as Fran

Lynch 2

as Self

Nora Roberts' Montana Sky

as Bess

Inland Empire

as Marilyn Levens

Come Early Morning

as Nana

When I Find the Ocean

2006

as Edna

10.0

The World's Fastest Indian

as Ada

Gracie's Choice

as Louela Lawson

Kingdom Hospital

as Sally Druse

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

A Long Way Home

as Mother

Charlie's War

as Jobie

Redemption of the Ghost

Living with the Dead

as Regina Van Praagh

Rain

as Audrey Turnquick

Daddy and Them

as Jewel

28 Days

as Bobbie Jean

Sharing the Secret

as Nina's Mother

Best Actress

as Self

Can't Be Heaven

as Nona Gina

The Law of Enclosures

as Bea

More Than Puppy Love

as Aunt Edna

Primary Colors

as Mamma Stanton

The Staircase

as Sister Margaret

James Dean: Race with Destiny

1997

as Mama Pierangeli

6.0

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

as Aunt Shelly

The Westing Game

as Berthe Erica Crow

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

as Grandma Caroline Moore

6.6

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996

as Irma Coulter

5.1

Citizen Ruth

1996

as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)

Raging Angels

as Sister Kate

Mrs. Munck

as Mrs. Munck

Mother

as Olivia Hendrix

Hush Little Baby

as Edie

Father Hood

as Rita

The Cemetery Club

as Lucille Rubin

Carnosaur

as Dr. Jane Tiptree

Forever

as Mabel Normand

Spies, Inc.

as Alice

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

as Lucille

A Kiss Before Dying

as Mrs. Corliss

Rambling Rose

as Mrs. Hillyer

Shadow of a Doubt

as Emma Spencer Newton

Wild at Heart

as Marietta Fortune

The Lookalike

as Mary Helen Needam

Rock Hudson

as Kay

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

as Nora

Plain Clothes

as Jane Melway

Bluegrass

as Verna Howland

Black Widow

as Etta

Celebration Family

as Mrs. Heflin

Crime of Innocence

as Rose Hayward

I Married a Centerfold

1984

as Jeanette Bryan

4.2

Something Wicked This Way Comes

as Mrs. Nightshade

Grace Kelly

as Margaret Kelly

Little Red Riding Hood

as Mother

Desperate Lives

as Carol Cameron

All Night Long

as Helen Dupler

Willa

as Mae

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

1978

as Carlotta

The November Plan

1977

as Laura Taylor

Embryo

1976

as Martha Douglas

4.7

Addie and the King of Hearts

as Irene Davis

Chinatown

as Ida Sessions

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

as Flo

White Lightning

as Maggie

The Devil's Daughter

as Alice Shaw

Macho Callahan

as Girl

The Steagle

as Mrs. Roberta Forbes

Rebel Rousers

as Karen

The Reivers

as Phoebe

The Wild Angels

as Gaysh

40 Pounds of Trouble

as Honeymoon Bride

Murder, Inc.

as Showgirl

Television (48)

Young Sheldon

as Hortense

Chesapeake Shores

as Nell O'Brien

Ray Donovan

as Motel Lady

Enlightened

as Helen Jellicoe

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

as Self

7.3

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

2004

as Sally Druse

7.0

Cold Case

2003

as Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)

7.8

Christy: Choices of the Heart

2001

Strong Medicine

2000

as Annabelle Lee Stowe

Cold Lazarus

as Martina Masdon

Cold Lazarus

as Martina Masdon

as Mrs. Pooler

Touched by an Angel

as Carolyn Sellers

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Charlotte Cooper

Vicki!

as Self

Pebble Mill

as Self

Sisters

Father Dowling Mysteries

L.A. Law

as Celeste Bauman

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Mother

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

as Lynette Jones

Black Beauty

as Amelia Gordon

The Love Boat

as Ruby Gibson

Alice

as Belle Dupree

Battle of the Network Stars

City of Angels

Movin' On

Then Came Bronson

as Valerie Faber

Ironside

as Peggy Barnard

Shane

as Amy Sloate

The Big Valley

as Muriel Akely

Daniel Boone

as Ronda Cameron

The Fugitive

as Stella

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Cissy

5.7

The Great Adventure

1963

as Annie Thompson

Mr. Novak

1963

as Mrs. Otis

6.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Guest

The Detectives

77 Sunset Strip

Naked City

as Yankee Cretias

Perry Mason

as Miss Frances

The Walter Winchell File

as Lois

Decoy

as Selma Richmond

Gunsmoke

as Elena

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Emma Newton

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Common Ground

Executive Producer

Mrs. Munck

Director

Mrs. Munck

Screenplay

Mother

Co-Producer