Diane Ladd

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Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd, 2007
Born Rose Diane Ladner
November 29, 1935 (1935-11-29) (age 72)
Meridian, Mississippi
Years active 1959 - present
Spouse(s) Bruce Dern (1960-1969)
William A. Shea, Jr. (1969-1977)
Robert Charles Hunter (1999-)

Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1935)[1] is an American television, film, and stage actress.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Ladd was born Rose Diane Ladner in Meridian, Mississippi, the daughter of Mary Bernadette (née Anderson), a housewife and actress, and Preston Paul Ladner, a poulterer.[2][3][4] She is the second cousin of playwright Tennessee Williams[5] and also related to poet Sidney Lanier.[6] Ladd was raised Catholic.[7][8] Ladd was formerly married to actor and one-time co-star, Bruce Dern; the couple had two children, of whom only actress Laura Dern survives. Ladd and Laura Dern co-starred in the films Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose. They also appeared together in INLAND EMPIRE, another film by David Lynch. Ladd is now married to Robert Charles Hunter.

[edit] Career

Ladd had a supporting role in Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Flo in the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. That film inspired the TV series Alice, in which Flo was portrayed by Polly Holliday. When Holliday left the TV series, Ladd succeeded her as waitress Isabelle "Belle" Dupree.

In 2004, Ladd played psychic Mrs. Druse in Stephen King's miniseries Kingdom Hospital. In April 2006, Ladd released her first book entitled: Spiraling Through The School Of Life: A Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Discovery. In 2007, she co-starred in the Lifetime Television film Montana Sky.

In addition to her Academy Award nomination for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, she was also nominated (again in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category) for both Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, both of which she starred alongside her daughter Laura Dern. Dern received a nomination for Best Actress for Rambling Rose. The dual mother and daughter nominations for Ladd and Dern in Rambling Rose marked the first time in Academy Award history that such an event had occurred. They were also nominated for dual Golden Globe Awards in the same year.

Ladd has also worked on the stage. She made her Broadway debut in the play Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights in 1968. In 1976 she stared in the play A Texas Trilogy: Lu Ann Hampton Laverty Oberlander for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.[9]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ According to the State of California. California Divorce Index, 1966-1984. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
  2. ^ Diane Ladd Biography (1939-)
  3. ^ 05-31-02obituaries
  4. ^ Diane Ladd Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  5. ^ STLtoday - St. Louis Post-Dispatch Archives
  6. ^ NewsLibrary Search Results
  7. ^ Tavis Smiley . Archives . Thomas Hubbard . July 10, 2006 | PBS
  8. ^ Diane Ladd Savors 'Top of World' - Free Preview - The New York Times
  9. ^ Internet Broadway Database: Diane Ladd Credits on Broadway

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Awards
Preceded by
Ingrid Bergman
for Murder on the Orient Express		 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1975
for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore		 Succeeded by
Jodie Foster
for Taxi Driver


Persondata
NAME Ladd, Diane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ladner, Rose Diane
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Meridian, Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH