Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Mother to Laura Dern, Dies at 89
Diane Ladd has died at 89. The actress and mother of Laura Dern was a three-time Oscar and Emmy nominee.
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.
