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 film appearances include Chinatown (1974), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Primary Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and Joy (2015). She was the mother of actress Laura Dern, with her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diane Ladd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2023Common Ground — Executive Producer
• 2022Gigi & Nate — Mama Blanche
• 2022Isle of Hope — Carmen
• 2020Charlie's Christmas Wish — Nana
• 2020The Last Full Measure — Alice Pitsenbarger
• 2018Christmas Lost and Found — Grandma Frances
• Young Sheldon — Hortense
• 2016AmeriGeddon — Betty
• Chesapeake Shores — Nell O'Brien
• 2016I Dream Too Much — Vera
• 2016Sophie and the Rising Sun — Ruth Jeffers
• 2015Joy — Mimi
• 2015Just Before I Go — Mamma (uncredited)
• Ray Donovan — Motel Lady
• 2012Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets — Barnsey
• Enlightened — Helen Jellicoe
• 2009American Cowslip — Roe
• 2008Jake's Corner — Fran
• 2008Mayerthorpe — Roszko's mother
• 2008The Monday Before Thanksgiving — Norma Lowrey
• 2007Nora Roberts' Montana Sky — Bess
• 2006Come Early Morning — Nana
• 2006Inland Empire — Marilyn Levens
• 2006When I Find the Ocean — Edna
• 2005The World's Fastest Indian — Ada
• 2004Gracie's Choice — Louela Lawson
• 2004Kingdom Hospital — Sally Druse
• 2004Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart
• Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital — Sally Druse
• 2003A Long Way Home — Mother
• 2003Charlie's War — Jobie
• Cold Case — Zelda Amatuzzi (2005)
• 2002Living with the Dead — Regina Van Praagh
• Living with the Dead — Regina Van Praagh
• 2002Redemption of the Ghost
• Christy: Choices of the Heart
• 2001Daddy and Them — Jewel
• 2001Rain — Audrey
• 200028 Days — Bobbie Jean
• 2000More Than Puppy Love — Aunt Edna
• 2000Sharing the Secret — Nina's Mother
• Strong Medicine — Annabelle Lee Stowe
• 2000The Law of Enclosures — Bea
• 1999Can't Be Heaven — Nona Gina
• 1998Primary Colors — Mamma Stanton
• 1998The Staircase — Sister Margaret
• 1997Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II — Aunt Shelly
• 1997James Dean: Race with Destiny — Mama Pierangeli
• 1997The Westing Game — Berthe Erica Crow
• 1996Citizen Ruth — Ruth's Mother (uncredited)
• Cold Lazarus — Martina Masdon
• 1996Ghosts of Mississippi — Grandma Caroline Moore
• 1996The Siege at Ruby Ridge — Irma Coulter
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge — Irma Coulter
• 1995Mother — Olivia Hendrix, Co-Producer
• 1995Mrs. Munck — Mrs. Munck, Director, Screenplay
• 1995Raging Angels — Sister Kate
• ER — Mrs. Pooler
• 1994Hush Little Baby — Edie
• Touched by an Angel — Carolyn Sellers
• 1993Carnosaur — Dr. Jane Tiptree
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Charlotte Cooper
• 1993Father Hood — Rita
• 1993The Cemetery Club — Lucille Rubin
• 1992Forever — Mabel Normand
• 1992Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me — Lucille
• 1992Spies, Inc. — Alice
• 1991A Kiss Before Dying — Mrs. Corliss
• 1991Rambling Rose — Mrs. Hillyer
• 1991Shadow of a Doubt — Emma Spencer Newton
• Sisters
• 1990Rock Hudson — Kay
• 1990The Lookalike — Mary Helen Needam
• 1990Wild at Heart — Marietta Fortune
• Father Dowling Mysteries
• 1989National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation — Nora
• Bluegrass — Verna Howland
• 1988Plain Clothes — Jane Melway
• 1987Black Widow — Etta
• 1987Celebration Family — Mrs. Heflin
• L.A. Law — Celeste Bauman
• 1985Crime of Innocence — Rose Hayward
• 1984I Married a Centerfold — Jeanette Bryan
• 1983Grace Kelly — Margaret Kelly
• 1983Little Red Riding Hood — Mother
• 1983Something Wicked This Way Comes — Mrs. Nightshade
• 1982Desperate Lives — Carol Cameron
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Mother
• 1981All Night Long — Helen Dupler
• Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones — Lynette Jones
• 1979Willa — Mae
• Black Beauty — Amelia Gordon
• 1978Thaddeus Rose and Eddie — Carlotta
• The Love Boat — Ruby Gibson, Bernice Bronson
• 1977The November Plan — Laura Taylor
• 1976Addie and the King of Hearts — Irene Davis
• Alice — Belle Dupree
• Battle of the Network Stars
• City of Angels
• 1976Embryo — Martha Douglas
• 1974Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore — Flo
• 1974Chinatown — Ida Sessions
• Movin' On
• 1973The Devil's Daughter — Alice Shaw
• 1973White Lightning — Maggie
• 1971Macho Callahan — Girl
• 1971The Steagle — Mrs. Roberta Forbes
• 1970Rebel Rousers — Karen
• 1969The Reivers — Phoebe
• Then Came Bronson — Valerie Faber
• Ironside — Peggy Barnard
• Shane — Amy Sloate
• 1966The Wild Angels — Gaysh
• The Big Valley — Muriel Akely
• Daniel Boone — Ronda Cameron
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Cissy
• Mr. Novak — Mrs. Otis
• The Fugitive — Stella
• The Great Adventure — Annie Thompson
• 196240 Pounds of Trouble — Honeymoon Bride (uncredited)
• 1960Murder, Inc. — Showgirl
• The Detectives
• 77 Sunset Strip
• Naked City — Yankee Cretias, Kathie Mills
• Decoy — Selma Richmond
• Perry Mason — Miss Frances
• The Walter Winchell File — Lois
• Gunsmoke — Elena, Lulu, Bonnie Mae Haley
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Emma Newton

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2018Olympia — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• 2007Lynch 2 — Self
• 2000Best Actress — Self
• Vicki! — Self
• Pebble Mill — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member