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Diane Ladd, Three-Time Oscar Nominee and Laura Dern’s Mother, Dies at 89

Laura Dern said she died at home in Ojai, a loss that has prompted fresh reflection on her six-decade, three-time Oscar-nominated career.

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Diane Ladd in 1975.
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Actress Diane Ladd touches her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California November 1, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

Overview

  • Laura Dern said Ladd died Monday morning at her home in Ojai, California, with Dern at her side.
  • No cause of death has been disclosed by the family.
  • Ladd earned Academy Award nominations for Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991), plus a BAFTA win and a Golden Globe for TV work.
  • She and Dern collaborated for decades and became the first mother-daughter pair recognized by the Academy for the same film with 1991’s Rambling Rose.
  • Conversations following Ladd’s 2018 diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis led to their 2023 joint memoir, Honey, Baby, Mine, and her husband Robert Charles Hunter died earlier this year.