Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner; November 29, 1935) is an American actress from Meridian, Mississippi, best known for her Academy Award-nominated performances in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Wild at Heart, and Rambling Rose.
A cousin of Tennessee Williams, Ladd was previously married to Bruce Dern and William A. Shea Jr. and is currently married to Robert Charles Hunter. She has two children, including actress Laura Dern.
Filmography:
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Film Roles
- Something Wild (Uncredited Role)
- Forty Pounds Of Trouble as Young Bride on Honeymoon (uncredited)
- The Wild Angels as Gaysh
- The Reivers as Phoebe
- The Rebel Rousers as Karen
- Macho Callahan as Girl
- WUSA as Barmaid at Railroad station (uncredited)
- The Steagle as Mrs. Forbes
- The Devils Daughter as Alice Shaw (TV Movie)
- White Lightning as Maggie
- Chinatown as Ida Sessions
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Flo
- Embryo as Martha Douglas
- The November Plan as Laura Taylor (TV Movie)
- Thaddeus Rose And Eddie as Carlotta (TV Movie)
- All Night Long as Helen Dupler
- Something Wicked This Way Comes as Mrs. Nightshade
- Black Widow (1987) as Etta
- Plan Clothes as Jane Melway
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as Nora
- Wild at Heart as Marietta Fortune
- A Kiss Before Dying as Mrs. Corliss
- Rambling Rose as Mother
- Forever 1992 as Mabel Normand
- Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me as Lucille
- Spies Inc as Alice
- The Cemetery Club as Lucille Rubin
- Carnosaur as Dr. Jane Tiptree
- Father Hood as Rita
- Mrs Munck as Mrs. Munck
- Raging Angels as Sister Kate
- Mother 1995 as Olivia Hendrix
- Citizen Ruth as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)
- The Siege At Ruby Ridge as Irma Coulter (TV Movie)
- Ghosts of Mississippi as Grandma Caroline Moore
- Breach Of Faith A Family Of Cops II as Aunt Shelly Fein (TV Movie)
- James Dean Race With Destiny as Mama Pierangeli
- The Wrestling Game as Berthe Erica Crow (TV Movie)
- Primary Colors as Mamma Stanton
- The Staircase as Sister Margaret (TV Movie)
- Cant Be Heaven as Nona Gina
- Twenty Eight Days 2000 as Bobbie Jean
- The Law Of Enclosures as Bea
- Daddy And Them as Jewel
- Rain as Audrey Turnquick
- Redemption Of The Ghost as Aunt Helen
- More Than Puppy Love as Aunt Edna
- Living With The Dead as Regina Van Praagh (TV Movie)
- Charlies War as Jobie
- Gracie's Choice as Louela Lawson (TV Movie)
- The World's Fastest Indian as Ada
- Come Early Morning as Nana
- When I Find The Ocean as Edna
- Inland Empire as Marilyn Levens
- Montana Sky as Bess (TV Movie)
- Jakes Corner as Fran
- American Cowslip as Roe
- Just Before I Go as Mamma (uncredited)
- I Dream Too Much as Vera
- Joy (2015) as Mimi
- Sophie And The Rising Sun as Ruth Jeffers
- AmeriGeddon as Betty
- Boonville Redemption as Grandma Mary
- Christmas Lost And Found as Grandma Frances (TV Movie)
- The Last Full Measure as Alice Pitsenbarger
- Gracie's Choice as Louella Larson
Television Roles
- The Big Story as Vera (1 episode)
- The Secret Storm as Kitty Styles #2 (1971-1972)
- Decoy as Selma Richmond (1 episode)
- Naked City as Kathie Mills/Yankee Cretias (2 episodes)
- The Detectives as Gloria Tyler (1 episode)
- Perry Mason as Miss Frances (1 episode)
- Mr Novak as Mrs. Otis (1 episode)
- Hazel as Sharlene (1 episode)
- The Fugitive as Stella (1 episode)
- The Great Adventure as Annie Thompson (1 episode)
- Daniel Boone as Ronda Cameron (1 episode)
- Shane as Amy Sloate (1 episode)
- The Big Valley as Muriel Akely (1 episode)
- Gunsmoke as Bonnie Mae Haley/Lulu/Elena Kerlin (3 episodes)
- Ironside (1967) as Peggy Barnard (1 episode)
- Then Came Bronson as Valerie Faber (1 episode)
- Movin' On as Amy (1 episode)
- City Of Angels as Laura (2 episodes)
- Black Beauty as Amelia Gordon
- Alice (1976) as Belle Dupree (23 episodes)
- The Love Boat as Christa Johanson/Bernice Bronson/Rudy Gibson (3 episodes)
- Father Dowling Mysteries as Arlene (1 episode)
- In the Heat of the Night as Maybelle Cheseboro (1 episode)
- L.A. Law as Celeste Bauman (1 episode)
- Harts Of The West as Alison's Mom (1 episode)
- Sisters as Belle Adderly (1 episode)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Charlotte Cooper (2 episodes)
- Cold Lazarus as Martina Masdon (3 episodes)
- Touched by an Angel as Carolyn Sellers (1 episode)
- Grace Under Fire as Louise Burdette (2 episodes)
- Strong Medicine as Annabelle Lee Stowe (2 episodes)
- Kingdom Hospital as Sally Druse
- Cold Case as Zelda Amatuzzi 2005 (1 episode)
- ER as Mrs. Pooler (1 episode)
- Deadtimes Stories as Barnsey (1 episode)
- Enlightened as Helen Jellicoe
- Ray Donovan as Motel Lady (1 episode)
- Chesapeake Shores as Nell O'Brien
