"OJAI, Calif. -- Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee whose roles ranged from the brash waitress in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" to the protective mother in "Wild at Heart," has died at 89. Ladd's death was announced Monday by daughter, actress Laura Dern, who issued a statement saying her mother and occasional co-star had died at her home in Ojai, California, with Dern at her side."
"A gifted comic and dramatic performer, Ladd had a long career in television and on stage before breaking through as a film performer in Martin Scorsese's 1974 release "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." She earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for her turn as the acerbic, straight-talking Flo, and went on to appears in dozens of movies over the following decades."
Diane Ladd died at 89 at her home in Ojai, California, with daughter Laura Dern at her side. Laura Dern called Ladd an “amazing hero” and “profound gift of a mother,” and described her as the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit. Ladd built a long career in television and on stage before breaking through in Martin Scorsese’s 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, earning an Oscar nomination. She accumulated three Academy Award nominations and credits that include Chinatown, Primary Colors, Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose.
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