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The Academy Award-nominated actor Diane Ladd has died 89 years old.

This star, whose credits included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, passed away at home in Ojai, California. Her passing was announced via an announcement by her child, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern, her daughter.

Her daughter, who performed alongside her mom in a number of films like Rambling Rose, called her “my amazing hero plus my special gift as a mother”, stating that she was by her side as she died.

“She was the greatest mother, daughter, grandmother, star, artist and compassionate soul that felt like a dream come true,” she stated. “We were blessed to have her. Her spirit soars with angels.”

Beginnings and Major Success

Her initial acting years featured small roles on television series including Gunsmoke whereas that decade featured her performing next to actor Jack Nicholson in the classic Chinatown.

That very year, 1974, she shared the screen with actress Ellen Burstyn in Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed dramatic comedy the movie Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Her role landed Ladd an Academy Award nomination as best supporting actress.

Subsequent Years

During the eighties, she was seen in crime thriller the movie Black Widow as well as humorous film National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation while also joining the show Alice, a comedy program based on the film Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.

In the following decade, she was given another supporting actress Oscar nomination for her performance in Lynch’s Wild at Heart in which she portrayed the parent of her biological child Laura Dern’s role. A year later she was awarded a further nomination for her role in the film Rambling Rose that also featured Laura Dern.

“This was the picture that the late Princess Diana chose as her absolutely favorite, and she brought me and Laura to England for a special screening and a celebration in our honor,” Ladd shared about the film Rambling Rose. “She sat with us, taking our hands, with tears, viewing our performance.”

The nineties featured performances in comedy Cemetery Club, a film reuniting her with her co-star Burstyn, the movie Primary Colors, a comedy about politics, with John Travolta and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth where she acted as Dern’s mother again. Those years also earned her Emmy nominations for roles in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the show Grace Under Fire and Touched by an Angel, a drama.

Partnerships with Her Daughter

She persisted in performing alongside her daughter in dramatic comedies Daddy and Them, a movie, Lynch’s Inland Empire, a surreal film and the series by Mike White comedy-drama series Enlightened. She also appeared next to Sandra Bullock in the film 28 Days, Anthony Hopkins, a legend in The World’s Fastest Indian, a film and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy, a biographical drama.

Her more recent television parts included the series Ray Donovan and Young Sheldon.

Behind the Camera

She additionally penned and directed the comedy the movie Mrs Munck which starred her and ex-husband actor Bruce Dern. “Bruce is a great actor,” she mentioned. “It was a privilege to guide him in a film. Indeed, I am the sole female ever to helm a film with her ex. I make a joke: ‘I say ladies, if you want revenge, direct your ex-husband.’ Though I’m just teasing.”

Personal Connections

She was additionally a family member of Tennessee Williams, who she referred to as “a significant impact throughout my life”.

Back in 2018, she received an incorrect diagnosis with lung disease and informed her life expectancy was six months yet she recovered completely once her daughter transferred her to another medical facility.

“Should you harness your suffering and not let it back up like a sore or something, instead apply it to discover, to make the path clearer for personal and collective growth, then you are triumphing,” Ladd expressed.