ACTOR
Diane Ladd
- Known for
- Enlightened (2011), Kingdom Hospital (2004), Rambling Rose (1991), Chesapeake Shores (2016)
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Diane Ladd is an actor best known for Enlightened, Kingdom Hospital and Rambling Rose.
All facts (21)
- #001
In the 1950s, Diane Ladd was a chorus girl at the Copacabana in New York.
- #002
Diane Ladd played the mother of her real-life daughter Laura Dern five times: White Lightning (1973), Wild at Heart (1990), Citizen Ruth (1996), Daddy and Them (2001) and the series Enlightened (2011).
- #003
Diane Ladd was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar three times (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991)). Her daughter Laura Dern appeared in all three films.
- #004
Diane Ladd appeared in Carnosaur (1993) the same year her daughter Laura Dern appeared in another dinosaur film, Jurassic Park (1993).
- #005
Diane Ladd is a Ministerial Counselor with a nutrition certification and a master's degree in Esoteric Psychology.
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On November 1, 2010, Diane Ladd was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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On February 10, 1967, at age 31, Diane Ladd gave birth to her second child, Laura Elizabeth Dern, known as Laura Dern. The child's father is her former husband Bruce Dern.
- #008
Diane Ladd's mother was of half German and half Norwegian descent. Her father, who came from a family with deep roots in South America, had English ancestry as well as distant French and Swiss ancestry. She is a distant cousin of playwright Tennessee Williams.
- #009
When her daughter Laura Dern gave birth to her daughter Jaya Harper on November 28, 2004, with her (now former) husband Ben Harper, Diane Ladd became a grandmother for the second time at age 68.
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On November 27, 1960, at age 25, Diane Ladd gave birth to her first child, Diane Elizabeth Dern. The child died on May 18, 1962. The child's father was her former husband Bruce Dern.
- #011
When her daughter Laura Dern gave birth to her son Ellery Walker Harper on August 10, 2001, with her (now former) husband Ben Harper, Diane Ladd became a grandmother for the first time at age 65.
- #012
Diane Ladd is the former mother-in-law of musician Ben Harper.
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Diane Ladd studied at the Actors Studio in New York.
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Diane Ladd was a cousin of Tennessee Williams.
- #015
Diane Ladd is the only child of housewife and actress Mary Bernadette Ladner (née Anderson) and Preston Paul Ladner, a veterinarian who sold products for poultry and livestock.
- #016
Diane Ladd died one day before the 100th birthday of her National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) co-star Doris Roberts.
- #017
Before making her theater debut in 1959 with the Broadway revival of Orpheus Descending, Diane Ladd was a secretary and a Copa Girl.
- #018
In the 1970s, Diane Ladd founded her own production company.
- #019
Diane Ladd spends part of the year living in the New Age community of Sedona, Arizona.
- #020
Diane Ladd made her film debut in 1961 with Something Wild.
- #021
Diane Ladd's father was a veterinarian, and one of her grandmothers was an expert in medicinal herbs.
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