The death of the three-time Oscar nominee, whose starred in films including Chinatown, was announced by her daughter Laura Dern
Oscar-nominated actor Diane Ladd has died at the age of 89.
The actor, whose credits included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Chinatown and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, died at her home in Ojai, California. The news was announced in a statement shared by her daughter, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern.
Dern, who starred with her mother in a number of films including Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, called her “my amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother”, writing that she was at her bedside as she died.
“She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created,” she wrote. We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.”
