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Diane Ladd
Age
80
Birthday
Nov. 29th, 1932
Born in
Meridian, Mississippi, USA
Height
5' 7"
Diane Ladd's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2008 - Jake's Corner2006 - Inland Empire 2006 - Come Early Morning 2005 - The World's Fastest Indian 2001 - Daddy and Them 2000 - 28 Days 1998 - Primary Colors 1996 - Citizen Ruth 1996 - Ghosts of Mississippi 1993 - Carnosaur 1991 - Rambling Rose 1991 - A Kiss Before Dying 1990 - Wild at Heart 1989 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1987 - Black Widow 1983 - Something Wicked This Way Comes 1974 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 - Chinatown 1973 - White Lightning 1970 - The Rebel Rousers 1969 - The Reivers 1966 - The Wild Angels 1962 - 40 Pounds of Trouble 1960 - Murder, Inc. |
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TRIVIA:
- Had two daughters by ex-husband 'Bruce Dern' (qv). Her first daughter, born in 1961, accidentally drowned at the age of 18 months, years before second daughter, 'Laura Dern' (qv), was born in 1967.
- She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress three times (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore; _Wild at Heart (1990)_ (qv); and _Rambling Rose (1991)_ (qv)). All three movies also starred her daughter 'Laura Dern' (qv).
- Played mother to real-life daughter 'Laura Dern' (qv) in 4 movies: _Citizen Ruth (1996)_ (qv), _Daddy and Them (2001)_ (qv), _Wild at Heart (1990)_ (qv) and _White Lightning (1973)_ (qv).
- Appeared in the film _Carnosaur (1993)_ (qv), the same year that her daughter, 'Laura Dern' (qv), appeared in another dinosaur film, _Jurassic Park (1993)_ (qv).
- Was a chorus girl at NYC's Copacabana in the 1950s.
- Hers and her daughter's ('Laura Dern' (qv)) Oscar nominations for _Rambling Rose (1991)_ (qv) mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received Oscar nominations for the same movie.
- Measurements: 34 1/2-22-34 (as a 1950s pin-up) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
- Her ancestry includes French, Cherokee and English.





