Death Pool Update: Diane Ladd at 89...

[posty 2,830]

https://www.tmz.com/2025/11/03/diane-ladd-dead/

Academy Award-nominated actress Diane Ladd -- actress Laura Dern's mother -- has died at the age of 89.

Ladd, known best for her roles in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and David Lynch's "Wild at Heart," died Monday at her home in Ojai, California, according to a statement from Laura Dern published by The Hollywood Reporter.

Ladd began her career on TV, appearing in various roles beginning in the 1950s, including "The Naked City" and "The Fugitive." She had minor film parts before her career on the silver screen kicked off in the '70s, acting in "White Lightning," "Chinatown," and "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore."

She continued with roles on big and small screens through the decades, including in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," "A Kiss Before Dying," and on TV's "In the Heat of the Night," "L.A. Law," "ER," and "Young Sheldon." Her last film gig was 2022's "Isle of Hope."

In daughter Dern's tribute, Laura wrote her "amazing hero" and "profound gift of a mother" died by her side Monday morning. Diane's cause of death was not released.

Laura wrote ... "She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist, and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created. We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now."

Ladd was 89.

RIP

[thegeneral 3,699]

I read this as Diane Lane and when I saw the photo I was thinking “what the Fock happened to her”. Never hear of this woman.

RIP

[HellToupee 2,295]

18 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

I read this as Diane Lane and when I saw the photo I was thinking “what the Fock happened to her”. Never hear of this woman.

RIP

I thought it was one on Charlie’s Angels

[jerryskids 7,161]

4 hours ago, HellToupee said:

I thought it was one on Charlie’s Angels

That was Cheryl Ladd.

[The Real timschochet 7,505]

If you watched the show Enlightened on HBO (highly recommended; by the same guy who wrote White Lotus) she played Laura Dern’s mom (she’s her mom in real life.) 

[Gepetto 1,466]

I was thinking of Diane from Cheers, but that was the character, played by actress Shelly Long, who is alive.

[MikeMatt 451]

Yous are a bunch of retarts

[Gepetto 1,466]

Oh, I hate Laura Dern's character in Star Wars The Last Jedi. off. Sorry for the actress losing her mother though.

[lickin_starfish 2,020]

Who?