Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd

1935-11-29 Meridian, Mississippi, USA 90 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Diane Ladd (born November 29, 1935) is an American actress, film director, producer and published author. She has appeared in over 120 roles, on television, and in miniseries and feature films, including Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), Rambling Rose (1991), Ghosts of Mississippi, Primary Colors, 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008). Twice divorced and currently married, Ladd is the mother of actress Laura Dern by ex-husb...

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Common Ground

Common Ground

2023

Executive Producer

5.4
Producing

Sobering yet hopeful, Common Ground exposes the interconnectedness of American farming policy, politics, and illness. Follow the solution-driven pligh...

Isle of Hope

Isle of Hope

2022

as Carmen

Acting

A university professor tries to reconcile with her mother after the woman suffers a life-threatening stroke.

Gigi & Nate

Gigi & Nate

2022

as Mama Blanche

7.6
Acting

A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.

Charlie's Christmas Wish

Charlie's Christmas Wish

2020

as Nana

5.9
Acting

Coming home from his last deployment, Sgt. Major John Frost arrives a month early and he’s happy to be home for Christmas. He finds his wife, Jill and...

The Last Full Measure

The Last Full Measure

2020

as Alice Pitsenbarger

7.3
Acting

The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirt...

Christmas Lost and Found

Christmas Lost and Found

2018

as Grandma Frances

5.7
Acting

After years of missing family gatherings, New York City event planner Whitney Kennison (Tiya Sircar) is off to Chicago to spend Christmas with Grandma...

Olympia

Olympia

2018

as Herself

8.0
Acting

Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treas...

I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much

2016

as Vera

4.8
Acting

Dora Welles is an imaginative college grad ready to experience all the excitement of life. Instead she finds herself in snowy upstate New York caring ...

AmeriGeddon

AmeriGeddon

2016

as Betty

4.0
Acting

A dire warning of a wake up call of what might be our future when a globalist terrorist organization aligned with the United Nations disables the Unit...

Sophie and the Rising Sun

Sophie and the Rising Sun

2016

as Ruth Jeffers

6.7
Acting

In a small Southern town in the autumn of 1941, Sophie’s lonely life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their lo...

Joy

Joy

2015

as Mimi

6.5
Acting

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

2012

as Barnsey

2.0
Acting

When four friends set out to bury a dead bird, they dig up a grave that's already occupied and unearth a frightening secret about the scary old lady n...

American Cowslip

American Cowslip

2009

as Roe

5.4
Acting

In Blythe, California, a small town in the remote California desert, Ethan Inglebrink is an eccentric, agoraphobic heroin addict who is obsessed with ...

Jake's Corner

Jake's Corner

2008

as Fran

4.6
Acting

The fictional story of an ex-football star, Johnny Dunn, who moves far from the spotlight after a family tragedy to a small, desert town he owns calle...

Mayerthorpe

2008

as Roszko's mother

5.2
Acting

A semi-fictional story about the shooting of four Canadian RCMP officers during a drug raid in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.

Lynch 2

Lynch 2

2007

as Self

Acting

Follow up of the Lynch documentary on the making of Inland Empire. Released as an extra on the Inland Empire DVD.

Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky

Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky

2007

as Bess

6.0
Acting

The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.

Inland Empire

Inland Empire

2006

as Marilyn Levens

7.0
Acting

As a Hollywood actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.

When I Find the Ocean

When I Find the Ocean

2006

as Edna

10.0
Acting

A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed a...

Come Early Morning

Come Early Morning

2006

as Nana

5.6
Acting

A thirty-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.

The World's Fastest Indian

The World's Fastest Indian

2005

as Ada

7.7
Acting

The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record ...

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart

2004

Acting

A documentary about the making of the movie Wild at Heart, produced for the DVD release of the film.

Kingdom Hospital

Kingdom Hospital

2004

as Sally Druse

6.4
Acting

Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. The story takes place in a hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil ...

Gracie's Choice

Gracie's Choice

2004

as Louela Lawson

7.0
Acting

For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother i...

Charlie's War

Charlie's War

2003

as Jobie

6.0
Acting

Charlie's War is the story of Charlotte Lewis, a woman who is experiencing serious emotional and mental turmoil brought about by nightmares of increas...

A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home

2003

as Mother

5.2
Acting

Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.

Living with the Dead

Living with the Dead

2002

as Regina Van Praagh

5.2
Acting

A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. All telling their story of how...

Redemption of the Ghost

Redemption of the Ghost

2002

9.0
Acting

When convicted embezzler Witt Hampton (Gene Bicknell) escapes from prison, a lonely barn serves as the perfect hideout -- until a pair of tykes stumbl...

Daddy and Them

Daddy and Them

2001

as Jewel

5.4
Acting

Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far f...

Rain

Rain

2001

as Audrey Turnquick

4.0
Acting

A tragedy that tells the story of murder, sex and redemption against the backdrop of a dead-end town.

Can't Be Heaven

Can't Be Heaven

2000

as Nona Gina

5.3
Acting

Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, li...

The Law of Enclosures

The Law of Enclosures

2000

as Bea

5.1
Acting

Story of the same couple, first in their teenage years and then in their twilight years, paradoxically set in the same time during the backdrop of the...

Sharing the Secret

Sharing the Secret

2000

as Nina's Mother

6.3
Acting

A teenage girl, who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends, secretly binges and purges.

28 Days

28 Days

2000

as Bobbie Jean

6.2
Acting

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. Sh...

Best Actress

Best Actress

2000

as Self

1.4
Acting

A Hollywood writer becomes embroiled while investigating into the lives of five fictitious actresses all nominated for the Academy Award for best actr...

More Than Puppy Love

More Than Puppy Love

2000

as Aunt Edna

8.5
Acting

This is the story of a girl, her dog, and a man who needs to regain his self-reliance. Curtis Peterson, a strong, vital man in his late twenties, and ...

The Staircase

The Staircase

1998

as Sister Margaret

7.5
Acting

A mysterious carpenter appears just as a church is in need of repair.

Primary Colors

Primary Colors

1998

as Mamma Stanton

6.3
Acting

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to ...

James Dean: Race with Destiny

James Dean: Race with Destiny

1997

as Mama Pierangeli

6.5
Acting

Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers stars as James Dean, whose remarkable talent and rebel attitude took Hollywood by storm. But as Dean's star begin...

The Westing Game

The Westing Game

1997

as Berthe Erica Crow

7.7
Acting

A girl is angry about having to move to the city, but gets involved in a mystery when a rich neighbor is found dead. His will suggests that one of the...

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

1997

as Aunt Shelly

6.6
Acting

The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off th...

Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

1996

as Grandma Caroline Moore

6.6
Acting

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights...

Citizen Ruth

Citizen Ruth

1996

as Ruth's Mother (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is...

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996

as Irma Coulter

5.1
Acting

A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day sieg...

Raging Angels

Raging Angels

1995

as Sister Kate

2.4
Acting

Two musicians are unknowingly drawn into a supernatural scheme.

Mrs. Munck

Mrs. Munck

1995

as Mrs. Munck

6.3
Acting

A wronged woman takes revenge on her wheelchair bound father-in-law.

Mother

Mother

1995

as Olivia Hendrix

5.4
Acting

Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also disco...

Mother

Mother

1995

Co-Producer

5.4
Producing

Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also disco...

Mrs. Munck

Mrs. Munck

1995

Screenplay, Director

6.3
Writing Directing

A wronged woman takes revenge on her wheelchair bound father-in-law.

Hush Little Baby

Hush Little Baby

1994

as Edie

6.0
Acting

Eddie's baby girl, Susan, was taken from her arms when she was put into a mental hospital for attempted murder on her baby daughter! Thirty five years...

Father Hood

Father Hood

1993

as Rita

5.8
Acting

Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his ide...

Carnosaur

Carnosaur

1993

as Dr. Jane Tiptree

4.2
Acting

After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to rep...

The Cemetery Club

The Cemetery Club

1993

as Lucille Rubin

5.3
Acting

The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.

Spies, Inc.

Spies, Inc.

1992

as Alice

4.3
Acting

Spies from different nationalities stationed in a small Asian island work out a plot to create an international incident taking profit from it. Defrau...

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

1992

as Lucille

4.9
Acting

Eli is a burglar who is caught in the act by Twinkle, an heiress who coerces him into a sexual relationship. Their violent break-up makes him a fugiti...

Forever

Forever

1992

as Mabel Normand

1.9
Acting

A hot-shot music video director moves into a haunted house, where he's seduced and possessed by two alluring and sexy women. One, a beautiful ghost, t...

Rambling Rose

Rambling Rose

1991

as Mrs. Hillyer

6.2
Acting

Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and per...

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1991

as Emma Spencer Newton

5.2
Acting

Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall St...

A Kiss Before Dying

A Kiss Before Dying

1991

as Mrs. Corliss

5.6
Acting

Infatuated with the idea of becoming rich, college student Jonathan Corliss secretly dates Dorothy Carlsson to gain the approval of her wealthy father...

The Lookalike

The Lookalike

1990

as Mary Helen Needam

3.7
Acting

A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

1990

as Marietta Fortune

7.0
Acting

Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a te...

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson

1990

as Kay

5.0
Acting

Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court recor...

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

1989

as Nora

7.2
Acting

It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and th...

Plain Clothes

Plain Clothes

1988

as Jane Melway

6.0
Acting

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings...

Bluegrass

Bluegrass

1988

as Verna Howland

3.5
Acting

A woman tries to be successful in the male-dominated horse racing business. Intrigue, greed, power games and love trying to put stones in her way.

Black Widow

Black Widow

1987

as Etta

6.2
Acting

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But sin...

Crime of Innocence

Crime of Innocence

1985

as Rose Hayward

5.5
Acting

Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that...

I Married a Centerfold

I Married a Centerfold

1984

as Jeanette Bryan

4.2
Acting

Tenacious young engineer flips over the centerfold model he spots on television and embarks on a romantic adventure on a bet with his buddies.

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

1983

as Mother

6.3
Acting

A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

as Mrs. Nightshade

6.4
Acting

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can...

Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly

1983

as Margaret Kelly

6.2
Acting

The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movi...

Desperate Lives

Desperate Lives

1982

as Carol Cameron

6.0
Acting

A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results.

All Night Long

All Night Long

1981

as Helen Dupler

5.2
Acting

Executive George Dupler loses his temper and is demoted to the night manager at a 24 hour drugstore. After he suggests to his teenage son Freddie that...

Willa

Willa

1979

as Mae

3.0
Acting

A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned by her husband, leaves hash-slinging behind her t...

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

Thaddeus Rose and Eddie

1978

as Carlotta

Acting

The adventures of two good old boys from Texas, no-account buddies who are finally forced to face reality for themselves and for their girlfriends.

The November Plan

The November Plan

1977

as Laura Taylor

Acting

A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933.

Embryo

Embryo

1976

as Martha Douglas

4.6
Acting

A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.

Addie and the King of Hearts

Addie and the King of Hearts

1976

as Irene Davis

6.5
Acting

Addie becomes jealous when her widowed father starts to woo a beautician.

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974

as Flo

7.0
Acting

After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself a...

Chinatown

Chinatown

1974

as Ida Sessions

7.9
Acting

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to inve...

White Lightning

White Lightning

1973

as Maggie

6.2
Acting

An ex-con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.

The Devil's Daughter

The Devil's Daughter

1973

as Alice Shaw

6.5
Acting

A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon.

The Steagle

The Steagle

1971

as Mrs. Roberta Forbes

4.8
Acting

In the midst of the Cuban missile crisis, a mild-mannered professor decides to live out all of his daydreams, travelling across the country and adopti...

Macho Callahan

Macho Callahan

1971

as Girl

4.3
Acting

A man tricked into enlisting in the Confederate army is later thrown into a hellish stockade on desertion charges. He eventually breaks out of the pri...

Rebel Rousers

Rebel Rousers

1970

as Karen

4.2
Acting

In a small, US costal town with many Spanish speakers, a motorcycle gang arrives on holiday. Also in town to try to reconnect with his pregnant girlfr...

The Reivers

The Reivers

1969

as Phoebe

6.4
Acting

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a t...

The Wild Angels

The Wild Angels

1966

as Gaysh

5.5
Acting

A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its membe...

40 Pounds of Trouble

40 Pounds of Trouble

1962

as Honeymoon Bride

5.4
Acting

Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.

Murder, Inc.

Murder, Inc.

1960

as Showgirl

6.4
Acting

Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles...