People
Diane Ladd
Acting · follow into films and chains
Biography
Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner; November 29, 1935 – November 3, 2025) was an American actress. She appeared in over 200 films and television shows, receiving three Academy Award nominations for her roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990), and Rambling Rose (1991), the first of which won her a BAFTA Award. She was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, winning one for her role in the sitcom Alice (1980–1981). Ladd's other film appearances include Chinatown (1974), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Primary Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and Joy (2015). She was the mother of actress Laura Dern, with her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diane Ladd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Chinatown
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The World's Fastest Indian
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
As Irma Coulter
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
As Nora
Inland Empire
As Marilyn Levens
Wild at Heart
As Marietta Fortune
The Last Full Measure
As Alice Pitsenbarger
Primary Colors
As Mamma Stanton
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
When Finishing Beats Winning
A chain of films where the protagonist loses the official contest but achieves a deeper, personal victory, redefining what it means to go the distance.
8 films
The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority
From a detective's haunted pursuit to a killer's fractured psyche, this chain traces cinema's most intimate crime stories, where the real action happens inside...
8 films
Related people
Collaborators & neighbours
Acted
The Last Full Measure
2020 · Alice Pitsenbarger
Inland Empire
2006 · Marilyn Levens
The World's Fastest Indian
2005 · Ada
Can't Be Heaven
1999 · Nona Gina
Primary Colors
1998 · Mamma Stanton
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996 · Irma Coulter
Wild at Heart
1990 · Marietta Fortune
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
1989 · Nora
Chinatown
1974 · Ida Sessions
The Reivers
1969 · Phoebe