Laura Dern Remembers Her ‘Amazing Hero’ and Mother Diane Ladd
Family, former co-stars, and sometimes both are paying their respects to the late Diane Ladd. Laura Dern, who remembered her “amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother” in a tribute below, starred alongside her mother in some of her most memorable roles, including Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and Wild At Heart; both were nominated for Academy Awards in their respective roles in Rambling Rose, making them the first mother-daughter actresses to be nominated for the same film. Bruce Dern, Ladd’s ex-husband, her Wild Angels co-star, and father to Laura, paid tribute to the “wonderful mother” Ladd was to their daughters. Below, the full statements from Ladd’s family as well as her co-stars from her more recent films, like Isle of Hope.
Laura Dern
“My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in Ojai, Ca.
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.”
Bruce Dern
“Diane was a tremendous actress and I feel like, a bit of a ‘hidden treasure’ until she ran into David Lynch. When he cast her as Laura‘s mom in Wild at Heart it felt like the world then really understood her brilliance.
She was a great value as a decades long board member of SAG, giving a real actress’ point of view.
She lived a good life. She saw everything the way it was. She was a great teammate to her fellow actors. She was funny, clever, gracious.
But most importantly to me, she was a wonderful mother to our incredible wunderkind daughter. And for that I will be forever grateful to her.”
Nancy Sinatara
Meghan Ory
Jessica Lynn Wallace
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