Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Mother of Laura Dern, Dies at 89

She was a three-time Oscar contender playing strikingly different characters, in one case starring alongside her daughter and fellow nominee, Laura Dern.Diane Ladd in the mid-1960s. In movies like “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Wild at Heart,” her characters ranged from sympathetic to ruthless.