Diane Ladd Biography
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Mother of
Laura Dern.

Had two daughters by ex-husband
Bruce Dern. Her first daughter, born in 1961, accidentally drowned at the age of 18 months, years before second daughter,
Laura Dern, was born in 1967.

First cousin of playwright
Tennessee Williams.

Daughter of
Mary Lanier

Was a chorus girl at NYC's Copacabana in the 1950s

Measurements: 34 1/2-22-34 (as a 1950s pin-up) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Appeared in the film
Carnosaur, the same year that her daughter,
Laura Dern, appeared in another dinosaur film,
Jurassic Park.

Grandchildren: Ellery Walker & Jaya Harper.

She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress three times (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore;
David Lynch's Wild at Heart; and
Rambling Rose). All three movies also starred her daughter
Laura Dern.

Hers and her daughter's (
Laura Dern) Oscar nominations for
Rambling Rose mark the first time a mother and daughter ever received Oscar nominations for the same movie.

Played mother to real-life daughter
Laura Dern in 4 movies:
Citizen Ruth,
Daddy and Them,
David Lynch's Wild at Heart and
White Lightning

Played the original "Flo" - later made famous by
Polly Holliday in the sitcom
Alice - in the motion picture
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and then played Flo's replacement, Belle, on the sitcom

Mother-in-law of musician Ben Harper.
Source provided by imdb (Copyright) - The Internet Movie Database.