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Diane Ladd

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Diane Ladd
Coming home from his last deployment, Sgt. Major John Frost arrives a month early due to a PTSD incident and is happy to be home for Christmas. He finds his wife, Jill and son Jimmy too busy to give him the welcome he anticipates. In his absence, they have adopted a dog - a little dog, Charlie, which is not his cup of tea. Jill, owner of Jill's cakes and bakes, has been struggling to pay the bills and has taken on too many holiday parties for her catering business, and forgets an important wedding. John finds solace with the fellow vets at the Moose Lodge until Hank, a retired Vietnam vet, is found by Charlie having suffered a heart attack and is then discovered to be homeless living in tented camp with Capt. Jack. John finds his purpose as he rallies friends, family and community to build a new house for the vets and give them a warm Christmas Eve and a new start on civilian life.
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The amazingly gifted and versatile, Ms. Diane Ladd, received immense praise for her dramatic efforts throughout the course of her electric and unique seventy-year career. Her timeless offbeat charm and beauty reminiscent of a lamented Hollywood Golden Era actress gleam in the most understated roles and continue to make her a sought-after unconventional performer.
BornNovember 29, 1935
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BornNovember 29, 1935
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars
    • 11 wins & 12 nominations total

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Laura Dern and Diane Ladd
Christopher Plummer and Diane Ladd in The Last Full Measure (2019)
Christopher Plummer and Diane Ladd in The Last Full Measure (2019)
William Hurt, Christopher Plummer, Diane Ladd, and Sebastian Stan in The Last Full Measure (2019)
Christopher Plummer, Diane Ladd, Sebastian Stan, and Asher Miles Fallica in The Last Full Measure (2019)
Ted Danson and Diane Ladd in Living with the Dead (2002)
Diane Ladd and Joe Mantell in Chinatown (1974)
Diane Ladd and Harley Jane Kozak in Harts of the West (1993)
Treat Williams and Diane Ladd in Chesapeake Shores (2016)
Ellen Burstyn and Diane Ladd in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Ellen Burstyn, Diane Ladd, Valerie Curtin, and Vic Tayback in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Diane Ladd and Shawn Carson in Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Known for

Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)
Wild at Heart
7.2
  • Marietta Fortune
  • 1990
Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy (2015)
Joy
6.6
  • Mimi
  • 2015
Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown
8.2
  • Ida Sessions
  • 1974
Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
7.3
  • Flo
  • 1974

Credits

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Actress

  • Isle of Hope (2022)
    Isle of Hope
    • Carmen
    • 2022
  • Gigi & Nate (2022)
    Gigi & Nate
    • Mama Blanche
    • 2022
  • Chesapeake Shores (2016)
    Chesapeake Shores
    • Nell O'Brien
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2022
  • Sean Astin, Kelsey Grammer, and Anna Friel in Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)
    Charming the Hearts of Men
    • Alice Paul
    • 2021
  • Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
    Young Sheldon
    • Hortense
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Charlie's Christmas Wish (2020)
    Charlie's Christmas Wish
    • Nana
    • 2020
  • Jeremy Irvine in The Last Full Measure (2019)
    The Last Full Measure
    • Alice Pitsenbarger
    • 2019
  • Diane Ladd and Tiya Sircar in Christmas Lost and Found (2018)
    Christmas Lost and Found
    • Grandma Frances
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Edward Asner, Diane Ladd, Pat Boone, and Richard Tyson in Miracle in the Valley (2016)
    Miracle in the Valley
    • Grandma Mary
    • 2016
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
    • Motel Lady
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • AmeriGeddon (2016)
    AmeriGeddon
    • Betty
    • 2016
  • Lorraine Toussaint, Don Henderson Baker, Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Takashi Yamaguchi, Mickey Dodge, Karen Wheeling Reynolds, and Meredith Jackson in Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016)
    Sophie and the Rising Sun
    • Ruth Jeffers
    • 2016
  • Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy (2015)
    Joy
    • Mimi
    • 2015
  • I Dream Too Much (2015)
    I Dream Too Much
    • Vera
    • 2015
  • Seann William Scott and Olivia Thirlby in Just Before I Go (2014)
    Just Before I Go
    • Mamma (uncredited)
    • 2014

Director

  • Kelly Preston and Bruce Dern in Mrs. Munck (1995)
    Mrs. Munck
    • Director
    • 1995

Writer

  • Kelly Preston and Bruce Dern in Mrs. Munck (1995)
    Mrs. Munck
    • screenplay
    • 1995
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Chinatown
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Chinatown
The World's Fastest Indian
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The World's Fastest Indian
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The World's Fastest Indian
Rambling Rose
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Rambling Rose
Jennifer Lawrence and David O'Russell on 'Joy'
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Jennifer Lawrence and David O'Russell on 'Joy'
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Diane Lad
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • November 29, 1935
    • Meridian, Mississippi, USA
  • Spouses
      Robert Charles HunterFebruary 14, 1999 - present
  • Children
    • Laura Dern
  • Parents
      Mary Lanier
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in an off-Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending".
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    • 1 Pictorial

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    Had two daughters with ex-husband Bruce Dern. Her first daughter, Diane Elizabeth Dern was born on November 27, 1960, tragically died at the age of 17 1/2 months after accidentally falling into the family pool and hitting her head causing a massive brain hemorrhage, years before second daughter, Laura Dern, was born in 1967.
  • Quotes
    [on Jean Seberg during the making of Macho Callahan (1970)] She was terribly sensitive, almost like a little girl. We shot in a village outside Mexico City one day, and they set up tables for the cast and crew to eat. These skinny dogs wandered over, and Jean started to feed them off her plate. Someone snapped that you don't do that - not when there were people going hungry. Jean looked awfully hurt and didn't eat for two days after that. I personally considered her a great lady and a wonderful human being. A lady of sensitive, thought-out, careful choice and depth, and select caring.

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