Photo: Harry Chase, Los Angeles Times / CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Diane Ladd is one of those actors who quietly accumulated a body of work so impressive that you almost take her for granted — until you stop and actually count it up. Three Academy Award nominations across nearly two decades, a BAFTA win for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, and then somehow she topped herself with Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose in back-to-back years in the early nineties — that's genuinely extraordinary. She came up from Meridian, Mississippi, built a career on stage before conquering film and television, and brought a kind of lived-in Southern grit to everything she touched. More than 200 screen credits spanning over 70 years, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — she's the definition of a working actor who never stopped working, and whose talent deserved every award she got and then some.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Diane Ladd
- Name (Japanese)
- ダイアン・ラッド
- Reading
- だいあん・らっど
- Born
- November 29, 1935 (age 90)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Boar
- Origin
- Meridian, Mississippi, United States
- Occupation
- actor / film director / stage actor / television actor / writer
2. Background
- High school
- Harrison Central High School
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Diane Ladd born?
Born November 29, 1935 (age 90).
Where is Diane Ladd from?
Diane Ladd is from Meridian, Mississippi, United States.
What does Diane Ladd do?
Diane Ladd works as actor, film director, stage actor, television actor, writer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.