Born on this day – Diane Ladd:

Diane Ladd

Actress

Director

Producer

Writer

November 29, 1935 – November 3, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Bad Afternoon for a Piece of Cake (2016); Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding) (2023); Spiraling Through the School of Life: A Mental, Physical, And Spiritual Discovery (2006).

Movies and television:

10th Anniversary Independent Spirit Awards (1995); 1997 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1997); 28 Days (2000); 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); 7th Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1992); A Conversation with Ellen Burstyn and Diane Ladd (2015); A Kiss Before Dying (1991); A Long Way Home (2003); Addie and the King of Hearts (1976); Alice (1980–1981); Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974); All Night Long (1981); American Cowslip (2009); AmeriGeddon (2016); An Evening at the Improv (1991); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1963); Battle of the Network Stars IX (1980); Best Actress (2000); Biography (2001); Black Beauty (1979); Black Widow (1987); Blue Champagne (2025); Bluegrass (1988); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II (1997); Cannes Film Festival (1990); Can't Be Heaven (1999); Carnosaur (1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebration Family (1987); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2010); Celebrity Page (2018–2020); Charlie's Christmas Wish (2020); Charlie's War (2003); Charming the Hearts of Men (2021); Chesapeake Shores (2016–2022); Chinatown (1974); Christmas Lost and Found (2018); Christy: Choices of the Heart (2001); Christy: Finding Faith (2003); Christy: The Movie (2000); Cinema mil (2005); Citizen Ruth (1996); City of Angels (1976); Cold Case (2005); Cold Lazarus (1996); Come Early Morning (2006); Comic Relief V (1992); Common Ground (2023); Crime of Innocence (1985); Daddy and Them (2001); Damaged Care (2002); Daniel Boone (1966); Deadline (1959); Deadtime Stories (2012); Decoy (1957); Desperate Lives (1982); Dinah! (1975); Directed by (1994); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993–1997); Embryo (1976); Enlightened (2011–2013); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2020); ER (2006); Eye on Entertainment (2012); Faerie Tale Theatre (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1989); Father Hood (1993); Forever (1992); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Gigi & Nate (2022); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2018); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Grace Kelly (1983); Grace Under Fire (1994–1997); Gracie's Choice (2004); Grave Secrets (2013); Great Performances (2020); Gunsmoke (1964–1967); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Harts of the West (1993); Hazel (1963); HBO First Look (2000); Heartland (1989); Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1992); Hollywood Beat (2001); Hollywood First Look (2020); Hollywood Women (1993); Home & Family (2014–2019); Hour Magazine (1981); Hush Little Baby (1994); I Dream Too Much (2015); I Married a Centerfold (1984); In the Heat of the Night (1990); Inland Empire (2006); Into the Night (1991); Ironside (1968); Isle of Hope (2022); Jake's Corner (2008); James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1993); Joy (2015); Joy, Strength and Perseverance (2016); Just Before I Go (2014); Kingdom Hospital (2004); L.A. Law (1993); La tele de tu vida (2007); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1996); Live at Mister Kelly's (2021); Live with Kelly and Mark (2023); Living with the Dead (2002); Love, Death, Elvis & Oz: The Making of 'Wild at Heart' (2004); Macho Callahan (1970); Made in Hollywood (2015); Making American Cowslip (2010); Menace (2008); Middle Ages (1992); Miracle in the Valley (2019); Montana Sky (2007); More Than Puppy Love (2002); Mother (1995); Movin' On (1975); Mr. Novak (1963); Mrs. Munck (1995); Naked City (1958–1959); National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989); Number One on the Call Sheet (2025); Olympia (2018); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Perry Mason (1963); Plain Clothes (1988); Primary Colors (1998); Raging Angels (1995); Rain (2001); Rambling Rose (1991); Ray Donovan (2016); Redemption of the Ghost (2002); Rock Hudson (1990); Route 66 (1998); ScreenSlam (2015); Second Chances: The Making of 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' (2004); Shadow of a Doubt (1991); Shane (1966); Sharing the Secret (2000); Sightings / segment: Healing Hands (1996); Simply Red: Backstage at 'Annie' with Lilla Crawford (2013); Sisters (1993); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983); Something Wild (1961); Sophie and the Rising Sun (2016); Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch (2004); Speechless (2008); Spies Inc. (1992); Stanley (1956); Strong Medicine (2000); Sweetwater (1983); Tavis Smiley (2016); Thaddeus Rose and Eddie (1978); That's My Entertainment (2012); The 12th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2013); The 15th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards (2016); The 1992 Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1992); The 2004 Vision Awards (2004); The 20th Annual Charlie Awards (2006); The 30th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1993); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 44th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (1992); The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 4th Annual Britannia Awards (1993); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The 63th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1991); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 64th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1992); The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012); The 6th Annual Legacy Awards (1994); The Annual American Friends Hebrew University Scopus Awards Honoring Ted Turner (1995); The Big Story (1949–1959); The Big Valley (1967); The British Academy Awards (1976); The Cemetery Club (1993); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Detectives (1961); The Devil's Daughter (1973); The Directors (1999); The Eighth Annual Diversity Awards (2000); The First Annual Actor Studio Awards (1980); The Fugitive (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2021); The Larry Solway Show (1977); The Last Full Measure (2019); The Law of Enclosures (2000); The Lookalike (1990); The Love Boat (1980–1985); The Making of 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' (1983); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1980); The Movie Awards (1991); The November Plan (1976); The Oscars (2020); The Oscars Red Carpet Show (2020); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Rebel Rousers (1970); The Reivers (1969); The Secret Storm (1954–1974); The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996); The Staircase (1998); The Steagle (1971); The Toni Tennille Show (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1992); The Walter Winchell File (1958); The Westing Game (1997); The Wild Angels (1966); The World's Fastest Indian (2005); Then Came Bronson (1969); Touched by an Angel (1997); Vicki! (1993); What's Up Orange County (2015–2018); When I Find the Ocean (2006); When I Find the Ocean: Behind the Scenes (2008); White Lightning (1973); Wide Country (1963); Wild at Heart (1990); Willa (1979); Wogan (1991); World Premiere (2015); WUSA (1970); Young Sheldon (2021); Your New Day (1980).