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).

On this day in movie history - White Lightning (1973):

White Lightning

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by William W. Norton,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1973.
Music by Charles Bernstein.

Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Louise Latham, Diane Ladd, R.G. Armstrong, Conlan Carter, Dabbs Greer, Lincoln Demyan, John Steadman, Iris Korn, Stephanie Burchfield, Barbara Muller, Robert Ginnaven, Fay Martin, Richard Allin, Bill Bond, Sherry Boucher, Glenn R. Wilder, Dick Ziker, Buddy Joe Hooker, Cathy Finley, Laura Dern, Bob Meriwether.