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Diane Ladd

(1935–2025) Actor United States

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Diane Ladd was an actor from the United States, best known for Honey, Baby, Mine.

Quick Facts About Diane Ladd

Born: November 29, 1935
Died: November 3, 2025
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Honey, Baby, Mine
Spouse: Bruce Dern

About Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd was an American actress. With a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in over 200 films and television shows, receiving three Academy Award nominations for her roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Wild at Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991), the first of which won her a BAFTA Award. She was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards, winning one for her role in the sitcom Alice (1980–1981).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Diane Ladd

If I can help one person in this world, then it's enough, and I've done my job.

Done

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Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

Enough

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Chemotherapy is such a hard, hard kiss. Anything we can do to alleviate its side effects should be intelligently explored with an…

Alleviate

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You know what I did? I turned down an offer to do 'Enemy of the People' with Steve McQueen. It doesn't matter…

Adds

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To work with someone you love is something special, an incredible experience. But it could be a negative. You have to make…

Airplane

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Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

Dirt

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I had to force myself not to be overly protective because I had lost one child.

Because

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What the advertisers are trying to do by eliminating residuals is the most appalling form of greed that I cry thinking about…

About

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I lost many a role to actresses who couldn't do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

Actress

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I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.

Actresses

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I wanted to do 'Texas Trilogy' on stage. But it didn't do well in New York. In fact, it did very badly…

Author

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I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.

Accent

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The big thrillers may make people aware of the violence in the society, and I guess that serves a purpose.

Aware

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I wanted to be a district attorney and solve hidden problems or maybe even be a leper-colony missionary and save people.

Attorney

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If you try to talk about yourself honestly when you're an actor, you come off as stuck on yourself.

About

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It took 17 years to get 'Rambling Rose' made from the time Calder Willingham wrote the script adapted from his novel. Ed…

Adapted

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I always had a trunk full of good reviews. I'd get magnificent reviews, and I'd be standing out on the unemployment line!

Always

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Did any agents ever put Diane Ladd up for some of the great parts, even though she always got great reviews? No!…

Agents

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We all have the same destiny. The difference is opening ourselves up to possibilities to joy, hope, and happiness along the way.…

Advantage

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Maureen O'Sullivan did 'Hannah and Her Sisters' with Mia Farrow, her daughter, but O'Sullivan had a very minor role.

Children

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For 30 years, which I never talked about in Hollywood, I actually worked with doctors lecturing and doing some medical intuitive counseling…

About

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They do awful things in the press. One newspaper in England said I was 12 years older than I am, and I…

Am

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After all these years in the business, I really feel that actors are used. People treat actors worse than they treat children.…

Actor

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I really can't stand not to be loved. I really can't. If I walk into a room and feel there are people…

Feel

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My personality just steps away, and I'm in direct connection when I'm on stage.

Away

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