Diane Ladd, Acclaimed Actress and Mother of Laura Dern, Dies at 89

‘She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created,’ Dern said.

Diane Ladd attends the 2016 Summer TCA "Hallmark Event" in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 27, 2016. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Acclaimed actress Diane Ladd, whose career spanned more than six decades, has died at her home in Ojai, California. She was 89.

Her daughter, Oscar-winning actress Laura Dern, confirmed her passing in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother passed with me beside her this morning at her home in Ojai, California,” Dern said.