CDA: Diane Ladd

I was saddened to read in The Times about the death of actor Diane Ladd at the age of 89. She had three Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress. First for playing Flo in Alice Doesn't Live Her Anymore. She really knew how to give A Performance, just what you want in a supporting actor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDq48wj9Uk

Here she is off the freaking rails in Wild At Heart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3lxC65wHE

And doing something more measured and understated in Rambling Rose. The Times said she and her daughter Laura Dern were the first (maybe still only) mother/daughter duo to get acting Oscar nominations in the same year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uo8yTTrydU

Her Times obit ended with a great quote. She was asked in 2016 what advice she'd give to succeed in show business. "Nothing's going to be handed to you. You have to fight like a dirty rotten dog."