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Diane Ladd (1935-2025) Actress, writer, director, author. Diane Ladd was born in Meridian, Mississippi, and died in Ojai, California.

Full Name

Diane Ladd

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1935

Birth

Rose Diane Ladner was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on November 29, 1935.

1950s

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Ladd moved to New York City in the 1950s where she worked at various jobs, made guest appearences on various television shows, and made her Off Broadway debut in a revival of Tennessee Williams’s “Orpheus Descending.”

2006

Literary Work

Spiraling Through the School of Life: A Mental, Physical, And Spiritual Discovery
Hay House Inc.
1401907199 / 978-1401907198
Memoir.

2016

Literary Work

A Bad Afternoon for a Piece of Cake
Exxcell Press
0981792065 / 978-0981792064
Collection of ten short stories.

2023

Literary Work

Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
Grand Central Publishing
1538710218 / 978-1538710210
Memoir written by Ms. Ladd and her daughter, Laura Dern.

2025

Death

Diane Ladd died in Ojai, California, on November 3, 2025.

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