"She was an underrated actress, too rarely mentioned among the greats, but the truth is she was as reliable as anyone in her generation. She never felt false. You couldn't see the strings as you do when so many performers try to step into the shoes of "real people." She sought truth in her characters and, by doing so, got lost in them."
"Few actresses had Diane Ladd's longevity, with credits across an incredible eight decades, including over 200 projects. Her Mississippi roots served her well when it came to playing characters from the region-she was actually second cousins with Tennessee Williams-but she also sought to leave some of that behind, telling the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1993, "Southern women are supposed to be the greatest wives - next to the Japanese; we were raised to be slaves. I've come a long way.""
On November 30, TCM will air a double feature of Diane Ladd performances: 1974's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and 1991's Rambling Rose, both Oscar-nominated. Ladd delivered grounded, realistic portrayals and specialized in sketching characters who felt like people known in real life. Her Mississippi roots informed many regional roles, and she maintained a career spanning eight decades with credits in over 200 projects. She began acting as a teenager in stage productions and appeared regularly on television in the 1960s. Ladd influenced the legacies of filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Alexander Payne, Roman Polanski, and David Lynch, and remained an outspoken leader in her craft.
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