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Diane Ladd, actress and mother to Laura Dern, has died at 89

She was best known for the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Ladd was nominated for three Oscars and three Emmys over the course of her career

Diane Ladd, actress and mother to Laura Dern , has died. She was 89 years old.

"My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, Diane Ladd, passed with me beside her this morning, at her home in Ojai, Calif.," Dern, 58, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE on Monday, Nov. 3.

"She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created," she added. "We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now."

Ladd's numerous movie and TV credits included Alice Doesn't Live Her

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