Diane LaddAKA:
Rose Diane Ladner
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American Birthdate:
11/29/1932 Birthplace:
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biography
A stage-trained blonde character player, Diane Ladd first garnered attention in 1974 with her roles in "Chinatown" and "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore". In the former, she was a woman of mystery while in the latter she delivered a scene-stealing turn as the wisecracking waitress Flo, a role that earned her an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress. "Discovered" by actor John Carradine who cast her in a production of "Tobacco Road", the Mississippi native moved to NYC where she enrolled at The Actors Studio and supported herself as a model and dancer at the Copacabana. She landed her
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milestones
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Milestone
Stage debut in "The Verdict" in Meridian, Missippi
"Discovered" by John Carradine while performing at the Galley Circle Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana
Cast by Carradine in his production of "Tobacco Road"
Worked as a model and as a Copacabana nightclub dancer
1956
Early TV credit, a guest appearance on the syndicated "Big Story"
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