By Patricia Reaney

(Reuters) -American actress Diane Ladd, a triple Academy Award nominee for her supporting roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” “Wild at Heart” and “Rambling Rose,” has died at the age of 89, her daughter said on Monday.

Ladd died at her home in California, said Laura Dern, Ladd’s daughter with ex-husband Bruce Dern. Both Bruce and Laura are also actors.

Ladd was known for playing strong, intelligent and complex women in roles including a sassy waitress, a domineering, mentally ill mother and an eccentric 1930s housewife during a seven-decade career that began on stage in the 1950s.

The tall blonde starred in films such as “White Lightning” (1973), David Lynch’s 1990 crime drama “Wild at Heart” (1990), the black comedy “Citizen Ruth” (1996), “Daddy and Them” (2

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