Emerging from a Mississippi childhood as Rose Diane Ladner, she entered the performing arts after a 1953 New Orleans production of Tobacco Road and soon moved to New York, where stage and screen work launched a seven-decade career. Early television included the role of Kitty Styles on The Secret Storm, while her film breakthrough came with Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974) and a supporting-actress… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Chinatown 1974 Joy 2015 Young Sheldon 2017 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 Series ★ 8.1 Faerie Tale Theatre 1982
Mother Series ★ 7.8 Chesapeake Shores 2016
Nell O'Brien ★ 7.7 Gigi & Nate 2022
Mama Blanche ★ 7.7 The World's Fastest Indian 2005
Ada Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Miss Frances Series ★ 7.6 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1993
Charlotte Cooper Series ★ 7.4 Father Dowling Mysteries 1989
★ 7.3 The Last Full Measure 2020
Alice Pitsenbarger Series ★ 7.3 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones 1980
Lynette Jones Series ★ 7.2 Touched by an Angel 1994
Carolyn Sellers Series ★ 7.2 77 Sunset Strip 1958
★ 7.1 Gracie's Choice 2004
Louela Lawson Series ★ 7 Enlightened 2011
Helen Jellicoe ★ 7 Inland Empire 2006
Marilyn Levens Series ★ 7 L.A. Law 1986
Celeste Bauman Series ★ 7 Daniel Boone 1964
Ronda Cameron Series ★ 6.9 Cold Lazarus 1996
Martina Masdon ★ 6.7 Sophie and the Rising Sun 2016
Ruth Jeffers Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Elena ★ 6.6 Citizen Ruth 1996
Ruth's Mother (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Ghosts of Mississippi 1996
Grandma Caroline Moore ★ 6.5 Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983
Mrs. Nightshade ★ 6.5 Murder, Inc. 1960
Showgirl ★ 6.4 Just Before I Go 2015
Mamma (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Kingdom Hospital 2004
Sally Druse ★ 6.4 Sharing the Secret 2000
Nina's Mother ★ 6.4 The Reivers 1969
Phoebe ★ 6.3 Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II 1997
Aunt Shelly ★ 6.2 28 Days 2000
Bobbie Jean ★ 6.2 Primary Colors 1998
Mamma Stanton ★ 6.2 Rambling Rose 1991
Mrs. Hillyer ★ 6.2 Black Widow 1987
Etta Series ★ 6.2 The Love Boat 1977
Ruby Gibson ★ 6.2 White Lightning 1973
Maggie Series ★ 6.2 The Big Valley 1965
Muriel Akely ★ 6.1 Plain Clothes 1988
Jane Melway ★ 6 Nora Roberts' Montana Sky 2007
Bess ★ 5.8 Father Hood 1993
Rita ★ 5.7 40 Pounds of Trouble 1962
Honeymoon Bride (uncredited) ★ 5.6 A Kiss Before Dying 1991
Mrs. Corliss ★ 5.5 Come Early Morning 2006
Nana ★ 5.5 Living with the Dead 2002
Regina Van Praagh ★ 5.5 The Wild Angels 1966
Gaysh ★ 5.3 Daddy and Them 2001
Jewel ★ 5.3 All Night Long 1981
Helen Dupler ★ 4.7 Embryo 1976
Martha Douglas ★ 4.5 Macho Callahan 1971
Girl ★ 4.2 Carnosaur 1993
Dr. Jane Tiptree ★ 4 AmeriGeddon 2016
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