Stargazing opportunity: Diane Ladd

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Diane Ladd in Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreIf you want a chance to see and hear a first-rate film actress in person, and maybe even ask questions, BookPeople can help you out. Diane Ladd will be reading from and signing her book Spiraling Through the School of Life this Saturday, June 3, at 5 pm.

Diane Ladd is the type of character actress whom you've surely seen in something -- she started acting for TV in 1959 and still takes TV and film roles today. She's been in The Wild Angels, Chinatown, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (above, with the beehive), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and Rambling Rose ... and in Wild at Heart and Citizen Ruth she played Laura Dern's character's mother. She is in fact Dern's real-life mom. I don't know much about her book, but I believe I'd enjoy hearing her talk about her film career.

If you're not up for an in-person appearance, Diane Ladd's Web site contains a lot of fun photos, including one of her from The Wild Angels with her then-husband Bruce Dern.

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