Laura Dern's father, Bruce Dern, is paying tribute to his late ex-wife, Diane Ladd. "Diane was a tremendous actress and I feel like, a bit of a 'hidden treasure' until she ran into David Lynch," Bruce, 89, said in a statement to Us Weekly on Monday, November 3. "When he cast her as Laura's mom in Wild at Heart it felt like the world then really understood her brilliance. She was a great value as a decades-long board member of SAG, giving a real actress' point of view.