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Laura Dern and her kids joined her father, Bruce Dern, for a uncommon family reddish carpet quality astatine nan 2026 Cannes Film Festival Wednesday.
The “Big Little Lies” character and her children — boy Ellery, 24, and girl Jaya, 21 — supported Bruce, 89, astatine nan premiere of nan Mike Mendez-directed documentary, “Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern.”
Bruce held connected to Laura, 59, and Ellery connected nan reddish carpet, wearing a achromatic tuxedo and a bowtie. He besides rocked a Los Angeles Dodgers shot headdress arsenic he smiled large for nan cameras.
Laura, meanwhile, looked glitter successful a metallic gown pinch a sheer overlay. Jaya beamed beside her mother successful a striped black-and-white dress, while Ellery matched his grandpa successful a achromatic tuxedo, which he paired pinch a stylish skinny tie.
“Dernsie” chronicles Bruce’s legendary acting profession arsenic good arsenic his individual life.
The “Nebraska” character has been joined 3 times, first to Marie Dawn Pierce from 1957 to 1959 and past to late character Diane Ladd from 1960 to 1969. He joined Andrea Beckett nan aforesaid twelvemonth he divided Ladd, and they’ve been together ever since.
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Bruce and Ladd had 2 children during their national — Laura and their first daughter, Diane Elizabeth, who died tragically successful 1962 erstwhile she was conscionable 1 twelvemonth old.
Bruce shared really he recovered retired nan devastating news of his eldest daughter’s decease successful “Dernsie.” Diane Elizabeth was pinch nan family’s maid erstwhile she opened nan gross to their swimming excavation while nan maid took a telephone call.
“My woman was astatine a Dodgers game; I was astatine a way meet astatine nan Coliseum,” Bruce recalled successful nan film, per People. “I was told complete nan loudspeaker to spell to nan desk, and immoderate plainclothes bull said to me, ‘Are you Bruce Dern?’ And I said ‘Yes,’ and he said, ‘You should spell location correct now, because your kid conscionable drowned successful a swimming pool.'”
Bruce said he “never sewage complete it” and that it besides affected his narration pinch Ladd.
“Because Diane and I shared a tragedy, we stayed together longer than we should have, but retired of it, 5 years later, came Laura,” he shared. “About a period later, it was complete for Diane and I, and we ne'er really talked it out. She wasn’t there. I wasn’t there.”
Ladd died successful November 2025 astatine 89 years old. Laura told nan Hollywood Reporter successful a connection astatine nan time: “She was nan top daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, creator and empathetic tone that only dreams could person seemingly created.”
Laura shares her 2 children pinch her ex-husband, vocalist Ben Harper. The 2 sewage joined successful 2005 but divorced successful 2013 aft astir 8 years of marriage.
