How the Dern Family Survived Career Setbacks, Embarrassing Set Moments

6:11 PM PDT 10/28/2010 by Randee Dawn

The Dern clan made history when Diane and Laura were nominated for Oscars in '91, and they're doing it again -- along with Bruce -- with a trio of stars on the Walk of Fame, Nov. 1.

It would be surprising if Laura Dern had not become an actress. At 7, she was already shuttling between her parents' movie sets -- which one summer in the mid-'70s meant exposure to dad Bruce Dern in Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot and mom Diane Ladd in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.