Bruce Dern Leans on Family at Cannes Premiere

Three generations of the Dern family joined forces on the Cannes red carpet on Wednesday as Bruce and made a rare public appearance together.

Oscar nominee Bruce, 89, was seen lovingly holding onto the arms of Jurassic Park star Laura, 59, and his grandson Ellery Harper, 24, while also seen posing with his granddaughter Jaya Harper, 21.

A frail Bruce cut a suave figure in a tuxedo paired with a LA Dodgers baseball cap - marking the first time he and Laura have been seen together since in November.

Laura looked sensational in a silver gown as she and the children supported Bruce's documentary Dernsie, which chronicles the actor's six decade Hollywood career.

Dernsie, named after a phrase describing Bruce's improv acting, also features appearances from Laura and . 

Laura shares her two  children with ex-husband, musician Ben Harper, who she was married to from 2005-2013. 

Ellery has worked as a model and musician while Jaya is following in her mom's acting footsteps, recently starring in Netflix series, Roommates.

Bruce is a previous Cannes honoree, receiving the Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Nebraska in 2013, a role which also landed him an Oscar nomination.  

He was also Oscar nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978).

Bruce and Ladd welcomed Laura during their nine year marriage from 1960-1969, and the former couple remained great friends.

Following Ladd's death, Bruce said: 'She lived a good life. She saw everything the way it was.

Bruce called Ladd 'funny, clever, gracious' and 'a great teammate to her fellow actors.'

He added, 'But most importantly to me, she was a wonderful mother to our incredible wunderkind daughter. And for that I will be forever grateful to her.'

Bruce, who has worked with Quentin Tarantino on films such as 2015's The Hateful Eight and , said he felt Ladd's star shined brightest working with late auteur David Lynch.

'Diane was a tremendous actress and I feel like, a bit of a "hidden treasure" until she ran into David Lynch,' Bruce said. 

The Great Gatsby star cited Ladd's performance as Marietta Fortune in the- as well as Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe - as a breakout performance.

'When he cast her as Laura's mom in Wild at Heart it felt like the world then really understood her brilliance,' Bruce said.

During their marriage, they tragically lost a one-year-old daughter named Diane in 1962 following a drowning accident.

Ladd, in her joint 2023 book with daughter Laura titled Honey, Baby, Mine, candidly discussed how the tragedy impacted her marriage.

'If you lose a child, it's very hard to cope,' Ladd said. 'We were struggling actors. We could hardly make it.

'We had to stay in the same house where she died because we couldn't afford to leave. His family could have helped us, but they didn't.'

Bruce and Ladd had appeared in motion pictures together including 2009's American Cowslip; 1995's Mrs. Munck; 1970's The Rebel Rousers; and 1966's The Wild Angels.

Bruce, Ladd and Laura were the first trio of relatives to be awarded stars at the same time on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 1, 2010.

'I ask the universe that these three stars right here - when I'm dead and gone or if I'm still alive - that whoever comes and looks at it or stands on it, may the energy of the three of our lives permeate into their foundation and help each and every one fulfill their destiny with joy and love, as I wish for you,' Ladd said as she accepted the honors, according to People.