Rest in peace; enjoyed her work.
Diane Keaton (
née Hall; January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025) was an American actress. She received
various accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including an
Academy Award, a
BAFTA Award, and two
Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two
Emmy Awards, and a
Tony Award. She was honored with the
Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 2007 and an
AFI Life Achievement Award in 2017.
Keaton's career began on stage when she appeared in the original 1968
Broadway production of the musical
Hair. The next year she was nominated for a
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in
Woody Allen's comic play
Play It Again, Sam. She then made her screen debut in a small role in
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970), before rising to prominence with her first major film role as
Kay Adams-Corleone in
Francis Ford Coppola's
The Godfather (1972), a role she reprised in its sequels
Part II (1974) and
Part III (1990). She frequently collaborated with
Woody Allen, beginning with the film adaptation of
Play It Again, Sam (1972). Her next two films with him,
Sleeper (1973) and
Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actress, while her fourth,
Annie Hall (1977), won her the
Academy Award for Best Actress.
Keaton was further Oscar-nominated for her roles as activist
Louise Bryant in
Reds (1981), a
leukemia patient in
Marvin's Room (1996), and a dramatist in
Something's Gotta Give (2003). She was known for her roles in dramatic films such as
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977),
Interiors (1978), and
Crimes of the Heart (1986), as well as comedic roles in
Manhattan (1979),
Baby Boom (1987),
Father of the Bride (1991), its
1995 sequel,
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993),
The First Wives Club (1996),
The Family Stone (2005),
Finding Dory (2016), and
Book Club (2018).