Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning Star Of Annie Hall And The Godfather, Dies Aged 79

Diane Keaton, 1 of nan best-loved movie stars of nan past 50 years, has died astatine nan property of 79 successful California.

The news was confirmed by People magazine. Further specifications are not disposable astatine this time, and her loved ones person asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson.

An enduring and singular icon of cinema since her Oscar-winning move successful 1977’s Annie Hall – which her director, writer, co-star and erstwhile fellow Woody Allen based heavy connected her ain life – Keaton starred successful immoderate of nan cardinal movies of nan past half century.

Her keen self-deprecation, gift for drama and unique dress consciousness – seldom seen without a hat, turtleneck aliases man’s necktie and wide trousers – made her some highly unsocial and intolerable to emulate.

Her first awesome movie domiciled was other Al Pacino successful Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather – she reprised nan domiciled of Michael Corleone’s woman successful nan 2 sequels. Other Oscar nominations were earned for her performances successful Reds (1981), Marvin’s Room (1996) and Something’s Gotta Give (2003).

Meanwhile, dramas specified arsenic Looking for Mr Goodbar, Shoot nan Moon and The Good Mother established her arsenic an character unafraid of playing difficult and unlikable women.

Keaton and Allen first collaborated connected nan shape type of Play It Again, Sam, for which she was Tony nominated successful 1971, earlier going connected to activity together for 8 films, including Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975) and Manhattan (1979).

In 1993, Keaton took connected nan domiciled written for Mia Farrow successful Manhattan Murder Mystery and remained a staunch protagonist of Allen aft nan accusation by Farrow that he had abused their adopted daughter, Dylan.

Other celebrated and landmark comedies see Baby Boom, Father of nan Bride (and its sequels), The First Wives Club and Book Club.

The sequel to that film, Book Club: The Next Chapter, released successful 2023, looks group to beryllium 1 of nan past projects featuring Keaton. Speaking to nan Guardian to beforehand it, she addressed why she chose to stay truthful prolific, making 7 films since nan commencement of nan pandemic.

“It gives maine an opportunity to get to cognize much group successful a different realm,” she said. “I emotion it. It’s each interesting. It’s ne'er dull, ever, life.”

She besides explained her emotion for photographing doors and abandoned shops, which she said she recovered poignant “because life is haunting! You person an thought successful your mind of what it is, aliases what it should be, aliases what it could be. But it’s not that astatine all! It’s conscionable things going up and down!”

In 1996, Keaton adopted a daughter, Dexter (named aft Cary Grant’s characteristic successful The Philadelphia Story), and, 4 years later, a son, Duke. “Motherhood has wholly changed me,” she said. “It’s conscionable astir for illustration nan astir wholly humbling acquisition that I’ve ever had.” Despite well-publicised relationships pinch immoderate of her co-stars including Pacino and Warren Beatty, she remained unmarried.

Keaton cared for her ain mother from her test pinch Alzheimer’s successful 1993 until her decease successful 2008, and devoted overmuch of her ain autobiographies to recounting her mother’s life and publishing her diaries.

“She was everything to me,” she said of her mother. “She was wonderful. She was my illustration for what you tin do pinch life. She was nan bosom of everything that was best.”

Keaton was besides nan main care-giver to her brother, Randy, who died successful 2021, aft years of mental-health problems.

As good arsenic acting chiefly for nan large screen, Keaton did immoderate TV work, including arsenic a scheming nun successful Jude Law TV bid The Young Pope. She besides had a sideline flipping properties successful nan US, arsenic good arsenic lending her sanction and productivity to ranges of homeware, clothing, glasses and wine.

In 2017, she was fixed a lifetime accomplishment award by nan American Film Institute, successful which she thanked her collaborators and sang Seems Like Old Times, nan opus her characteristic sings successful Annie Hall.

In December 2024, successful what seems apt to beryllium her last capacity shared pinch nan public, Keaton released her first single, a festive opus called First Christmas.