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Diane Keaton

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Diane Keaton

Born January 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USADied October 11, 202567 films

Diane Hall Keaton (born Diane Hall; January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025) was an American actress, director and producer. Known for her idiosyncratic personality and fashion style, she received various accolades throughout her career spanning over six decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.

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Keaton began her career on stage appearing in the original 1968 Broadway production of the musical Hair. The next year, she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination 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). She rose 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 The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Godfather Part III (1990). The films that most shaped her career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen, beginning with the film adaptation of Play It Again, Sam (1972). Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor. Her fourth, the romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.

To avoid being typecast as her Annie Hall persona, she appeared in several dramatic films, starring in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and Allen's Interiors (1978), and received three more Academy Award nominations for playing feminist activist Louise Bryant in Reds (1981), a woman with leukemia in Marvin's Room (1996), and a dramatist in Something's Gotta Give (2003). Her other popular films include Manhattan (1979), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The First Wives Club (1996), The Family Stone (2005), Morning Glory (2010), Finding Dory (2016) and Book Club (2018).

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The Godfather posterFirst watchThe Godfather19728.7as Kay AdamsSpanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his…View film

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Filmography

67 films as actor
  1. TBAArtist in ResidenceToni Beckworth
  2. 2024Arthur's WhiskyLinda
  3. 2024Summer CampNora
  4. 2023Book Club: The Next ChapterDiane
  5. 2023Maybe I DoGrace
  6. 2022Mack & RitaRita
  7. 2020Love, Weddings & Other DisastersSara
  8. 2020Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)Nina
  9. 2019PomsMartha
  10. 2018Book ClubDiane
  11. 2017HampsteadEmily Walters
  12. 2016Finding DoryJenny (voice)
  13. 2015Love the CoopersCharlotte Cooper
  14. 2014And So It GoesLeah
  15. 20145 Flights UpRuth Carver
  16. 2013The Big WeddingEllie Griffin
  17. 2012Darling CompanionBeth
  18. 2010Morning GloryColleen Peck
  19. 2008SmotherMarilyn Cooper
  20. 2008Mad MoneyBridget Cardigan
  21. 2007Mama's BoyJan Mannus
  22. 2007Because I Said SoDaphne
  23. 2006Surrender, DorothyNatalie Swerdlow
  24. 2005The Family StoneSybil Stone
  25. 2004Terminal ImpactNarrator
  26. 2003Something's Gotta GiveErica Barry
  27. 2003On Thin IcePatsy McCartle
  28. 2002Plan BFran Varecchio
  29. 2002Crossed OverBeverly Lowry
  30. 2001Sister Mary Explains It AllSister Mary Ignatius
  31. 2001Town & CountryEllie Stoddard
  32. 2000Hanging UpGeorgia Mozell
  33. 1999The Other SisterElizabeth Tate
  34. 1998Northern LightsRoberta Blumstein
  35. 1997The Only ThrillCarol Fritzsimmons
  36. 1996Marvin's RoomBessie Wakefield
  37. 1996The First Wives ClubAnnie MacDuggan Paradis
  38. 1995Father of the Bride Part IINina Banks
  39. 1994Amelia Earhart: The Final FlightAmelia Earhart
  40. 1993Look Who's Talking Now!Daphne (voice)
  41. 1993Manhattan Murder MysteryCarol Lipton
  42. 1992The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980Kay Adams-Corleone
  43. 1992Running MatesAggie Snow
  44. 1991Father of the BrideNina Banks
  45. 1990The Godfather Part IIIKay Adams
  46. 1989The Lemon SistersEloise Hamer
  47. 1988The Good MotherAnna Dunlop
  48. 1987Baby BoomJ.C. Wiatt
  49. 1987Radio DaysNew Year's Singer
  50. 1986Crimes of the HeartLenny Magrath
  51. 1984Mrs. SoffelKate Soffel
  52. 1984The Little Drummer GirlCharlie
  53. 1982Shoot the MoonFaith Dunlap
  54. 1981RedsLouise Bryant
  55. 1979ManhattanMary Wilkie
  56. 1978InteriorsRenata
  57. 1977Looking for Mr. GoodbarTheresa
  58. 1977Annie HallAnnie Hall
  59. 1976Harry and Walter Go to New YorkLissa Chestnut
  60. 1976I Will, I Will...For NowKatie Bingham
  61. 1975Love and DeathSonja
  62. 1974The Godfather Part IIKay Corleone
  63. 1973SleeperLuna Schlosser
  64. 1972Play It Again, SamLinda Christie
  65. 1972The GodfatherKay Adams
  66. 1971Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger StoryRenata Wallinger
  67. 1970Lovers and Other StrangersJoan Vecchio