Diane Keaton

Director / Actress

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Date of Birth: 1946-01-05 (Passed away at age 79)
Nationality: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Awards:

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. 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. Her fourth, the romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. 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).

Mini Bio

Diane Hall Keaton (born Diane Hall; January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025) was an American actress, director and producer. Keaton began her career on stage appearing in the original 1968 Broadway production of the musical Hair. 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. To avoid being typecast as her Annie Hall persona, she appeared in several dramatic films, starring in Looking for Mr. 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).

Backstage

She is not related to Michael Keaton, as her birth name is Diane Hall. She changed her last name to her mother's maiden name as a result, because a Diane Hall was already being registered in the Actors Guild. Coincidentally, Michael Keaton had a similar problem with his natural name when entering the Guild, as his birth name is Michael Douglas (not related to Kirk Douglas's son, Michael Douglas). It is a misconception that he named himself after Diane Keaton. When he needed an alternative surname, he landed on the letter K and thought that Keaton sounded inoffensive enough.
Had a 20-year intermittent relationship with Al Pacino.
Claims she hasn't dated anyone in 35 years. (July 2019)
Has two adopted children: a daughter Dexter Keaton (b. 1995) and a son Duke Keaton (b. 2000).
Was part of the original cast of the Broadway musical "Hair"
Favorite scene: reuniting with Beatty at the train station in Reds (1981).
Among the things she treasures is a tile from James Stewart 's house, which she took when it was being demolished.
Revealed her secret skin cancer surgery. (November 21, 2011)

Movies

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