Diane Keaton
Skuespiller, Instruktør, Producer, Forfatter
5. januar 1946 — 11. oktober 2025 (79 år)
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.
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).
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).
Kendt for
Filmography
| 2024 | Arthur's Whisky · as Linda |
| 2024 | Summer Camp · as Nora |
| 2023 | Book Club: The Next Chapter · as Diane |
| 2023 | Maybe I Do · as Grace |
| 2022 | Mack & Rita · as Rita |
| 2020 | Love, Weddings & Other Disasters · as Sara |
| 2020 | Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) · as Nina Banks |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and Ham · as Michellee (voice) |
| 2019 | Poms · as Martha |
| 2018 | Book Club · as Diane |
| 2017 | Hampstead · as Emily Walters |
| 2016 | The Young Pope · as Sister Mary |
| 2016 | For the Love of Spock · as Anna Dunlop |
| 2016 | Finding Dory · as Jenny (voice) |
| 2016 | The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 · as Kay Adams-Corleone |
| 2015 | Love the Coopers · as Charlotte Cooper |
| 2015 | Everything Is Copy · as Georgia |
| 2014 | And So It Goes · as Leah |
| 2014 | 5 Flights Up · as Ruth Carver |
| 2013 | The Big Wedding · as Ellie Griffin |
| 2012 | Darling Companion · as Beth |
| 2011 | Tilda · as Tilda Watski |
| 2010 | Morning Glory · as Colleen Peck |
| 2008 | Smother · as Marilyn CooperPå Plex |
| 2008 | Mad Money · as Bridget Cardigan |
| 2007 | Mama's Boy · as Jan MannusPå Plex |
| 2007 | Because I Said So · as Daphne |
| 2005 | The Family Stone · as Sybil Stone |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Surrender, Dorothy · as Natalie Swerdlow |
| 2003 | Something's Gotta Give · as Erica Barry |
| 2003 | On Thin Ice · as Patsy Mccartle |
| 2002 | Crossed Over · as Beverly LowryPå Plex |
| 2001 | Plan B · as Fran Varecchio |
| 2001 | Sister Mary Explains It All · as Sister Mary Ignatius |
| 2001 | Town & Country · as Ellie Stoddard |
| 2000 | Hanging Up · as Georgia Mozell |
| 1999 | The Other Sister · as Elizabeth Tate |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Northern Lights · as Roberta Blumstein |
| 1997 | The Only Thrill · as Carol FritzsimmonsPå Plex |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room · as Bessie Wakefield |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club · as Annie Macduggan Paradis |
| 1995 | Father of the Bride Part II · as Nina Banks |
| 1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight · as Amelia Earhart |
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now · as Daphne (voice) |
| 1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery · as Carol Lipton |
| 1992 | The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 · as Kay Adams |
| 1992 | Running Mates · as Aggie Snow |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Father of the Bride · as Nina Banks |
| 1990 | The Godfather Part III · as Kay Adams |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks · as Annie Hall |
| 1989 | The Lemon Sisters · as Eloise Hamer |
| 1988 | The Good Mother · as Anna Dunlop |
| 1987 | Baby Boom · as J.c. WiattPå Plex |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Lenny Magrath |
| 1987 | Radio Days · as New Year's Singer |
| 1986 | Crimes of the Heart · as Lenny Magrath |
| 1984 | Mrs. Soffel · as Kate Soffel |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl · as Charlie |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Annie Hall |
| 1982 | Shoot the Moon · as Faith Dunlap |
| 1981 | Reds · as Louise Bryant |
| 1979 | Manhattan · as Mary Wilkie |
| 1978 | Interiors · as Renata |
| 1977 | The Godfather: A Novel for Television · as Kay Adams-Corleone |
| 1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar · as Theresa |
| 1977 | Annie Hall · as Annie Hall |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York · as Lissa Chestnut |
| 1976 | I Will... I Will... For Now · as Katie Bingham |
| 1975 | Love and Death · as Sonja |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II · as Kay Corleone |
| 1973 | Sleeper · as Luna Schlosser |
| 1972 | Play It Again, Sam · as Linda Christie |
| 1972 | The Godfather · as Kay Adams |
| 1972 | Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story · as Renata Wallinger |
| 1970 | Lovers and Other Strangers · as Joan Vecchio |
| 1969 | Night Gallery · as Frances Nevins (segment "room With A View") |
| 1969 | Love, American Style · as Louise |
| 1967 | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. · as Diane Britt |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1991 | WildflowerPå Plex |
| 1990 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | HeavenPå Plex |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak SpecialPå Plex |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Maybe I Do · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2019 | Poms · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Love the Coopers · as Executive Producer |
| 2008 | Smother · as Executive ProducerPå Plex |
| 2005 | Surrender, Dorothy · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | On Thin Ice · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Elephant · as Executive Producer |
| 2001 | |
| 1997 | Northern Lights · as Executive Producer |
| 1989 |
| 1987 | HeavenPå Plex |
| 2002 | Crossed Over · as Co-Executive ProducerPå Plex |