Diane Keaton
Acting • Born 1946-01-05 – Died 2025-10-11
Biography
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).
Filmography
101 credits
The Godfather Part II
Movie • 1974
Kay Corleone
The Godfather Part III
Movie • 1990
Kay Adams
Because I Said So
Movie • 2007
Daphne
Annie Hall
Movie • 1977
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Movie • 1979
Mary Wilkie
Hanging Up
Movie • 2000
Georgia Mozell
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Movie • 1993
Carol Lipton
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Annie MacDuggan Paradis
Baby Boom
Movie • 1987
J.C. Wiatt
Sleeper
Movie • 1973
Luna Schlosser
Love and Death
Movie • 1975
Sonja
Town & Country
Movie • 2001
Ellie Stoddard
Play It Again, Sam
Movie • 1972
Linda Christie
Something's Gotta Give
Movie • 2003
Erica Barry
Father of the Bride
Movie • 1991
Nina Banks
Father of the Bride Part II
Movie • 1995
Nina Banks
Mrs. Soffel
Movie • 1984
Kate Soffel
Look Who's Talking Now!
Movie • 1993
Daphne (voice)
Mad Money
Movie • 2008
Bridget Cardigan
The Little Drummer Girl
Movie • 1984
Charlie
The Family Stone
Movie • 2005
Sybil Stone
Summer Camp
Movie • 2024
Nora
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Movie • 2016
Kay Adams-Corleone
Marvin's Room
Movie • 1996
Bessie Wakefield
Mama's Boy
Movie • 2007
Jan Mannus
Plan B
Movie • 2002
Fran Varecchio
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie • 1980
Self (archive footage)
Lovers and Other Strangers
Movie • 1970
Joan Vecchio
Interiors
Movie • 1978
Renata
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Movie • 1977
Theresa
Morning Glory
Movie • 2010
Colleen Peck
Smother
Movie • 2008
Marilyn Cooper
The Other Sister
Movie • 1999
Elizabeth Tate
Crimes of the Heart
Movie • 1986
Lenny Magrath
Reds
Movie • 1981
Louise Bryant
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie • 2011
Self
Arthur's Whisky
Movie • 2024
Linda
Shoot the Moon
Movie • 1982
Faith Dunlap
Surrender, Dorothy
Movie • 2006
Natalie Swerdlow
Running Mates
Movie • 1992
Aggie Snow
The Godfather
Movie • 1972
Kay Adams
The Big Wedding
Movie • 2013
Ellie Griffin
Darling Companion
Movie • 2012
Beth
The Good Mother
Movie • 1988
Anna Dunlop
The Lemon Sisters
Movie • 1990
Eloise Hamer
Finding Dory
Movie • 2016
Jenny (voice)
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Movie • 1976
Lissa Chestnut
Crossed Over
Movie • 2002
Beverly Lowry
I Will, I Will...For Now
Movie • 1976
Katie Bingham
On Thin Ice
Movie • 2003
Patsy McCartle
Maybe I Do
Movie • 2023
Grace
Sister Mary Explains It All
Movie • 2001
Sister Mary Ignatius
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Movie • 2023
Diane
And So It Goes
Movie • 2014
Leah
The Only Thrill
Movie • 1997
Carol Fritzsimmons
Radio Days
Movie • 1987
New Year's Singer
Northern Lights
Movie • 1998
Roberta Blumstein
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Movie • 1994
Amelia Earhart
5 Flights Up
Movie • 2014
Ruth Carver
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Movie • 1971
Renata Wallinger
Love the Coopers
Movie • 2015
Charlotte Cooper
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 1971
Self
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Movie • 1990
Self / Kay Adams
Hampstead
Movie • 2017
Emily Walters
Book Club
Movie • 2018
Diane
Poms
Movie • 2019
Martha
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
Movie • 1992
Kay Adams
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Movie • 2020
Sara
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Movie • 2020
Nina Banks
The Wizard of Malta
Movie • 1981
Narrator
Mack & Rita
Movie • 2022
Rita
Unforgettable
Movie • 2010
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Terminal Impact
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Artist in Residence
Movie
Toni Beckworth
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Diane Britt
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Mannix
TV • 1967
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Frances Nevins (segment "Room with a View")
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1997
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Young Pope
TV • 2016
Sister Mary
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
TV • 1977
Kay Adams-Corleone
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Green Eggs and Ham
TV • 2019
Michellee (voice)
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
TV • 2024
Self - Actress
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Louise
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self