Actress Diane Keaton died, she was 79 years old
The film world mourns Diane Keaton, Woody Allen's muse and star of iconic films such as Annie and I
The film world is in mourning following the death of Diane Keaton at the age of 79, as reported by the American website People, according to which the actress passed away in California from unknown causes. Diane Hall, who was born Diane Hall, worked as an actress, film producer and director in the U.S. She never married but adopted two children: Dexter (1995) and Duke (2000).
Keaton began her career in the theatre, before making her film debut in 1970. She got her first major part playing Kay Adams, the wife of Michael Corleone (played by Al Pacino) in Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece The Godfather (1972). The Californian actress would also take part in the other two films of the trilogy The Godfather - Part II (1974) and The Godfather - Part III (1990).
The association with Woody Allen
Her consecration as a Hollywood star, however, came thanks to her long artistic association with Woody Allen, which began with Try Me Again, Sam, for which she was cast despite being considered too tall. The professional bond with Allen turned into a long relationship: in an interview in the 1990s, the New York director spoke of Diane Keaton as the "greatest love of his life".
There are a total of seven films together with Woody Allen, some of them after their break-up: The Sleepyhead (1973), Love and War (1975), Annie and I (1977), Interiors (1978), Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), Mysterious Murder in Manhattan (1993). The performance in Annie and I earned the actress a Oscar 1978 for Best Actress and a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award.
From Warren Beatty to Jack Nicholson
At the turn of the 1970s and 1990s, Keaton was also notable for her performances in Richard Brooks' In Search of Mr. Goodbar (1977), Alan Parker's Shooting at the Moon (1982) and Gillian Armstrong's Winter Escape (1984). In 1978 Keaton left Allen and began a relationship with Warren Beatty, with whom she filmed Reds in 1981, which earned her the second Oscar nomination of her career for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress. Her third Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role came in 1997 for the film Marvin's Room, starring a very young Leonardo Di Caprio.
