Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton dies at 79
A frequent collaborator with Woody Allen, she played the titular character in his film ‘Annie Hall’, in which he also starred
Actress Diane Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977’s Annie Hall and her role in The Godfather films, has died at the age of 79.
Details were not immediately available and Keaton’s loved ones have asked for privacy, a family spokesperson told People magazine, which confirmed that the actress died on Saturday in California.
Keaton was a frequent collaborator of director Woody Allen, portraying the titular character in Annie Hall, the charming girlfriend of Allen’s comic Alvy Singer.
The film also garnered Oscars for best picture, best director and best original screenplay, cementing Keaton’s place as one of the industry’s top actresses and an offbeat style icon as well.
The actress made her mark co-starring in eight Allen films, from Play It Again, Sam (1972) to Manhattan (1979) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993).
In The Godfather films, she played Kay Adams, the girlfriend and eventual wife of Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone.