Diane Keaton, the idiosyncratic actor who collaborated with directors ranging from Woody Allen to Francis Ford Coppola to Nancy Meyers, has died, People reports. She was 79 years old.
Born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946, Keaton first rose to stardom on Broadway, as a member of the original cast of counter culture musical Hair. Her first film role came a few years later, when Coppola cast her as Kay Corleone in The Godfather; she also appeared in both sequels to the 1972 film. That same year, Keaton’s cinematic collaboration with Allen began, with the film adaptation of his play Play It Again, Sam. She’d go on to star in many of his other films, winning the Best Actress Academy Award in 1977 for her work in Annie Hall.
Over the course of her career, Diane Keaton also won a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globes (Annie Hall and 2003’s Something’s Gotta Give) , and a Tony Award, among other honors. She was also well known as a style icon for her trendsetting mix of traditionally masculine garb in unexpected proportions. “When you think of Diane, you think of these great pieces of clothing,” designer Michael Kors said of Keaton in 2014.
Keaton was also a photographer and writer, penning memoirs Then Again, Brother & Sister, and Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty. Speaking with Vanity Fair in support of the latter book, Keaton said that her most marked characteristic was “Insecurity in conjunction with ambition.” When asked what her favorite occupation was, she responded “Seeing. As Walker Evans said, ‘Look! We don’t have that much time.’”
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