Diane Keaton, the actor beloved for her roles within the “Godfather” movies and “Annie Corridor,” has died on the age of 79, her daughter confirmed to NBC Information.
Dexter Keaton stated the household is in search of privateness and had no additional remark.
Diane Keaton, recognized for her wit, humor and glowing appeal, was a longtime Hollywood star with a profession spanning six a long time.
She gained the Oscar for her function in Woody Allen’s rom-com “Annie Corridor” in 1977, and was nominated three different occasions for her roles in “Reds,” “Marvin’s Room” and “One thing’s Gotta Give.”
Born in Los Angeles, she studied drama at Santa Ana School and dropped out to pursue appearing in New York. She was solid in Woody Allen’s Broadway play “Play It Once more, Sam” in 1968, setting her on a course for stardom, in response to IMDb.
Her first main big-screen roles got here in 1972 with the movie “Play It Once more, Sam” and as Kay Adams within the iconic movie “The Godfather.”
Keaton was prolific on the large display screen, cementing a reputation for herself by starring in a few of Hollywood’s most beloved movies.
She performed Nina Banks, the spouse of George Banks, performed by Steve Martin, within the 1991 movie “Father of the Bride” in addition to the 1995 sequel “Father of the Bride Half II.” She appeared as Annie MacDuggan Paradis within the 1996 comedy “The First Wives Membership” alongside Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler, and performed Erica Barry in Nancy Meyers’ 2003 rom-com “One thing’s Gotta Give” reverse Jack Nicholson.
She was additionally beloved for the 2018 comedy film “Ebook Membership,” which adopted the antics of 4 lifelong mates, performed by Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen.
Keaton by no means married, however was romantically linked to Allen, Warren Beatty and Al Pacino.
Reflecting on her romantic life, she instructed Folks journal in 2019: [“I’m not sad] as a result of I believe that I wanted extra of a maternal side. … “I don’t assume it might have been a good suggestion for me to have married, and I’m actually glad I didn’t, and I’m certain they’re joyful about it, too.”
“I’m an odd ball,” she instructed the journal. “I keep in mind someday in highschool, this man got here as much as me and stated, ‘In the future you’re going to make a very good spouse.’ And I assumed, ‘I don’t need to be a spouse. No.’”
She is survived by her two kids, daughter Dexter and son Duke, whom she adopted when she was in her 50s, in response to the journal.
Tributes poured in for the star on Saturday.
Midler remembered her former co-star as “sensible, stunning and extraordinary.”
“I can’t inform you how unbearably unhappy this makes me. She was hilarious, an entire authentic, and fully with out guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have anticipated from such a star. What you noticed was who she was…oh, la, lala!” Midler wrote on Instagram.
“Father of the Bride” co-star Kimberly Williams Paisley wrote on Instagram: “Diane, working with you’ll all the time be one of many highlights of my life. You might be one in every of a sort, and it was thrilling to be in your orbit for a time.”
“Ebook Membership” co-star Steenburgen remembered Keaton as “magic.”
“There was nobody, nor will there ever be, anybody like her. I cherished her and felt blessed to be her pal. My like to her household. What a marvel she was!!!” she stated in a press release.
Fellow “Ebook Membership” co-star Fonda stated in a press release: “It’s arduous to consider … or settle for … that Diane has handed. She was all the time a spark of life and lightweight, consistently guffawing at her personal foibles, being limitlessly artistic … in her appearing, her wardrobe, her books, her mates, her houses, her library. Distinctive is what she was. And, although she didn’t realize it or wouldn’t admit it, man she was a superb actress!”
Ben Stiller honored Keaton as “one of many biggest movie actors ever.”
Kate Hudson shared a clip from “The First Wives Membership” on Instagram with the caption: “We love you a lot Diane.”
Actor Viola Davis wrote on Instagram: “No!! No!!! No!! God, not but, NO!!! Man… you outlined womanhood. The pathos, humor, levity, your ever-present youthfulness and vulnerability — you tattooed your SOUL into each function, making it not possible to think about anybody else inhabiting them. You had been undeniably, unapologetically YOU!!! Beloved you.”
