Diane Keaton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 5, 1946
- Died
- October 11, 2025
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
- Constance
Constance TBA
Executive Producer
Monty and the Movies TBA
as Self (archive footage)
- Artist in Residence
Artist in Residence TBA
as Toni Beckworth
The Invite 2026
In Memory Of
Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams 2024
as Self
Arthur's Whisky 2024
as Linda
Summer Camp 2024
as Nora, Producer
Book Club: The Next Chapter 2023
as Diane
Maybe I Do 2023
as Grace, Executive Producer
Mack & Rita 2022
as Rita, Producer
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters 2020
as Sara
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) 2020
as Nina
Poms 2019
as Martha, Executive Producer
Book Club 2018
as Diane
Hampstead 2017
as Emily Walters
Finding Dory 2016
as Jenny (voice)
Love the Coopers 2015
as Charlotte Cooper, Executive Producer
And So It Goes 2014
as Leah
5 Flights Up 2014
as Ruth Carver
I Am Divine 2014
as Self (archive)
The Big Wedding 2013
as Ellie Griffin
Darling Companion 2012
as Beth
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2011
as Self
Morning Glory 2010
as Colleen Peck
Unforgettable 2010
as Self
Smother 2008
as Marilyn Cooper, Executive Producer
Mad Money 2008
as Bridget Cardigan
Mama's Boy 2007
as Jan Mannus
Because I Said So 2007
as Daphne
Surrender, Dorothy 2006
as Natalie Swerdlow, Executive Producer
The Family Stone 2005
as Sybil Stone
- Terminal Impact
Terminal Impact 2004
as Narrator
Something's Gotta Give 2003
as Erica Barry
On Thin Ice 2003
as Patsy McCartle, Executive Producer
Elephant 2003
Executive Producer
Plan B 2002
as Fran Varecchio
Crossed Over 2002
as Beverly Lowry, Co-Executive Producer
Sister Mary Explains It All 2001
as Sister Mary Ignatius
Town & Country 2001
as Ellie Stoddard
Hanging Up 2000
as Georgia Mozell, Director
The Other Sister 1999
as Elizabeth Tate
Northern Lights 1998
as Roberta Blumstein, Executive Producer
The Only Thrill 1997
as Carol Fritzsimmons
Marvin's Room 1996
as Bessie Wakefield
The First Wives Club 1996
as Annie MacDuggan Paradis
Father of the Bride Part II 1995
as Nina Banks
Unstrung Heroes 1995
Director
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight 1994
as Amelia Earhart
Look Who's Talking Now! 1993
as Daphne (voice)
Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993
as Carol Lipton
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 1992
as Kay Adams-Corleone
Running Mates 1992
as Aggie Snow
Father of the Bride 1991
as Nina Banks
Wildflower 1991
Director
The Godfather Part III 1990
as Kay Adams
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside 1990
as Self / Kay Adams
- The Girl with the Crazy Brother
The Girl with the Crazy Brother 1990
Director
The Lemon Sisters 1989
as Eloise Hamer, Producer
The Good Mother 1988
as Anna Dunlop
Baby Boom 1987
as J.C. Wiatt
Heaven 1987
Director, Writer
Radio Days 1987
as New Year's Singer
Crimes of the Heart 1986
as Lenny Magrath
Mrs. Soffel 1984
as Kate Soffel
The Little Drummer Girl 1984
as Charlie
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
Shoot the Moon 1982
as Faith Dunlap
Reds 1981
as Louise Bryant
- The Wizard of Malta
The Wizard of Malta 1981
as Narrator
Manhattan 1979
as Mary Wilkie
Interiors 1978
as Renata
Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977
as Theresa
Annie Hall 1977
as Annie Hall
Harry and Walter Go to New York 1976
as Lissa Chestnut
I Will, I Will...For Now 1976
as Katie Bingham
Love and Death 1975
as Sonja
The Godfather Part II 1974
as Kay Corleone
Sleeper 1973
as Luna Schlosser
Play It Again, Sam 1972
as Linda Christie
The Godfather 1972
as Kay Adams
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story 1971
as Renata Wallinger
The Godfather: Behind the Scenes 1971
as Self
Lovers and Other Strangers 1970
as Joan Vecchio
Credits from TMDB.