Diane Keaton

Biography

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).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The View

The Colbert Report

All Movies (79)

• Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailors Dreams2024 · as self
• Arthur's Whisky2024 · as Linda
• Summer Camp2024 · as Nora
• Book Club: The Next Chapter2023 · as Diane
• Maybe I Do2023 · as Grace
• Mack & Rita2022 · as Rita
• The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone2020 · as Kay Adams-Corleone
• Love, Weddings & Other Disasters2020 · as Sara
• Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)2020 · as Nina
• Poms2019 · as Martha
• Book Club2018 · as Diane
• Hampstead2017 · as Emily Walters
• Finding Dory2016 · as Jenny (voice)
• The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–19592016 · as Kay Adams-Corleone
• Love the Coopers2015 · as Charlotte Cooper
• And So It Goes2014 · as Leah
• 5 Flights Up2014 · as Ruth Carver
• I Am Divine2014 · as Self (archive)
• The Big Wedding2013 · as Ellie Griffin
• Darling Companion2012 · as Beth
• Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
• Morning Glory2010 · as Colleen Peck
• Unforgettable2010 · as Self
• Smother2008 · as Marilyn Cooper
• Mad Money2008 · as Bridget Cardigan
• Mama's Boy2007 · as Jan Mannus
• Because I Said So2007 · as Daphne
• Surrender, Dorothy2006 · as Natalie Swerdlow
• The Family Stone2005 · as Sybil Stone
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Terminal Impact2004 · as Narrator
• Something's Gotta Give2003 · as Erica Barry
• On Thin Ice2003 · as Patsy McCartle
• Plan B2002 · as Fran Varecchio
• Crossed Over2002 · as Beverly Lowry
• Sister Mary Explains It All2001 · as Sister Mary Ignatius
• Town & Country2001 · as Ellie Stoddard
• Hanging Up2000 · as Georgia Mozell
• The Other Sister1999 · as Elizabeth Tate
• Northern Lights1998 · as Roberta Blumstein
• The Only Thrill1997 · as Carol Fritzsimmons
• Marvin's Room1996 · as Bessie Wakefield
• The First Wives Club1996 · as Annie MacDuggan Paradis
• Father of the Bride Part II1995 · as Nina Banks
• Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight1994 · as Amelia Earhart
• Look Who's Talking Now!1993 · as Daphne (voice)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery1993 · as Carol Lipton
• The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-19801992 · as Kay Adams
• Running Mates1992 · as Aggie Snow
• Father of the Bride1991 · as Nina Banks
• The Godfather Part III1990 · as Kay Adams
• The Godfather Family: A Look Inside1990 · as Self / Kay Adams
• The Lemon Sisters1989 · as Eloise Hamer
• The Good Mother1988 · as Anna Dunlop
• Baby Boom1987 · as J.C. Wiatt
• Radio Days1987 · as New Year's Singer
• Crimes of the Heart1986 · as Lenny Magrath
• Mrs. Soffel1984 · as Kate Soffel
• The Little Drummer Girl1984 · as Charlie
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Shoot the Moon1982 · as Faith Dunlap
• Reds1981 · as Louise Bryant
• The Wizard of Malta1981 · as Narrator
• The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's1980 · as Self (archive footage)
• Manhattan1979 · as Mary Wilkie
• Interiors1978 · as Renata
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar1977 · as Theresa
• Annie Hall1977 · as Annie Hall
• Harry and Walter Go to New York1976 · as Lissa Chestnut
• I Will, I Will...For Now1976 · as Katie Bingham
• Love and Death1975 · as Sonja
• The Godfather Part II1974 · as Kay Corleone
• Sleeper1973 · as Luna Schlosser
• Play It Again, Sam1972 · as Linda Christie
• The Godfather1972 · as Kay Adams
• Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story1971 · as Renata Wallinger
• The Godfather: Behind the Scenes1971 · as Self
• Lovers and Other Strangers1970 · as Joan Vecchio
• Artist in Residence— · as Toni Beckworth

All TV Shows (25)

• STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces2024 · as Self - Actress
• Green Eggs and Ham2019 · as Michellee (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Young Pope2016 · as Sister Mary
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Reichen Show2005 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• The Wonderful World of Disney1997
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television1977 · as Kay Adams-Corleone
• Night Gallery1970 · as Nurse Frances Nevins (segment "Room with a View")
• Love, American Style1969 · as Louise
• Mannix1967
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Diane Britt
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Guest
• The Oscars1953 · as Self