Diane Keaton - American film actress, director and producer, was born in Los Angeles, California, January 5, 1946.
She is the owner of three of the most prestigious film awards: Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA. All these prizes were awarded for the role of Annie in the movie "Annie Hall" directed by Woody Allen. Another "Golden Globe" Diane received in 2004 for the role of Erica Barry in the film directed by Nancy Myers "Love by the rules and without." Also Keaton won 17 nominations for various awards from 1978 to 2004 for performing roles in the films: “In Search of Mr. Goodbar”, “Reds”, “Manhattan”, “Shoot the Moon”, “Baby Boom”, “Last Flight” , "Love by and without rules," "Marvin's Room," and "Mrs. Soffel." It was at this time that the filmography of Diane Keaton replenished with the best paintings with her participation.
Carier start
In 1969, Diane participated in the famous musical "Hair", which took place in one of the theaters on Broadway. Then the actress became acquainted with Woody Allen, which subsequently grew into a long cooperation, and then into close relations. The culmination of friendship between Woody Allen and Diane Keaton was the picture "Annie Hall", which was released in 1977. The plot focuses on the relationship of Alvi Singer, a New York comedian with neurosis, and young aspiring singer Annie Hall. In the original version, Woody Allen and screenwriter Marshall Brickman were going to use the detective storyline with the murder. However, the alienation should be abandoned from this idea, since the project cost increased sharply, and United Artists gave only $ 4 million for the production of the film.
Alienness to shoot only the development and end of the love relationship between Annie Hall and Alvy Singer. Perhaps it was due to the emphasis on the emotional component of the main characters that such impressive success was obtained, and films with Diane Keaton began to be popular.
"Godfather"
In 1971, director Francis Coppola invited Keaton to participate in an epic film about gangsters called The Godfather, where she was to play Kay Adams, girlfriend of Michael Corleone, the youngest son of the head of the mafia Vito Corleone. The film was shot in the form of a trilogy about the Sicilian mafia, who settled in New York. The first part of the trilogy was released in the spring of 1972 and immediately made a splash, raising $ 270 million with a budget of 6 million. Diane Keaton, whose photo in the role of Kay Adams did not leave the pages of newspapers and magazines, played in all three films shot in 1971, 1974 and 1990.
Woody Allen
The next film, featuring Diane Keaton, entitled Interiors, was also directed by Woody Allen in 1978. The actress played the main role, Renatu, one of three sisters living with her mother, who is in a state of prostration because her husband left. A sad story with numerous episodes of a psychological nature is such a general impression of the film. However, the picture was marked by five nominations for an Oscar and four nominations for a Golden Globe.
Prison and love
The film directed by Gillian Armstrong "Mrs. Soffel" with Keaton in the title role was shot in 1984 at the studio "Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer." The plot focuses on the murder of a grocery store owner by two young men, Ed and Jack. For this crime, both were sentenced to death by hanging. While they were awaiting execution, Mrs. Soffel, the warden's wife, began to come to prison. She considered it her duty to guide true criminals through prayer and Bible reading. However, her visits soon turned into a meeting with one of the prisoners, Ed.
In 1993, Woody Allen's movie "The Manhattan Mysterious Murder" was released with Diane Keaton in the title role. Her character, Carol Lipton, Larry Lipton's middle-aged wife, is preoccupied with the unexpected death of her roommate, Lillian. Carol begins to suspect her husband, Paul, to be involved in the death of a perfectly healthy woman. Carol shares her assumptions with Larry, but he does not show interest in what happened. Then the excited woman decides to enter Lilian’s apartment and find evidence of Paul’s involvement in the death of his wife.
Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson
Director Nancy Myers directed the 2003 film Love by the Laws and Without, about the adventures of an aging womanizer, Harry Sanborn. Not missing a single skirt, Harry decided to spend the weekend with his new acquaintance Marin. However, at the crucial moment, a middle-aged playboy had a heart attack. So he was in the house of Marin in very poor condition. Barely catching his breath, Harry met the mistress of the house, Maryn's mother, Mrs. Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), who was about the same age as the unlucky Casanova. Communicating with Erica, Sanborn forgot about his sexual aspirations and was imbued with deeper feelings for the mistress of the house.
The filmography of Diane Keaton includes more than 50 paintings, and the actress is not going to stop there.
Personal life
The first serious hobby of Diana Keaton was directed by Woody Allen, with whom she had many years of friendship, common film projects and close relationships. The actress did not seek to get married, the values ​​of family life did not appeal to her. After Diane broke up with Woody Allen, she began an affair with director Warren Beatty. First of all, they were united by joint work on the film project "Reds" about the fate of the American writer and communist John Reed, where the actress played Louise Bryant, the wife of the writer.
In 2006, Diane Keaton began to represent cosmetics company L'Oreal.
The actress has two adopted children: the adopted daughter Dexter, born in 1996, and the adopted son Duke, who was born in 2001.