Diane Keaton, unfading Hollywood star

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Diane Keaton is an American film actress, director and producer born in Los Angeles, California on January 5, 1946.

She is the owner of three of the most prestigious film awards: Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA. All these prizes were received for the role of Annie in the film "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 Meyers "Love by the rules and without." Keaton also received 17 nominations for various awards from 1978 to 2004 for her roles in the films: "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", "Reds", "Manhattan", "Shoot the Moon", "Baby Boom", "Last Flight ", "Love with and without rules", "Marvin's Room" and "Mrs. Soffel". It was at this time that Diane Keaton's filmography was replenished with the best pictures with her participation.

Career start

In 1969, Diane participated in the famous musical "Hair", which took place in one of the theaters on Broadway. Then the acquaintanceactress with Woody Allen, which later developed into a long-term collaboration, and then into a close relationship. Woody Allen and Diane Keaton's friendship culminated in Annie Hall, released in 1977. The plot centers on the relationship between Alvy Singer, a New York comedian suffering from neurosis, and young aspiring singer Annie Hall. In the original draft, Woody Allen and screenwriter Marshall Brickman were going to use a murder detective storyline. However, this idea had to be abandoned, as the cost of the project increased sharply, and United Artists provided only $4 million for the production of the film.

It was only the development and the end of the love relationship between Annie Hall and Alvy Singer that came to be filmed. Perhaps it was thanks to the emphasis on the emotional component of the main characters that such an impressive success turned out, and films with Diane Keaton began to be popular.

The Godfather

In 1971, director Francis Coppola invited Keaton to take part in the epic gangster film The Godfather, where she was to play Kay Adams, the girlfriend of Michael Corleone, the youngest son of mafia boss Vito Corleone. The film was shot as 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, collecting $ 270 million on 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 allthree films made in 1971, 1974 and 1990.

Woody Allen

The next film with Diana Keaton called "Interiors" was also directed by Woody Allen in 1978. The actress played the lead role, Renata, one of three sisters living with her mother, who is in a state of prostration because her husband left her. A sad plot with numerous episodes of a psychological nature is such a general impression of the film. However, the film received five Oscar nominations and four Golden Globe nominations.

Prison and love

Gillian Armstrong's "Mrs. Soffel" starring Keaton was filmed in 1984 at MGM Studios. The plot revolves around the murder of a grocery store owner by two young guys, Ed and Jack. For this crime, both were sentenced to death by hanging. While they were waiting for their execution, Mrs. Soffel, the warden's wife, began to visit the prison. She considered it her duty to set the true criminals on the path through prayers and reading the Bible. However, her visits soon turned into dates with one of the condemned, Ed.

In 1993 Woody Allen's film "Murder Mystery in Manhattan" starring Diane Keaton was released. Her character, Carol Lipton, the elderly wife of Larry Lipton, is preoccupied with the unexpected death of her roommate, Lillian. Carol begins to suspect her husband, Paul, of being involved in the death of a completely he althy woman. Carolshares his assumptions with Larry, but he does not show interest in what happened. Then the worried woman herself decides to break into Lillian's apartment and find evidence of Paul's involvement in the death of his wife.

Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson

Director Nancy Myers shot in 2003 the film "Love by the rules and without" about the adventures of the aging ladies' man Harry Sanborn. Not missing a single skirt, Harry decided to spend the weekend with his new acquaintance Marin. However, at the most crucial moment, the middle-aged playboy had a heart attack. So he ended up in Marin's house in a very deplorable state. Barely catching his breath, Harry met the mistress of the house, Marin's mother, Mrs. Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), who was about the same age as the unlucky Casanova. While interacting with Erica, Sanborn forgot about his sexual aspirations and was imbued with deeper feelings for the mistress of the house.

Dian Keaton's filmography includes more than 50 pictures, and the actress is not going to stop there.

Private life

Diana Keaton's first serious passion was director 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 attract her. After Diane broke up with Woody Allen, she began an affair with director Warren Beatty. First of all, they were united by the joint work on the film project "Reds" about the fate of the American writerCommunist John Reed, where the actress played Louise Bryant, the wife of the writer.

In 2006, Diane Keaton began representing L'Oreal cosmetics.

The actress has two adopted children: an adopted daughter, Dexter, born in 1996, and an adopted son, Duke, who was born in 2001.