Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Corridor,’ ‘The Godfather’ movies and ‘Father of the Bride,’ whose quirky, vibrant method and depth made her one of the crucial singular actors of a era, has died. She was 79.
Individuals Journal reported Saturday that she died in California with family members, citing a household spokesperson. No different particulars had been instantly obtainable, and representatives for Keaton didn’t instantly reply to inquiries from The Related Press.
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The sudden information was met with shock around the globe. Keaton was the sort of actor who helped make movies iconic and timeless, from her “La-dee-da, la-dee-da” phrasing as Annie Corridor, bedecked in that necktie, bowler hat, vest and khakis, to her heartbreaking flip as Kay Adams, the girl unlucky sufficient to affix the Corleone household.
Her star-making performances within the Nineteen Seventies, a lot of which had been in Woody Allen movies, weren’t a flash within the pan both, and she or he would proceed to appeal new generations for many years thanks partly to a longstanding collaboration with filmmaker Nancy Meyers.
She performed a businesswoman who unexpectedly inherits an toddler in “Child Increase,” the mom of the bride within the beloved remake of “Father of the Bride,” a newly single girl in “First Wives Membership,” and a divorced playwright who will get concerned with Jack Nicholson’s music govt in “One thing’s Gotta Give.”
Keaton received her first Oscar for “Annie Corridor” and would go on to be nominated three extra occasions, for “Reds,” “Marvin’s Room” and “One thing’s Gotta Give.”
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