She revisited her nightclub act in Annie Hall (1977), And So It Goes (2014), and a cameo in Radio Days (1987). For a brief time she also moonlighted at nightclubs with a singing act. Upon joining the Actors' Equity Association, she changed her surname to Keaton, her mother's maiden name, as there was already an actress registered under the name of Diane Hall. After graduation, she attended Santa Ana College, and later Orange Coast College as an acting student, but dropped out after a year to pursue an entertainment career in Manhattan. During her time there, she participated in singing and acting clubs at school, and starred as Blanche DuBois in a school production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Keaton is a 1964 graduate of Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana, California. She has also credited Katharine Hepburn, whom she admires for playing strong and independent women, as one of her inspirations. Los Angeles" pageant for homemakers Keaton has said that the theatricality of the event inspired her first impulse to be an actress, and led to her wanting to work on stage.
Keaton was raised a Free Methodist by her mother. Her mother, Dorothy Deanne ( née Keaton), was a homemaker and amateur photographer her father, John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall, was a real estate broker and civil engineer. Keaton's 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).ĭiane Keaton was born Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California. 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). To avoid being typecast as her Annie Hall persona, Keaton appeared in several dramatic films, starring in Looking for Mr. Her fourth, the romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor.
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). 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). She then made her screen debut in a small role in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970). 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. Keaton began her career on stage appearing in the original 1968 Broadway production of the musical Hair.
Known for her idiosyncratic personality and fashion style, she has received various accolades throughout her career, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and the AFI Life Achievement Award. Diane Hall Keaton (born Diane Hall January 5, 1946) is an American actress.