Diane Keaton, the unfading star of Hollywood

Diane Keaton - American film actress, director and producer, was born in Los Angeles, California, January 5, 1946.

She is the owner of three 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" Dian received in 2004 for the role of Erica Barry in the film director Nancy Myers "Love by the rules and without." Also Keaton was awarded 17 nominations for various awards between 1978 and 2004 for performing roles in films: "In Search of Mr. Goodbar", "Reds", "Manhattan", "Shoot the Moon", "Baby Boom", "Last Flight" , "Love by the rules and without," "Room of Marvin" and "Mrs. Soffel." It was at this time that Diane Keaton's filmography was supplemented with the best pictures 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 acquaintance of the actress with Woody Allen took place, which subsequently developed into long-term cooperation, and then into close relations. The culmination of friendship between Woody Allen and Diane Keaton was the painting "Annie Hall", released in 1977. In the center of the plot is the relationship of Alvi Singer, the New York comedian, suffering from neuroses, and the young beginning singer Annie Hall. In the original version, Woody Allen and screenwriter Marshall Brickman were going to use the detective plot line with the murder. However, the idea of abandoning this idea, as the cost of the project increased dramatically, and United Artists gave money for the production of the film only 4 million dollars.

It's prudent to shoot only the development and end of the love relationship between Annie Hall and Alvi Singer. Perhaps, it was due to the emphasis on the emotional component of the protagonists that such impressive success turned out, and the films with Diane Keaton became popular.

"Godfather"

In 1971, director Francis Coppola invited Keaton to participate in the epic film about gangsters called The Godfather, where she was to play Kay Adams, the 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, settled in New York. The first part of the trilogy was released in the spring of 1972 and immediately produced a sensation, collecting $ 270 million with a budget of $ 6 million. Diane Keaton, whose photo as Kay Adams did not leave the pages of newspapers and magazines, played in all three films filmed in 1971, 1974 and 1990.

Woody Allen

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

Prison and love

The film directed by Gillian Armstrong "Mrs. Soffel" with Keaton in the title role was filmed in 1984 at the studio "Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer." In the center of the plot is the murder of the owner of a grocery store, which was performed by two young guys, Ed and Jack. For this crime, both were sentenced to death by hanging. While they waited for execution, Mrs. Soffel, the wife of the overseer, came to prison. She considered it her duty to guide the true criminals with the help of prayers and reading the Bible. However, her visits soon turned into a date with one of the condemned, Edom.

In 1993, Woody Allen's film "The Mysterious Murder in Manhattan" was released with Diane Keaton in the lead role. Her character, Carol Lipton, the elderly wife of Larry Lipton, is concerned about the sudden death of her neighbor on the floor, Lillian. Carol begins to suspect involvement in the death of a completely healthy woman of her husband, Paul. Carol shares his assumptions with Larry, but he does not show interest in what happened. Then the agitated woman herself decides to enter Lillian's apartment and find evidence of Paul's involvement in the death of his wife.

Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson

Directed by Nancy Myers shot in 2003 the film "Love by the rules and without" about the adventures of the aging Lovelace Harry Sanborn. Not skipping a single skirt Harry decided to spend the weekend with his new friend Marin. However, at the most crucial moment, the elderly playboy had a heart attack. So he was in the house of Marin in a very sorry state. Barely breathing, Harry met the hostess of the house, mother Marin, Mrs. Erika Barry (Diane Keaton), who was about one year old with the unlucky Casanova. Communicating with Erica, Sanborn forgot about his sexual ambitions and became more deeply touched by the mistress of the house.

Filmography Diane Keaton includes more than 50 paintings, and the actress is not going to stop there.

Personal life

The first serious passion for Diana Keaton was the director Woody Allen, with whom she was associated for many years of friendship, shared film projects and close relationships. The actress did not seek to marry, the values of family life did not attract her. After Dian 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 "The Reds" about the fate of the American writer-communist John Reed, where the actress played Louise Bryant, the writer's wife.

In 2006, Diane Keaton began to present cosmetics company L'Oreal.

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