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Diane Keaton, an older woman with long, straight blond hair, stands
amid potted plants and smiles. She wears glasses, a man's sports
jacket and a black hat.
Diane Keaton at a Ralph Lauren fashion show in 2022. One review of
her breakthrough movie, "Annie Hall," called her "the consummate
actress of our generation." Credit...Amy Sussman/Getty Images

Diane Keaton, a Star of 'Annie Hall' and 'First Wives Club,' Dies at
79

She brought an unconventional personality to scores of roles on
television and in movies ranging from zany comedies like "Sleeper" to
piercing dramas like "The Godfather."

Diane Keaton at a Ralph Lauren fashion show in 2022. One review of
her breakthrough movie, "Annie Hall," called her "the consummate
actress of our generation." Credit...Amy Sussman/Getty Images

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By Anita Gates

  * Oct. 11, 2025Updated 6:16 p.m. ET

Diane Keaton, the vibrant, sometimes unconventional, always
charmingly self-deprecating actress who won an Oscar for Woody
Allen's comedy "Annie Hall" and appeared in some 100 movie and
television roles, an almost equal balance of them in comedies like
"Sleeper" and "The First Wives Club" and dramas like "The Godfather"
and "Marvin's Room," has died. She was 79.

Her death was confirmed by Dori Rath, who produced a number of Ms.
Keaton's most recent films. She did not say where or when Ms. Keaton
died or cite a cause.

Ms. Keaton was 31 and a veteran of eight films, most of them
comedies, when she starred as the title character in "Annie Hall"
(1977), a single woman in New York City with ambitions, insecurities
and definite style. Annie is known for cheerful psychiatric
breakthroughs, fashions that look like men's wear, questionable
driving skills and lingering hints of an all-too-wholesome Midwestern
upbringing.

ImageA group of formally dressed people stand in front of a pink
curtain and a large version of the Oscar statue.
Ms. Keaton at the 1978 Academy Awards, where she was a winner for
"Annie Hall." With her were, among others, Jack Nicholson, a
presenter, with whom she would later co-star.Credit...Associated
Press

She accepted her Oscar wearing a linen jacket, two full linen skirts,
a scarf over a white shirt and black string tie, and high heels with
socks. In her 2014 memoir, "Then Again," she looked back on the
moment, with some regret, as "my 'la-de-da' layered get-up."

"Annie Hall," which won three other Oscars including best picture,
brought Ms. Keaton a shower of additional honors, including acting
awards from the National Board of Review, National Society of Film
Critics, New York Film Critics Circle and the British Academy of Film
and Television Artists.

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