11 October 2025
Diane Keaton has died aged 79.
Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79
The actress – who starred in movies such as The Godfather, Annie Hall and The First Wives Club – passed away in California, a family spokesperson confirmed to People.
Diane’s loved ones have requested privacy as they mourn her loss and no further details about her passing have been revealed.
Born in Los Angeles in 1946, Keaton started her career on the Broadway stage during the 1960s before rising to fame in the 1970s with her role in The Godfather movies, as well as collaborations with Woody Allen on movies such as Play It Again, Sam and Sleeper.
It was her fourth collaboration with Allen, 1977’s Annie Hall, that earned an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the titular character that had been written specifically for her by the director.
Keaton also earned Oscar nominations for her roles in Reds (1981), Marvin’s Room (1996) and Something’s Gotta Give (2003).
The star – who won a BAFTA and two Golden Globe Awards during her career – appeared in films such as Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Father of the Bride and its sequel Father of the Bride Part II and The First Wives Club – in which she, Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler portrayed three women whose husband had left them for younger women.
Keaton suggested in 2019 that she would’ve been a “misfit” if it hadn’t of been for her acting career.
She told People: “I don’t know anything, and I haven’t learned. Getting older hasn’t made me wiser. Without acting I would have been a misfit.”
Keaton never married although she did adopt sons Dexter, 29, and Duke, 25, in 1996 and 2001 respectively.
She once recalled: “Today I was thinking, I’m the only one in my generation of actresses who has been a single woman all her life.
“I’m really glad I didn’t get married. I’m an oddball. I remember in high school, this guy came up to me and said, ‘One day you’re going to make a good wife.’ And I thought, ‘I don’t want to be a wife. No.'”
The star explained she decided to adopt even though she didn’t have an “urge” to become mother.
Diane said: “Motherhood was not an urge I couldn’t resist, it was more like a thought I’d been thinking for a very long time. So I plunged in.”
