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Diane Keaton (born '''Diane Hall''' on , 2006 . Keaton took on different kinds of roles to avoid becoming , Real Estate developer, and occasional Singer . EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Born Diane Hall in , whom she admires for playing strong and independent women, as one of her inspirations.Nancy Griffin. "American Original" ''More'' Magazine. March 2004. Keaton is a 1964 graduate of , 4 November 2004. She would later revisit her nightclub act in '' Annie Hall '' (1977), and in a cameo in '' Radio Days '' (1987). Keaton began studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City . She initially studied acting under the Meisner Technique , an Ensemble acting technique made popular in the 1920s by Sanford Meisner , a New York acting director. She has described her acting technique as, " In 1968, Keaton became an understudy on the original 's production of '' Play It Again, Sam ''. After nearly being passed over for being too tall (at 5 ft 8 in./1.73 m she is two inches/5 cm taller than Allen), she won the part. CAREER 1970s ''.]] After being nominated for a Tony Award for ''Play It Again, Sam'', Keaton made her film debut in 1970s '' Lovers And Other Strangers ''. She followed with guest roles on the television series '' Love, American Style '' and '' Night Gallery ''. Between films, Keaton appeared in a series of Deodorant Commercials . Keaton's breakthrough role came when she was cast as of 1972. Two years later she reprised her role in '' The Godfather, Part II ''. She was initially reluctant to reprise her role, stating that, "At first, I was skeptical about playing Kay again in the ''Godfather'' sequel. But when I read the script, the character seemed much more substantial than in the first movie." In ''Part II'' her character had changed dramatically, becoming more embittered about her husband's activities. Even though Keaton received widespread exposure from the films, her character's importance was minimal. '' Time '' wrote that she was "invisible in ''The Godfather'' and pallid in ''The Godfather, Part II''.""Love, Death and La - De - Dah" ''TIME'' magazine. 26 September 1977. in 1977's '' Annie Hall ''. "La-de-dah" became Keaton's popular Catch Phrase .]] Keaton's other notable films of the 1970s included many collaborations with Woody Allen. Although by the time they made films together their romantic involvement had ended, she played many eccentric characters in several of his comic and dramatic films including '' Sleeper '', '' Love And Death '', '' Interiors '', '' Manhattan '', and the film version of ''Play It Again, Sam'', directed by Herbert Ross . Allen has gone on to credit Keaton as his muse during his early film career.Lax, 2000, p. 204. In 1977, Keaton starred with Allen in the for Best Picture . Keaton's performance also won the Academy Award For Best Actress . In 2006, '' Premiere '' magazine ranked Keaton in ''Annie Hall'' as 60th on their list of the "100 Greatest Performances of All Time": Keaton's eccentric wardrobe in ''Annie Hall'', which consisted mainly of vintage men's clothing, including presentation in a men's Tuxedo and a Bowler Hat . Keaton also became a frequent target of fashion critic Mr. Blackwell , having made his annual "Worst Dressed List" on five occasions. Her photo by Douglas Kirkland appeared on the cover of the September 26, 1977, issue ''Time'' magazine with the story dubbing her "the funniest woman now working in films." Later that year, she departed from her usual lighthearted comic roles when she accepted a role in the drama '' Looking For Mr. Goodbar '', based on the novel by Judith Rossner . In the film she played a Catholic schoolteacher for deaf children who lives a double life, spending nights frequenting singles bars and engaging in promiscuous sex. Keaton became interested in the role after seeing it as a "psychological case history."Joan Juliet Buck. "Inside Diane Keaton". ''Vanity Fair''. March 1987. The same issue of ''Time'' commended her role choice and criticized the restricted roles available for female actors in American films: In addition to acting, Keaton has stated that " Keaton met with more success in the medium of still photography. Like her character in ''Annie Hall'', Keaton had long relished photography as a favorite hobby, an interest she picked up as a teenager from her mother. While traveling in the late 70s she began exploring her avocation more seriously. "Rolling Stone had asked me to take photographs for them, and I thought, 'Wait a minute, what I'm really interested in is these lobbies, and these strange ballrooms in these old hotels.' So I began shooting them," she explained in 2003. "These places were deserted, and I could just sneak in anytime and nobody cared. It was so easy and I could do it myself. It was an adventure for me." ''Reservations'', her collection of photos of hotel interiors, was published in book form in 1980.1 1980s After ''Manhattan'' in 1979, Keaton and Woody Allen ended their long working relationship, and the film would be their last major collaboration until 1993. In 1978 Keaton became romantically involved with 1981 . Retrieved 24 February 2006. Keaton received her second Academy Award nomination for the film. Beatty cast Keaton after seeing her in ''Annie Hall'', as he wanted to bring her natural nervousness and insecure attitude to the role. The production of ''Reds'' was delayed several times since its conception in 1977, and Keaton almost left the project when she believed it would never be produced. Filming finally began two years later. In a 2006 '' Vanity Fair '' story, Keaton described her role as "the everyman of that piece, as someone who wanted to be extraordinary but was probably more ordinary ... I knew what it felt like to be extremely insecure." Assistant Director Simon Relph later stated that Louise Bryant was one of her most difficult roles, and that " In 1984, '''': "her acting degenerates into hype -- as if she's trying to sell an idea she can't fully believe in."Hal Hinson. The Good Mother . ''The Washington Post''. 4 November 1988. Retrieved 1 March 2006. In 1987, Keaton directed and edited her first feature film, a documentary named ''Heaven'' about the possibility of an , two television films starring Patricia Arquette , and episodes of the series '' China Beach '' and '' Twin Peaks ''. 1990s By the 1990s, Keaton had established herself as one of the most popular and versatile actresses in 2003 . Retrieved 25 March 2006. She began the decade with ''The Lemon Sisters'', a poorly received comedy/drama that she starred in and produced, which was Shelved for a year after its completion. In 1991, Keaton starred with Steve Martin in the 1991 family Comedy '' Father Of The Bride ''. She was almost not cast in the film, as the commercial failure of ''The Good Mother'' had strained her relationship with Walt Disney Pictures , the studio of both films. ''Father of the Bride'' was Keaton's first major hit after four years of commercial disappointments. Keaton reprised her role four years later in the sequel, as a woman who becomes pregnant in middle age at the same time as her daughter. A review of the film for the '' San Francisco Examiner '' was one of many in which Keaton once again received comparison to Katharine Hepburn : "No longer relying on that stuttering uncertainty that seeped into all her characterizations of the 1970s, she has somehow become Katharine Hepburn with a deep maternal instinct, that is, she is a fine and intelligent actress who doesn't need to be tough and edgy in order to prove her feminism."Barbara Shulgasser. "Great 'Bride II' cast carries retread plot" . ''San Francisco Chronicle''. 8 December 1995. Retrieved 3 March 2006. Keaton reprised her role of Kay Adams in 1990s '''', her first film with Woody Allen since 1979. Her part was intended for Mia Farrow , but Farrow dropped out of the project after her notorious separation from Allen. In 1995, Keaton directed ''Unstrung Heroes'', her first theatrically released narrative film. The movie, adapted from Franz Lidz's memoir, starred Nathan Watt as a boy in 1960s whose mother ( Andie MacDowell ) becomes ill with cancer. As her sickness advances and his inventor father ( John Turturro ) grows increasingly distant, the boy is sent to live with his two eccentric uncles ( Maury Chaykin and Michael Richards ). In a geographic switch, Keaton shifted the story's setting from the New York of Lidz's book to the Southern California of her own childhood. Though it played in a relatively limited release and made little impression at the box office, the film and its direction were well-received critically.2 Keaton's most successful film of the decade was the 1996 comedy '' following among middle-aged women.Elizabeth Gleick. "Hell Hath No Fury" ''TIME'' magazine. 7 October 1996 Reviews of the film were generally positive for Keaton and her co-stars, and she was even referred to by '' The San Francisco Chronicle '' as "probably Also in 1996, Keaton starred as a woman with Leukemia in '' Marvin's Room '', an adaptation of the play by Scott McPherson. Meryl Streep played her estranged sister. Roger Ebert stated that "Streep and Keaton, in their different styles, find ways to make Lee and Bessie into much more than the expression of their problems."Roger Ebert. Review- ''Marvin's Room'' . 10 January 1997. Retrieved 25 March 2006. Keaton earned her third Academy Award nomination for the film. Although critically acclaimed, the film was not released on a wide scale, possibly costing Keaton the Oscar. Keaton said that the biggest challenge of the role was understanding the mentality of a person with terminal illness. 2000s ''.]] Keaton's first film of 2000 was '' Hanging Up '' with Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow . Keaton also directed the film, despite claiming in a 1996 interview that she would never direct herself in a film, saying " In 2001 Keaton co-starred with '' claimed that ''Town & Country'' was, "less deserving of a review than it is an obituary ... The corpse took with it the reputations of its starry cast, including Warren Beatty In 2001 and 2002 Keaton starred in four low-budget television films. She played a fanatical nun in the religious drama ''Sister Mary Explains It All'', an impoverished mother in the drama ''On Thin Ice'', and a bookkeeper in the Mob Comedy ''Plan B''. In ''Crossed Over'' she played Beverly Lowry, a woman who forms an unusual friendship with the first and only woman executed while on death row in Texas , Karla Faye Tucker . in ''Something's Gotta Give'']] Keaton's first major hit since 1996 came in 2003's '' nomination for her role in the film. Most recently, Keaton starred in the moderately successful 2005 comedy '' The Family Stone '' with Sarah Jessica Parker . Her latest film, '' Because I Said So '', co-starring Mandy Moore, opened on February 2, 2007 to poor reviews. Keaton has also served as a producer on films and television series. She produced the FOX series '' Pasadena '', which was cancelled after airing only four episodes in 2001 but later completed its run on Cable in 2005. In 2003 she produced the Gus Van Sant drama '' Elephant '', about a School Shooting . On why she produced the film, she said: "It really makes me think about my responsibilities as an adult to try and understand what's going on with young people." ''Elephant'' production - Diane Keaton. Retrieved 21 March 2006. Outside of the film industry, Keaton has continued to pursue her interest in photography. As a collector, she told '' Ron Galella , an anthology of reproductions of Clown paintings, and a collection of photos of California's Spanish Colonial and Mission-style houses. Keaton has also established herself as a Real Estate developer. She has resold several mansions in Southern California after renovating and redesigning them. One of her clients is Madonna , who purchased a US$6.5 million Beverly Hills mansion from Keaton in 2003. Diane Keaton's good homework pays off . Contact Music. 16 May 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2006. She will receive the Film Society Of Lincoln Center 's Gala Tribute in 2007. PERSONAL LIFE Relationships and family Keaton's most famous romance was with director Woody Allen for most of the 1970s. Keaton and Allen first met during Keaton's audition for the Broadway production of ''Play It Again, Sam'', but they did not know each other personally until having dinner after a late night rehearsal. Allen claims that Keaton's sense of humor attracted him to her.Lax, 2000, p. 243. They briefly lived together during the Broadway run of ''Play It Again, Sam'', but their relationship became less formal by the time the film version was produced in 1972.Lax, 2000, p. 308. They went on to produce eight films together between 1971 to 1993. After Keaton's working relationship with Woody Allen diminished in 1979, she began dating her ''Reds'' co-star Warren Beatty . Keaton's involvement with Beatty also made her a regular subject of Tabloid magazines and media at the time, a role to which she was unaccustomed. (As a result of her avoidance of the spotlight, ''Vanity Fair'' described her in 1985 as "the most reclusive star since Garbo ".) Beatty and Keaton separated shortly after completing ''Reds''. Their separation was believed to have been caused by the strain of making the film, a troubled production with numerous financial and scheduling problems. Keaton still maintains contact with both Allen and Beatty, but describes Allen as one of her closest friends. Keaton also had a relationship with Al Pacino her co-star in ''the Godfather Trilogy''. The on-again, off-again relationship ended following the filming of ''the Godfather Part III''. Keaton has said in reference to the relationship that "Al was simply the most entertaining man... To me, that's, that is the most beautiful face. I think Warren was gorgeous, very pretty, but Al's face is like whoah. Killer, killer face."The Barbara Walters Special, February 29, 2004 Diane Keaton is mother of two children: a girl named Dexter (adopted 1996) and a boy named Duke (adopted 2001). She has co-starred with Stephen Collins in two movies; ''The First Wives Club'' (1996) and ''Because I Said So'' (2007). She is not related to actor Michael Keaton . Like Diane, Michael used an alternative surname to remove confusion with another well-known actor. In fact, Michael had decided to select "Keaton" after reading an article about Diane in 1979. Religious Affiliation Keaton stated that she produced her 1987 documentary ''Heaven'' because, "I was always pretty religious as a kid ... I was primarily interested in religion because I wanted to go to heaven" but also stated she considered herself an Agnostic . Although raised a Methodist, in an October 2002 television interview with Oxygen Keaton stated that she currently considers herself an Atheist . Woody Allen once said of her, " believes in God, but she also believes that the radio works because there are tiny people inside it."[http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/quote-a1.htm Positive Atheism's Big List of Quotations . Retrieved 23 March 2006. Other activities Keaton is an advocate against Plastic Surgery . She told ''More'' magazine in 2004, "I'm stuck in this idea that I need to be authentic ... My face needs to look the way I feel." Keaton is also active in campaigns with the Los Angeles Conservancy to save and restore historic buildings, particularly in the Los Angeles area. Among the buildings she has been active in restoring include a former home of Frank Lloyd Wright . Keaton had also been active in the failed campaign to save The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles (a hotel featured in ''Reservations''), the location of Robert Kennedy 's assassination in 1968. Since May 2005 she has been a contributing blogger at '' The Huffington Post ''. Since summer 2006, Keaton has been the new face of L'Oreal . AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Academy Award
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