Academy Award-Winning 'Annie Hall' Actress Diane Keaton, Dead at 79

There's sad news out of Hollywood on Saturday, with reporting that Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton, who is best known for her roles in "Annie Hall," "The Godfather" saga, and the "Father of the Bride" comedy franchise, among others, has died at age 79.

Diane Keaton has died. She was 79. PEOPLE can confirm the legendary actress died in California.

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People magazine first confirmed the news of Keaton's passing:

Diane Keaton has died. She was 79.
PEOPLE can confirm the legendary actress died in California. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson.

Their report continued:

The actress was born in Los Angeles in 1946 as Diane Hall, and was the oldest of four children. Her father was a civil engineer, while her mom stayed at home.
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Keaton performed in plays in high school, and after graduating in 1964, she pursued drama in college. But she soon dropped out and moved to New York to try to make her way in theater. She took her mother’s maiden name, Keaton, for her professional name, because there was already a Diane Hall registered with Actors' Equity.
In 1968, Keaton was cast in Broadway’s Hair as the understudy for Sheila.
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Next, Keaton starred in [Woody] Allen’s Broadway show Play It Again, Sam, which premiered in 1969. She received a Tony nomination for the role.

It was at this point that Keaton's career, beginning in the 1970s, jumped to the big screen, most notably in Francis Ford Coppola's "Godfather" series that started in 1972, which garnered two Best Picture Oscars.

Next, she appeared in a string of films written and directed by Allen (in which he often co-starred), including reprising her role as Linda from "Play It Again, Sam" (1972), wacky sci-fi/fantasy flick "Sleeper" the following year, then historical comedy, "Love & Death" (1975). But it was for "Annie Hall" in 1977 that Keaton took home the Oscar statuette. She would later appear in other Allen films.

She also was honored with Oscar nominations for Best Actress for “Reds,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” and “Marvin’s Room.”

Here's just a partial list of her film work:

Keaton’s other film roles included 1977’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar, 1981’s Reds, 1982’s Shoot the Moon and 1984’s The Little Drummer Girl. She worked with [director Nancy] Meyers for the first time on 1987’s Baby Boom. They would reunite three more times: in 1991’s Father of the Bride, 1995’s Father of the Bride Part II and 2003’s Something’s Gotta Give, which garnered another Oscar nom for Keaton. Asked which of these projects she loved the most, Keaton told Vulture in 2020, “Honestly, you can think it’s sappy, but I love the Father of the Bride movies. They were so touching."

Keaton also appeared in "The First Wives Club" (1996), a hit film co-starring Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler.

The actress remained single her entire life, as People noted in its obituary linked above:

“Today I was thinking, I'm the only one in my generation of actresses who has been a single woman all her life,” she explained to PEOPLE in 2019. “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.’”

“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.’”

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