After rising to notoriety in a series of hit Woody Allen comedies, Diane Keaton went on to enjoy a successful film m‚tier both as an actress and as a director. Born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946, in Los Angeles, she studied acting at Manhattan's Neighborhood Playhouse Infuse with of the Theater and in 1968 understudied in Hair. On Broadway she met actor/chief Allen and appeared in his 1969 showbiz cudgel Play It Again, Sam. In 1970, Keaton made her film debut in the comedy Lovers and... Other Strangers and rose to notoriety as the paramour of Al Pacino's Michael Corleone in the 1972 blockbuster The Godfather. That nonetheless year, she and Allen -- with whom Keaton had become romantically embroiled with offscreen -- reprised Play It Again, Sam for the cameras, and in 1973 he directed her in Sleeper. The Godfather Part II followed, as did Allen's Love and Downfall. All of these films enjoyed great success, and Keaton stood on the verge of becoming a pre-eminent star; however, when her next two pictures -- 1976's I Choice, I Will for Now and Harry and Walter Go under to New York -- both flopped, she returned to the lap to evening star in The Ranking English Class. In 1977, Allen released his fourth fog with Keaton, Annie Corridor. A certainly autobiographical representation of the couple's real-get-up-and-go excitement, it was a landmark, bittersweet, soul-searching fib which brought a unripe level of refinement to comedy in films. Not only did the film itself win an Academy Awarding for Best Display, but Keaton garnered Most qualified Actress honors. That same year, she also headlined the controversial drama Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Two more films with Allen, 1978's Bergmanesque Interiors and the 1979 chef-d'oeuvre Manhattan followed; no matter how, when the pair separated, Keaton began a romance with Warren Beatty, with whom she co-starred in the 1981 epic Reds; she earned a In the most suitable way Actress nomination suited for her operate in Beatty's film. Continuing to chase after more effective projects, she next co-starred in 1982's Shoot the Moon, followed not later than a join of box-backup disappointments, The Teeny Drummer Bird and Mrs. Soffel.

The 1986 Crimes of the Determination was a unimportant prosperity, and a year later she made her directorial come out with the documentary Heaven. Keaton's next starring position in the domestic comedy Baby Progress (1987) was a smash, and after close to a decade not including, she and Allen reunited throughout Radio Days, in which she for a few moments appeared as a songster. Upon starring in 1988's disappointing The Good Mother, she began splitting her time between acting and directing. In between appearing in films including 1990's The Godfather Intimate III, 1991's hit Father of the Bride, and 1992's telefilm Operation Mates, she helmed music videos, afterschool specials (1990's The Girl with the Crazy Kin), and TV features (1991's Wildflower).

She coextensive with directed an episode of the David Lynch cult favorite Corresponding Peaks. After stepping in because of Mia Farrow in Allen's 1993 picture Manhattan Liquidate Ambiguity, Keaton essayed the possession responsibility in the 1994 TV biopic Amelia Earhart: the Final Split chase and in 1995 made her feature-length directorial debut with the quirky drama Unstrung Heroes. After co-starring with Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn in the 1996 comedy smash The Prime Wives Club, she earned another Oscar nomination for her work in Marvin's Room. In 1998, Keaton starred in The Only Thrill and followed that in 1999 with The Other Sister.

She later on stepped into another familial situation in 2000's Hanging Up with Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow. Aside from a occasional scattered TV appearances, 2001 and 2002 were relatively slow years in the service of Keaton. Regard for participating amongst a celebrated-studded cast including veterans Goldie Hawn, Garry Shandling, Charlton Heston, and Warren Beatty, 2001's Burgh & Country was not unusually intimately-received total audiences or critics. In 2003, Keaton played Jack Nicholson's friendship interest in helmsman Nancy Meyers' Something's Gotta Quit (on which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination) and executive produced overseer Gus Van Sant's avant-garde Elephant), which won Choicest Governor and Optimistic Palm awards at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.