Diane Keaton (l.) and Woody Allen in Annie Hall (1977)
Diane Keaton, who won an Academy Award for playing the title role in the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall, died yesterday at the age of 79.
Keaton's career started on stage before heading back to Hollywood around 1970. She got a big break in The Godfather, along with being cast by Woody Allen in Sleepers, which lead to her being cast in a string of movies that Allen directed, notably Annie Hall in 1977 that won her the Oscar. It's not quite my favorite movie since I don't particularly care for the "neurotic" era of Woody Allen's filmmaking. Other Allen films with Keaton include Interiors, his homage to Ingmar Bergman, and a smaller role in Radio Days, which I much prefer.
Keaton's career continued more or less for the rest of her life, although I don't know that after about The First Wives Club which was almost 30 years ago that the movies are quite as memorable. Sadly, that's something that seems to happen to a lot of stars as they get older. In Keaton's case I can't help but think that the sort of smaller movie not marketed to a younger audience, a market segment which has become rather less prominent over the years, might have something to do with it.
Unsurprisingly, I haven't seen anything from TCM about when they're going to do a programming salute since it usually takes them a little while to come up with one and it's the weekend.
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