Diane Keaton, the vibrant, sometimes unconventional, always charmingly self-deprecating actress who won an Oscar for Woody Allen\u2019s comedy \u201cAnnie Hall\u201d and appeared in some 100 movie and television roles, an almost equal balance of them in comedies like \u201cSleeper\u201d and \u201cThe First Wives Club\u201d and dramas like \u201cThe Godfather\u201d and \u201cMarvin\u2019s Room,\u201d has died. She was 79.<\/p>\n
Her death was confirmed by Dori Rath, who produced a number of Ms. Keaton\u2019s most recent films. She did not say where or when Ms. Keaton died or cite a cause.<\/p>\n
Ms. Keaton was 31 and a veteran of eight films, most of them comedies, when she starred as the title character in \u201cAnnie Hall<\/a>\u201d (1977), a single woman in New York City with ambitions, insecurities and definite style. Annie is known for cheerful psychiatric breakthroughs, fashions that look like men\u2019s wear, questionable driving skills and lingering hints of an all-too-wholesome Midwestern upbringing.<\/p>\n She accepted her Oscar wearing a linen jacket, two full linen skirts, a scarf over a white shirt and black string tie, and high heels with socks. In her 2014 memoir, \u201cThen Again,\u201d she looked back on the moment, with some regret, as \u201cmy \u2018la-de-da\u2019 layered get-up.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnnie Hall,\u201d which won three other Oscars including best picture, brought Ms. Keaton a shower of additional honors, including acting awards from the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle and the British Academy of Film and Television Artists.<\/p>\n Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into<\/a>\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe<\/a>\u00a0for all of The Times.<\/p>\n Thank you for your patience while we verify access.<\/p>\n Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n