Oscar-winning American actress Diane Keaton passed away on October 11th, 2025. She was one of Hollywood’s leading figures, known for her roles in The Godfather and Annie Hall, as well as for her unique style that elegantly borrow from the men’s wardrobe.
“Diane Keaton embodied the contradictions of being human: funny and fragile, bright and bruised, always achingly honest,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences poignantly stated on X. While she gained early recognition in Francis Ford Coppola’s cult classic The Godfather in 1972, it was her role in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall in 1977 that propelled Diane Keaton to fame and confirmed her natural gift for comedy.
In this existential and neurotic film, typical of the director’s filmography, the actress portrays a clumsy, yet sincere protagonist. Her performance alone earned her an Oscar, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. She used her own clothes to craft an elegant wardrobe inspired by men’s fashion, which became her signature, thus cementing her status as a true fashion icon.
Diane Keaton: A major actress and fashion icon
The brilliant Diane Keaton, who passed away on October 11th, 2025, kept being active until her last breath, starring in Father of the Bride and Book Club for instance. She had always kept her self-deprecating humour and timeless androgynous style for all these years, far removed from Hollywood’s stereotypically glamorous looks.
The star of Play It Again, Sam (1972), Sleeper (1973), and Love and Death (1975) delighted in posting her carefully curated looks on Instagram, proving that style has nothing to do with age. Checked coats, hats, wide-leg trousers, suits, boots, tiny glasses, berets, ties… Her silhouette was one of a kind.
A free woman
In her personal life, the actress, director, and producer – who dated Warren Beatty, then Al Pacino – broke away from convention too. She never got married and adopted two children on her own. An unconventional lifestyle for an extraordinary, independent and free woman.
About that, the actress once declared: “I think I’m one of the few single women my age who’s made films without ever getting married – maybe I’m an anomaly?” In addition to acting, she used to be a photography collector, real estate developer, writer, and singer. An anomaly indeed, but one who will forever leave a mark on the collective memory.
