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LA DEE DA, LA DEE DA (REMEMBERING DIANE KEATON)

  If you were to ask people to name a Diane Keaton role, two probably come to mind. The first would undoubtedly be the eponymous character in Woody Allen's romcom 'Annie Hall' - a role that won her a Best Actress Oscar, BAFTA and a Golden Globe. The second would be Kay, Michael Corleone's WASP wife who becomes increasingly repulsed by his ruthlessness in Francis Coppola's 'The Godfather's trilogy. There were many other acclaimed dramatic roles in movies like Warren Beatty's 'Reds,' Alan Parker's 'Shoot The Moon' and Jerry Zaks' 'Marvin's Room'. But she also enjoyed huge success in comedies over her carerr like Charles Shyer's 'Baby Boom,' his 'The Father of the Bride' movies, Hugh Wilson's 'First Wives Club' and Nancy Meyers' 'Something's Gotta Give' and her collaborations with Allen on seven other feature length movies. The predominant image of Keaton, though, is as the ...