A career spanning over five decades, actress and director Diane Keaton was in a way the embodiment of the Non Threatening Anglo Saxon Protestant performer. Her roles were of intelligent women fitting in the system. From dramas to comedies, the Los Angeles born Keaton came across as the steady presence in borderline chaotic situations.
Sealing her place in film history with an Oscar for 1977’s Annie Hall, the frequent Woody Allen collaborator triggered an iconic fashion look wearing kaki pants, vest, and wide tie with a fedora.
Over the past thirty-five years the four time Academy Award nominee settled into roles that felt more or less the same. Making a lane for herself playing characters of a certain age dealing with the emotions of being a certain age. But seeing her on the screen was a comfort, an assurance things were going to be fine in the end.