“I still love him – there are some people who stay in your life and it matters and they are in for the long haul,” she said about Allen in an interview with The Telegraph in 2013.
After seeing her in “Lovers and Other Strangers” and intrigued by her kooky, nervous demeanor, Francis Ford Coppola cast Keaton as Kay Adams, Pacino’s love interest in “The Godfather.” It was a major role for the actress in the film that won the Oscar for best picture in 1973.
As Keaton’s career progressed, she moved from ingenue roles to mature career women and mothers grappling with family issues. She credits director Nancy Myers for her long-lasting career. They worked on four films together, including 1987’s “Baby Boom,” and the 1991 remake of the 1950s film “Father of the Bride.”
Keaton was also nominated for a lead actress Emmy in 1995 for “Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight” and directed several films, television episodes and two music videos for singer Belinda Carlisle.
Despite her well-publicized romances, she never married.
“I think I was really afraid of men and also very attracted to extremely talented people that were dazzling,” she told Elle magazine in 2015. “I don’t think that makes for a good marriage with a person like me, someone who just didn’t adjust well.”
After adopting two children, Dexter and Duke, when she was in her 50s, Keaton said she found a real purpose in her life that she never had before.
“I was very heavily involved in myself forever. And this changes the whole landscape of your life. Your whole point of view in a good way,” she told CBS News. “In a nice way … I just think they are both miracles.”
