Fellow actors and directors who worked with Diane Keaton recalled her life and work, after the family of the American actor announced her death Saturday.
Keaton, who was 79, appeared in eight Woody Allen movies, winning an Oscar for her role in "Annie Hall", an also starred in "The Godfather" films.
- Woody Allen 'upset' -
Woody Allen, 89, "is extremely distraught and surprised and upset" about her death, according to People magazine quoting an unnamed source.
He and Keaton were romantically linked several decades ago, and remained friends afterwards.
- 'Brilliant': Leonardo DiCaprio -
"Diane Keaton was one of a kind. Brilliant, funny, and unapologetically herself," Leonardo DiCaprio, who acted with her early in his career in "Marvin's Room", said on Instagram.
He called her "a legend, and icon, and a truly kind human being.... She will be deeply missed."
- 'Endlessly intelligent': Francis Ford Coppola -
'The Godfather' director Francis Ford Coppola called Keaton "endlessly intelligent, so beautiful," on Instagram.
"She was an extraordinary actor," he said. "Everything about Diane was creativity personified."
- 'Will be missed': Robert De Niro -
"I was very fond of her, and the news has taken me totally by surprise," Robert De Niro, who acted with her in "The Godfather Part II", said in a statement published by Deadline.
"She will be missed. May she rest in peace.”
- 'Marvellous': Andie MacDowell -
"I feel so lucky to have spent any time with this marvellous woman, and I'm heartbroken that she is gone," said actor Andie MacDowell, who starred in "Unstrung Hero" (1995), one of a handful of films Keaton directed.
- 'Hilarious': Bette Midler -
Actor Bette Midler, who starred alongside Keaton in the 1996 comedy "The First Wives Club," wrote on Instagram that Keaton "was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was...oh, la, la!"
- 'Fairy dust': Goldie Hawn -
Goldie Hawn, who was also in "The First Wives Club," said Keaton "left us with a trail of fairy dust, filled with particles of light and memories beyond imagination."