Los Angeles June 9 (IANS) Legendary filmmaker Woody Allen paid tribute to his former girlfriend and longtime muse actress Diane Keaton during a rare appearance here.
Allen 81 appeared to present Keaton 71 with AFI s Lifetime Achievement Award in front of a star-studded audience on Thursday night reports dailymail.co.uk.
We go back a long way Diane and I. Much of what I accomplished in my life I owe for sure to her Allen said.
Keaton starred in several of Allen s movies in the 1970s after finding fame as Al Pacino s wife Kay Adams in the Godfather film in 1972 and its sequel.
She played the lead in Sleeper Love and Death Interiors and Manhattan.
Diane won a Best Actress Academy Award for Allen s 1977 romantic comedy Annie Hall.
In 1978 she ended her romantic relationship with Allen after falling for Warren Beatty who cast her opposite himself in his 1980 film Reds.
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Woody Allen pays homage to Diane Keaton
