Diane Keaton is a native of Los Angeles, California and her began her acting career on stage and took part in the Broadway production Hair. Her association with Woody Allen began soon after, taking part in his production of Play it Again, Sam. She won a Tony award for that role and then moved into the movie world. She made her film debut in Lovers and Other Strangers before earning her real breakout role as Kay in the cult classic The Godfather.
Most will know that The Godfather had unparalleled success and reprised her role as Kay in 1974 in Part II. Keaton went on to play in multiple Woody Allen films but would hit huge heights once again for the 1977 movie Annie Hall, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Many more hits would come her way, such as Manhattan, The Father of the Bride, The First Wives Club and another chance to portray Kay Adams in The Godfather Part III. Keaton is known as one of the most versatile and competent actresses in Hollywood.
Barbara Streisand was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942 and at the age of 16 Barbra was almost homeless trying to pursue her dream of stardom. By the end of the 70’s she was one of the most successful female artists in the U.S. While working at theater showing The Sound of Music, she got wind that the director was on the look-out for more singers and auditioned, although she didn’t get the part, it encouraged her to pursue a singing career as well as acting.
Barbra eventually became one of the highest-selling artists of all time, with 68.5 million albums sold in the US alone, with around 145 million being sold worldwide. Apart from her music career, Streisand is a very successful actress. She wrote, produced, directed and starred in the 1983 film Yentl, becoming the first women to do so, and she became the first woman to receive an Oscar for best director. Fans nowadays will recognize her from the Meet the Fockers movie, opposite Dustin Hoffman and Ben Stiller.
Talia Shire was born Talia Coppola, the sister of the famous movie director Francis Ford Coppola, 1946. Her father, Carmine, was a famous composer and so, naturally, her path was led into the movie industry. Her first big role was one that would go down in history, playing Connie Corleone in The Godfather. She later won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the 1974 sequel, The Godfather Part II. Following her successes in the early 70s, her next classic role would come in the form of Sylvester Stallone’s love interest in the smash-hit Rocky series.
