Hollywood Mourns Diane Keaton: Tributes Pour In from Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, and More
Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Following her death this past weekend, co-stars, colleagues, friends, and movie lovers shared their feelings about the iconic, singular star. This remembrance of Keaton has spread across social media, highlighting her legendary roles, kind spirit, activism, and talent.
Leonardo DiCaprio, who played Keaton’s nephew in the 1996 film Marvin’s Room, posted a remembrance on his Instagram Stories of the two together and wrote, “Diane Keaton was one of a kind. Brilliant, funny, and unapologetically herself. A legend, an icon, and a truly kind human being. I had the honor of working with her at 18. She will be deeply missed.”
Bette Midler, who starred alongside Keaton in 1996’s The First Wives Club, wrote on Instagram, “I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me. She 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, lala!”
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Kimberly Williams-Paisley, actress who played the daughter of Keaton’s character in Father of the Bride, shared that getting to work with Keaton “will always be one of the highlights of my life.”
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Elizabeth Tulloch, an American actress, highlighted Keaton’s appreciation for animals and the importance of their fair treatment in her last Instagram post on her account. Tulloch commented on the post of Keaton and her dog, “Thank you for your talent, your animal advocacy, your immeasurable charm.”
Viola Davis wrote in a powerful Instagram caption, “The pathos, humor, levity, your ever-present youthfulness and vulnerability – you tattooed your SOUL into every role, making it impossible to imagine anyone else inhabiting them.”
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Elizabeth Banks wrote on Instagram, “I am proud I have a career that allowed me to meet her and breathe her air.”
Octavia Spencer shared, “Thank you, Diane, for reminding us that authenticity never goes out of fashion.”
Reese Witherspoon shared her earliest memories of Keaton while on stage at her Hello Sunshine Shine Away event in L.A., “Diane was one of my first mentors in this business when I was 15…The thing I just loved about her is she was such an original.” Witherspoon went on to praise her work in Annie Hall, The Godfather, and Something’s Gotta Give, and ended with “For Diane, watch one of her movies and wear like a really interesting outfit.”
Francis Ford Coppola, Keaton’s director on The Godfather films, wrote on Instagram, “Words can’t express the wonder and talent of Diane Keaton. Endlessly intelligent, so beautiful. From her earliest performances in Hair and throughout her amazing career, she was an extraordinary actor.”
Steve Martin shared a humorous part of a 2021 interview with Keaton and Martin Short, her co-star in the classic 1991 film Father of the Bride, for Interview magazine. Short asks Keaton, “Who’s sexier, me or Steve Martin?” and Keaton replies, “I mean, you’re both idiots.” Martin shared this on Instagram and wrote in the caption, “Don’t know who first posted this, but it sums up our delightful relationship with Diane.” Steve Martin posted again on Sunday, sharing a personal relic, “This playbill is from a 1964 college production of Carousel. Diane ‘Hall’ (Keaton) is the lead; and I’m the stage hand (circled in the image).”
Many other stars, including Kate Hudson, Ben Stiller, Jamie Lee Curtis, Pink, Lisa Kudrow, Julia Garner, Mandy Moore, and Luke Evans, shared their love for Keaton and thoughts to her loved ones on Instagram and X.
Many fans are returning to Meryl Streep’s speech to award Diane Keaton the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement award in 2017, as it perfectly captures Keaton’s life in film. Meryl Streep starred alongside Keaton in Marvin’s Room.
In her speech, Meryl Streep says, “I fell for Diane Keaton…with Annie Hall because she had the stream of consciousness of a hummingbird…She’s in flight. When she lights down, she stops your heart. She has given us so much happiness.”
