Diane Keaton’s Net Worth: Why She Never Married After Dating Woody Allen and Al Pacino

Diane Keaton did fame her way: big movies, sharp taste, zero interest in playing by anyone else’s rules. She died on October 11, 2025, at 79. So let’s take a look at the life and career she built — from Broadway to box-office legend to a surprisingly savvy side hustle that made her as much a tastemaker as a movie star.

The work, the wins, the money

Keaton first popped on the radar in 1969 with Woody Allen’s stage comedy 'Play It Again, Sam,' then jumped to film and made a quick impression in Francis Ford Coppola’s 'The Godfather.' The real turning point came in 1977 with 'Annie Hall,' which won her the Oscar for Best Actress and basically cemented her as a pop-culture touchstone.

That profile paid off — literally. According to Celebrity Net Worth, she amassed around $100 million over the years. Yes, the acting checks helped. But the twist is how much of that came from her off-screen passion: rehabbing and designing homes, especially historic restorations. This wasn’t a hobby she posted about once and forgot — it became a whole second career. Her design work made magazines, caught celebrity buyers, and even turned into a book.

• Stage to screen: Broke through on Broadway with 'Play It Again, Sam' (1969), then on film with 'The Godfather' before 'Annie Hall' (1977) won her the Best Actress Oscar.
• Money moves: Estimated net worth of $100 million (Celebrity Net Worth), not just from acting but also from real estate/design projects.
• Real estate cred: Specialized in historic restoration; Madonna bought a Keaton-renovated home for $6.5 million. Ryan Murphy picked up her Beverly Hills place for $10 million in 2010; she had bought it for $8.1 million in 2007.
• Design spotlight: Her homes turned up in Architectural Digest and Elle Decor, and she published the coffee-table book 'House' in 2012 (covered by Marca).
• Private person: Preferred to keep her off-camera life quiet. She adopted two children — daughter Dexter and son Duke — in her 50s and stayed a single mom.
• Philanthropy: Part of the picture too, alongside the work and the ventures.

Love life, on her terms

Keaton never married, and she was pretty blunt about why. In an interview published by People on October 11, 2025, she laid it out:

'I don’t think it would have been a good idea for me to have married, and I’m really glad I didn’t, and I’m sure they’re happy about it, too.'

That attitude goes way back. As she told it, a guy in high school once said she’d make a good wife; that comment turned her off the idea for good. Still, she didn’t exactly avoid romance — just commitment paperwork.

The notable relationships

Woody Allen was the most public. They dated early on, made a string of films together, split in the early 1970s, and Keaton later defended him when allegations surfaced. Complicated, very public, and the kind of thing only a few people can truly unpack.

Al Pacino was the on-and-off epic. They were linked for years around the 'Godfather' era, and things finally ended in 1990 after she pushed for marriage and he wouldn’t go there. They stayed friends; Pacino even saluted her at the 2017 AFI Life Achievement Award, calling her a 'great artist' and adding, 'I love you forever.'

Then Warren Beatty. After Pacino, Keaton and Beatty were together for about five years. They co-starred in 'Reds,' and she later said their on-screen spark felt 'really real.' The romance wrapped in the 1980s, but the friendship didn’t. She called him a 'brilliant character,' and in 2016 he praised her for her humor, brains, integrity, and yes, the looks.

What made her different

Plenty of stars ride fame. Keaton engineered hers. She used the attention from her films to build a parallel career in design — the kind of niche most actors dabble in, but she turned into a genuine calling card. The industry details behind those home flips — buying smart, restoring with taste, selling to equally taste-driven buyers — were as impressive as anything she did on screen.

And she kept her private life actually private, even while dating some of the most famous men on the planet. She chose family on her timeline, work on her terms, and relationships that didn’t need a wedding to count.

Farewell to a true original

Diane Keaton leaves behind a career that defined an era, a design legacy that surprised a lot of people, and a very modern blueprint for living on your own terms. Not many pull off that mix. She did.