La-Di-Da Love: Diane Keaton's First Boyfriend Remembers Their New York Romance | Guest Column

La-Di-Da Love: Diane Keaton's First Boyfriend Remembers Their New York Romance

Actor Robert Lesser recounts meeting Diane Keaton at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City when she was 19.

While driving to Los Angeles, Lesser received a call from his wife, Annie, with sad news: Diane Keaton had passed away at 79.

She was 79, I’m older, so how ever could that be?

Lesser and Keaton met in 1965 as first-year acting students at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where Keaton, then known as Diane Hall, was a newcomer to New York City from Orange County, Calif.

At the time, Keaton was staying at The Rehearsal Club, a strictly women's boarding house on West 53rd Street, while Lesser had his first New York apartment.

Author's summary: Robert Lesser remembers his first love, Diane Keaton.

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TheWrap TheWrap — 2025-10-17

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