Diane Keaton, who died today at the age of 79, made her Broadway debut in the original company of “Hair” (above is a publicity photograph of her for the musical.) But the actress who went on to a stellar five-decade career on screen (winning an Oscar for “Annie Hall,” nominated for three more) never planned to stay on stage: “She explained her aversion to theater as a lifelong pursuit on “CBS Sunday Morning” in 2010. “Night after night? Doing a play?” she said, putting an imaginary gun to her head. “That’s my idea of hell,” according to her New York Times obituary, It then sums up her theater career:

“At 19, she dropped out and moved to New York to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse.

“She made her Broadway debut in the hit musical “Hair,” first as a member of the ensemble and then as Sheila, the female lead. (She turned down the $50 bonus offered to actors who were willing to appear nude in one scene.)

“Her Broadway career continued and her partnership with [Woody] Allen began with “Play It Again, Sam” (1969), in which she played a romantically desirable married woman opposite Mr. Allen as a nebbishy divorced friend. That performance earned her a Tony Award nomination for best featured actress in a play.: