Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1978
Diane Keaton Annie Hall 1978
SEX WORKER ROLE
Theresa Dunn in Looking For Mr. Goodbar 1977
Character Dabbles In Prostitution
Receives Payment After A One-Night Stand
Diane Keaton in Looking For Mr. Goodbar 1977
This film was an adaptation of a novel of the same name—the book fictionalizing the real-life murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn. Here Diane Keaton plays Theresa Dunn. During the day, she is a compassionate teacher of deaf children. But she is an intense party player at night—searching the bars for her nightly hookup. Her apartment becomes a revolving door for men, so much so that some men leave money on her bedside table. Convinced she is a prostitute. When Theresa sees the money, she can’t help but laugh, as she previously had fantasies about being a hooker. Sadly, at the movie’s end, she pays the ultimate price with her final anonymous hookup.
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