Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1978
Diane Keaton Annie Hall 1978
Plays Character That Is Related To The Sex Trade Industry
Theresa Dunn in Looking For Mr. Goodbar 1977
Character Receives Payment For Sexual Services
Diane Keaton in Looking For Mr. Goodbar 1977
This film was an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Judith Rossner, a fictional account of the real-life murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn. Diane Keaton plays Theresa Dunn. During the day she is a compassionate teacher of deaf children. But when night falls, she is am intense party player – searching the bars for her nightly hook-up. Her apartment becomes a revolving door for men. So much so, that some men start to leave money on her bedside table. They have all mistaken her for a prostitute. When Theresa sees the money, she can’t help but laugh. She previously had fantasies of being a hooker. Sadly at the end of the movie, she pays the ultimate price with her final anonymous hook-up.
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