Warren Beatty

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Warren Beatty is an Academy Award winning American actor and filmmaker

Mar 30, 1937

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: March 30, 1937
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: College Dropouts, Northwestern University, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors
  • Spouses: Annette Bening, Julie Christie
  • Siblings: Shirley MacLaine
  • Known as: Henry Warren Beatty
  • Childrens: Benjamin Beatty, Ella Beatty, Isabel Beatty, Stephen Beatty

Warren Beatty born at

Richmond

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Birth Place

Warren Beatty was renowned to be a Ladies’ Man in his younger days and was linked with several women including Madonna, Serena, Mary Tyler, Jacqueline Onassis, Brigitte Bardot, Janice Dickinson, Jane Fonda, Princess Margaret, and Carly Simon among others.

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Personal Life

He finally tied the knot with actress Annette Bening in 1992. The couple has four children.

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Personal Life

Henry Warren Beatty was born on March 30, 1937, in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. His mother, Kathlyn Corinne, was a teacher and his father, Ira Owens Beatty, had a PhD in educational psychology and worked as a public school administrator. His grandparents were also educators.

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Childhood & Early Life

He attended Washington-Lee High School in Arlington where he emerged as a star football player. By this time his elder sister, Shirley MacLaine, had ventured into acting, which also motivated him to pursue acting.

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Childhood & Early Life

He was reportedly offered several football scholarships to college, but he declined them and chose to study liberal arts at Northwestern University in 1954. He left the university after a year to study acting with the prominent coach Stella Adler at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

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Childhood & Early Life

In the late 1950s he began his acting career with some television roles, including a recurring part on ‘The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis’. He made his Broadway debut in 1959 in the William Inge drama ‘A Loss of Roses’ which fared badly. However, the young actor’s performance got him noticed and earned him film roles.

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Career

He appeared in his first feature film ‘Splendor in the Grass’ in 1961, starring opposite Natalie Wood. His portrayal of a wealthy but emotionally tormented teen earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

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Career

He played major roles in films like ‘The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone’ (1961), ‘All Fall Down’ (1962), ‘Lilith’ (1963), ‘Promise Her Anything’ (1964), and ‘Mickey One’ (1965).

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In 1967, he produced and acted in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ which was both a critical and commercial success and was nominated for ten Academy Awards.

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The 1970s was a highly productive time for Warren Beatty; he appeared in some critically acclaimed movies like ‘Shampoo’ (1975) and ‘Heaven Can Wait’ (1978), the latter of which he also produced and co-directed.

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Career

He portrayed Clyde Barrow in the biographical crime film ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ which went on to become one of his best known roles. The film broke many cinematic taboos and was popular with the younger generation. Considered a landmark film, it was a huge commercial as well as critical hit.

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Major Works

He produced, starred and co-directed the comedy film ‘Heaven Can Wait’ which was well received by the critics and performed successfully at the box office as well. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards.

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Major Works

The drama film ‘Reds’ co-written, produced and directed by Warren Beatty is considered by many to be his magnum opus. The film revolves around the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book ‘Ten Days That Shook the World’.

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Major Works