Warren Beatty

Movie Actor

Warren Beatty was born in Richmond, Virginia, United States on March 30th, 1937 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 86, Warren Beatty biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Henry Warren Beatty, Pro, The Chief
Date of Birth
March 30, 1937
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Age
86 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Networth
$70 Million
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Television Presenter, Writer
Warren Beatty Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 86 years old, Warren Beatty has this physical status:

Height
183cm
Weight
76kg
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Average
Measurements
Not Available
Warren Beatty Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
He was raised in a Baptist household.
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Northwestern University
Warren Beatty Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Annette Bening
Children
4
Dating / Affair
Diane Ladd, Joan Collins, Leslie Caron, Natalie Wood, Vivien Leigh, Cher, Bernadette Peters, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand (1969), Twiggy, Daryl Hannah, Annette Bening (1991-Present)
Parents
Ira Owens Beaty, Kathlyn Corinne
Siblings
Shirley MacLaine (Older Sister) (Actress, Singer, Dancer)
Other Family
William Welton Beaty (Paternal Grandfather), Ada Virginia Partlow (Paternal Grandmother), Murdoch Thomas MacLean (Maternal Grandfather), Blanche Henrietta Lehigh (Maternal Grandmother), A. A. MacLeod (Maternal Uncle) (Politician)
Warren Beatty Life

Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker.

He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards – four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds (1981).

Beatty is the only person to have been nominated for acting in, directing, writing, and producing the same film, and he did so twice: first for Heaven Can Wait (with Buck Henry as co-director), and again with Reds.Eight of the films he has produced have earned 53 Academy nominations, and in 1999, he was awarded the Academy's highest honor, the Irving G. Thalberg Award.

Beatty has been nominated for eighteen Golden Globe Awards, winning six, including the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, which he was honored with in 2007.

Among his Golden Globe-nominated films are Splendor in the Grass (1961), his screen debut, and Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Shampoo (1975), Heaven Can Wait (1978), Reds (1981), Dick Tracy (1990), Bugsy (1991), Bulworth (1998) and Rules Don't Apply (2016), all of which he also produced. Director and collaborator Arthur Penn described Beatty as "the perfect producer", adding, "He makes everyone demand the best of themselves.

Warren stays with a picture through editing, mixing and scoring.

He plain works harder than anyone else I have ever seen."

Early life

Henry Warren Beaty was born March 30, 1937, in Richmond, Virginia. His mother, Kathlyn Corinne (née MacLean), was a teacher from Nova Scotia. His father, Ira Owens Beaty, studied for a PhD in educational psychology and was a teacher and school administrator, in addition to working in real estate. Beatty's grandparents were also teachers. The family was Baptist. During Warren's childhood, Ira Beaty moved his family from Richmond to Norfolk and then to Arlington and Waverly, then back to Arlington, eventually taking a position at Arlington's Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in 1945. During the 1950s, the family resided in the Dominion Hills section of Arlington. Beatty's older sister is the actress, dancer and writer Shirley MacLaine. His uncle, by marriage, was Canadian politician A. A. MacLeod.

Beatty became interested in movies as a child, often accompanying his sister to theaters. One film that had an important early influence on him was The Philadelphia Story (1940), which he saw when it was re-released in the 1950s. He noticed a strong resemblance between its star, Katharine Hepburn, and his mother, in both appearance and personality, saying that they symbolized "perpetual integrity". Another film that influenced him was Love Affair (1939), starring one of his favorite actors, Charles Boyer. He found it "deeply moving," and recalled that "[t]his is a movie I always wanted to make." He remade Love Affair in 1994, starring alongside Annette Bening and Katharine Hepburn.

Among his favorite TV shows in the 1950s was the Texaco Star Theatre, and he began to mimic one of its regular host comedians, Milton Berle. Beatty learned to do a "superb imitation of Berle and his routine", said a friend, and often used Berle-type humor at home. His sister's memories of her brother include seeing him reading books by Eugene O'Neill or singing along to Al Jolson records. In Rules Don't Apply (2016), Beatty plays Howard Hughes, who is shown talking about and singing Jolson songs while flying his plane.

MacLaine noted — on what made her brother want to become a filmmaker, sometimes writing, producing, directing and starring in his films: "That's why he's more comfortable behind the camera ... He's in the total-control aspect. He has to have control over everything." Beatty doesn't deny that need; in speaking about his earliest parts, he said "When I acted in films I used to come with suggestions about the script, the lighting, the wardrobe, and people used to say 'Waddya want, to produce the picture as well?' And I used to say that I supposed I did."

Beatty was a star football player at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. Encouraged to act by the success of his sister, who established herself as a Hollywood star, he decided to work as a stagehand at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. during the summer before his senior year. After graduation, he was reportedly offered ten college football scholarships, but turned them down to study liberal arts at Northwestern University (1954–55), where he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity. Beatty left college after his first year and moved to New York City to study acting under Stella Adler at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. He often subsisted on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and worked odd jobs, including dishwasher, piano player, bricklayer's assistant, construction worker, and, relatively briefly, a Sandhog.

Personal life

Beatty has been married to actress Annette Bening since 1992. They have four children. Their oldest child came out as transgender (FTM) in 2012.

Prior to marrying Bening, Beatty was notorious for his large number of romantic relationships that received generous media coverage, having been linked to over 100 female celebrities. Leslie Caron said "Warren always had girlfriends who resembled his sister". Cher stated that "Warren has probably been with everybody I know". Beatty woke Caron up one night, telling her that he was worried that she was not thinking of him. Caron later realized that it was a sign of his narcissism and desire for control. She rejected his marriage proposals.

Beatty is a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party. In 1972, Beatty was part of the "inner circle" of Senator George McGovern's presidential campaign. He traveled extensively and was instrumental in organizing fundraising. Despite differences in politics, Beatty was also a friend of Republican Senator John McCain, with whom he agreed on the need for campaign finance reform. He was one of the pallbearers chosen by McCain himself at the senator's funeral in 2018.

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Warren Beatty Career

Career

Beatty began his career as a host on television programs including Studio One (1957), Kraft Television Theatre (1957), and Playhouse 90 (1959). During the first season (1959–60), he was a semi-regular on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play and a 1960 Theatre World Award for his appearance in William Inge's A Loss of Roses on Broadway. It was his first appearance on Broadway.

In Elia Kazan's Splendor (1961), opposite Natalie Wood, he made his film debut. Beatty was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Actor, and he was nominated for the New Star of the Year – Actor award. The film was also nominated for two Oscars, one of which was praised.

Kazan "was the first in a line of major directors Beatty sought out, mentors, or father figures from whom he wanted to hear," author Peter Biskind explains. Beatty, who appeared at a Kennedy Center tribute to Kazan, told the audience that Kazan "had given him the most important break in his career." According to Biskind, they were "very dissimilar": actor vs. protegé, producer vs. actor, immigrant outsider vs. native son. Kazan was armed with the confidence that comes with age and triumph, while Beatty was literally unstoppable with youth's arrogance.

Kazan recalls his impressions of Beatty:

He continued his film with Tennessee Williams' The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), directed by John Frankenheimer; Lilith (1964), with Anna Stewart and Keenan Smith directed by Arthur Williams; with John Frankenheimer; and After That One (1964), with Susannah York and Clive Revill (1966). In 1965, he founded Tatira, which he named for Kathlyn (whose nickname was "Tat") and Ira.

Beatty, a 29-year-old boy who appeared and appeared in Bonnie and Clyde, was released in 1967. Arthur Penn directed a team that included writers Robert Benton and David Newman, as well as director Arthur Penn. Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Gene Wilder, and Michael J. Pollard were among the cast members selected by Beatty. Beatty also oversaw the script and spearheaded the film's completion.

Beatty chose Gene Hackman because he had worked with him in Lilith in 1964 and thought he was a "great" actor. Hackman was credited with giving the most "authentic performance in the film," recalls Dunaway. After seeing him in a play and refusing to invite him to audition for what would be Wilder's first film appearance, Beatty was so impressed with him. "Michael J. Pollard was one of my oldest friends," Beatty said. "I'd known him for a lifetime; the day I got my first television show was on tape." On Broadway, we had a play together."

Despite early mistakes by studio owner Jack Warner, who donated the money, Bonnie and Clyde became a critical and commercial success. "What does Warren Beatty think he is doing," Warner said before filming began.

How did he ever get us into this thing?

"This gangster stuff went out with Cagney." The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor and seven Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor. Beatty was originally entitled to 40% of the film's profits, but his 30% interest earned him more than $6,000 per year.

Beatty and Clyde were reunited with Elizabeth Taylor in The Only Game in Town (1970), directed by George Stevens; McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), directed by Robert Altman; and Dollars (1971), directed by Richard Brooks.

Beatty organized a number of benefit concerts in 1972 to help with publicity and fundraising in the George McGovern 1972 presidential campaign. Beatty was among the Four for McGovern at The Forum in the Los Angeles area, influencing Barbra Streisand, Carole King, and James Taylor to appear. Quincy Jones and his Orchestra performed at the Forum, and the album Live Concert at the Forum was released. Beatty performed another show at the Cleveland Arena, in which Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon joined James Taylor two weeks later. Beatty created Together for McGovern, reuniting Simon and Garfunkel, Nichols and May, and Peter, Paul and Mary, with Dionne Warwick as the protagonist. Beatty had "invented the political concert" in these performances, according to campaign manager Gary Hart. He had mobilized Hollywood celebrities for a political cause on a scale never before seen, triggering a new power dynamic.

Beatty appeared in the films The Parallax View (1974), directed by Alan Pakula; and The Fortune (1975), directed by Mike Nichols. Beatty produced, co-wrote, and appeared in Shampoo (1975), directed by Hal Ashby, which was nominated for four Academy Awards, as well as five Golden Globe Awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. Beatty directed, produced, and appeared in Heaven Can Wait (1978) (sharing co-directing credit with Buck Henry). The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay. It also received three Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actor.

Beatty's next film, Reds (1981), a historical epic about American Communist journalist John Reed, who survived the Russian October Revolution, was released in 1970, a Beatty's first film since 1970. Despite being an American film about an American Communist made and released during the Cold War, it was a critical and commercial success. It received 12 Academy Award nominations, including four for Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay; winning three; Beatty received the Best Supporting Actress award for Best Supporting Actress (playing anarchist Emma Goldman) and Vittorio Storaro received the Best Cinematography award. Best Motion Picture, Director, Actor, and Screenplay were among the seven Golden Globe awards for the film, including Best Motion Picture, Director, Actor, and Screenplay. Beatty was named Best Director of the Golden Globe Awards.

Beatty did not appear in a film for five years until 1987's Ishtar, written and directed by Elaine May, after Reds. The film received mixed feedback in press reviews as a result of intense criticism by the new British studio chief David Puttnam's debut before its release and was unimpressive financially. Puttnam was shot by his predecessor and was released shortly after.

Beatty produced, directed, and played the title role of comic strip-based detective Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name, under his second production company, Mulholland Productions. The film received good feedback and was one of the year's highest-grossing films. It received seven Academy Award nominations, three for Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, and Best Original Song. It also received four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture.

In 1991, he produced and starred as the true-life gangster Bugsy Siegel in the critically acclaimed and commercially lucrative film Bugsy, directed by Barry Levinson; the film then received two of the Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design; later in 1991, it was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Costume Design; it later received two of the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. In addition, the film received eight Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture and Best Actor for Best Motion Picture. Love Affair (1994), Beatty's next film, received mixed reviews and was deemed a commercial failure.

He wrote, produced, produced, directed, and starred in Bulworth, which was critically praised and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1998. Best Motion Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay were also nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay. Beatty has appeared in several documentaries, including Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) and One Bright Shining Moment: George McGovern's The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005).

Following Beatty's poor box office results in Town & Country (2001), in which Beatty appeared, he did not appear in or direct another film for 15 years.

Beatty filed a lawsuit against Tribune Media in May 2005, alleging that he still had the right to Dick Tracy. Beatty's favour was restored in Beatty's favor by U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson on March 25, 2011.

Beatty produced and reprised his role as Dick Tracy in a 30-minute comedy film called Dick Tracy Special, which premiered on TCM in 2010. Dick Tracy and film critic and scholar Leonard Maltin appear in the short metafiction film, the latter of whom addresses Tracy's past and development. Tracy discusses how he admired Ralph Byrd and Morgan Conway, who appeared in several films, but that he was unconcerned about Beatty's portrayal of him or his film. Beatty said at CinemaCon in April 2016, he wants to make a Dick Tracy sequel.

Rules Don't Apply (2016) is a fictionalized true-life romantic comedy starring Howard Hughes, set in 1958 Hollywood and Las Vegas. Beatty, who wrote, co-produced, and directed the film, appears in it. With supporting actors including Annette Bening, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Candice Bergen, Ed Harris, and Martin Sheen, it co-stars Alden Ehrenreich and Lily Collins. Some have claimed that Beatty's film is now 40 years in production. Beatty, a writer and essayist, and possibly produce a Howard Hughes film in the mid-1970s, agreed to star in, produce, write, and possibly direct a Howard Hughes film in the mid-1970s. When Beatty started Heaven Can Wait, the project was suspended. Initially, Beatty intended to film John Reed and Hughes' life story back-to-back, but as he progressed into the project, he mainly concentrated on the Reed film Reds. In June 2011, it was announced that Beatty would produce, write, direct, and act in a Hughes film, focusing on an affair he had with a younger woman in the final years of his life. Beatty interviewed actors to appear in his ensemble cast during this time. He spoke with Andrew Garfield, Alec Baldwin, Owen Wilson, Justin Timberlake, Shia LaBeouf, Jack Nicholson, Rooney Mara, and Felicity Jones. It was Beatty's first film in 15 years and was released on November 23, 2016. According to one review, Rotten Tomatoes' "Top Critics" received a 63% "Fresh" rating, with one calling it "hugely amusing." "The wait was worth it," another reviewer said. The film was also a commercial disappointment.

In 2017, Beatty reunited with Bonnie and Clyde co-star Faye Dunaway at the 89th Academy Awards in honor of the film's 50th anniversary. They stepped out onto the stage to present the Best Picture Award after Jimmy Kimmel introduced them. The wrong envelope had been given to Dunaway, prompting them to incorrectly announce La Land as the Best Picture rather than the actual winner, Moonlight. This is now a social media sensation, with celebrities all around the world. Beatty and Dunaway returned to Best Picture at the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, receiving a standing ovation upon their arrival, boasting about the previous year's flub. Beatty also announced The Shape of Water as the winner despite the incident.

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Nepo baby Ella Beatty makes her Broadway debut in Appropriate alongside Sarah Paulson - as proud mom Annette Bening watches

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
Ella Beatty, the daughter of A-list actors Annette Bening and Warren Beatty, made her Broadway debut in the play Appropriate on Monday evening. The young actress, who turns 24 next month, stars in the drama alongside veteran performer Sarah Paulson, 49. Her legendary mother Annette, 65, was a proud parent as she attended the opening performance to cheer her on.

The 100 greatest classic films ever and where you can watch them right now: Veteran critic BRIAN VINER'S movies everyone should see at least once - and they don't include Marvel, Shawshank Redemption or Titanic

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 10, 2024
Here are 100 films that I believe every person should see at least once in their lifetime, and all of them should make you laugh, cry, gasp, or think. In some instances, perhaps all four are present. I hope my list would bring you some good cinematic treats, or better still, introduce you to them. Happy viewing!

Shirley MacLaine, 89, pops up on Instagram!The sister of Warren Beatty is seen with French actress Juliette Binoche, 59, at a restaurant

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 8, 2024
Warren Beatty's sister wore a blue denim jacket over a turquoise top, while The English Patient actor wore a pale gray shirt over a Courrèges T-shirt. ' Shirley MacLaine, the European artist, wrote in the caption for the selfies, 'Wishing you all a happy New Year 2024.'