Warren Beatty.....Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty..........
Born: 30-Mar-1937
Birthplace: Richmond, VA

Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Party Affiliation: Democratic
Father: Ira O. Beaty (public school administrator, d. 1987)
Mother: Kathlyn MacLean Beaty (drama teacher, d. 1994)
Sister: Shirley MacLaine (actress)
Wife: Annette Bening (actress, m. 12-Mar-1992, four children)
Daughter: Kathlyn Beatty (b. 1992)
Son: Ben Beatty (b. 23-Aug-1994)
Daughter: Isabel Ira Ashley Beatty (b. 11-Jan-1997)
Daughter: Ella Corinne Beatty (b. 8-Apr-2000)
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Dick Tracy


On January 1, 1961, Beatty was discharged from the Air National Guard due to physical disability. He was also simultaneously discharged from the United States Air Force Reserve. Since he served on inactive duty only, Beatty was not awarded any military decorations.One of the most fascinating characters in Hollywood history, Warren Beatty was born Henry Warren Beaty in Richmond, Virginia on March 30, 1937. His mother, Kathlyn, was a drama teacher who gave it up to settle down in Virginia and raise a family, although it was never in doubt that Beatty and his sister, the actress and dancer Shirley MacLaine, would themselves be raised to pursue stardom - each was urged to be successful and achieve from a very early age.
Beatty attended high school in Arlington, Virginia and then Northwestern University, but, not to be outdone by his rising-star big sister, dropped out after his first year to study acting under the legendary Stella Adler. He found his first screen role, in the TV sitcom "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (1959), to be "ridiculous" and quickly abandoned it to work on the Broadway stage, the highlight of which was his Tony-nominated performance in "A Loss of Roses".


Beatty's first major film role came in the drama Splendor in the Grass (1961), as the confused Bud. Critics refused to take the handsome young Beatty seriously, and he strove to turn this around with his arty crime drama Mickey One (1965), directed by Arthur Penn, which got favorable notices but did not find an audience. Next he starred in a light-weight comedy, Promise Her Anything (1965), along with the lovely Leslie Caron and the charismatic Beatty, already a Lothario, began an affair with his married co-star which was cited in Caron's divorce proceedings.