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Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30 1937 in
Richmond, Virginia), now known as Warren Beatty,
is an United States|American actor, producer,
screenwriter, and film director|director. He long
had a reputation as a womanizer and playboy, but
this reputation has faded since his 1992 marriage.
The Academy Awards honored him with the Irving G.
Thalberg Memorial Award in 2000, presented by his
close friend Jack Nicholson, while in 2004 he
received Kennedy Center Honors|Kennedy Center
Honor.

Beatty, a 1959 Northwestern University graduate
got his start in film under Elia Kazan's direction
and opposite Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
(1961), though he had previous television
experience in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
(1959).  At age 30 he achieved critical acclaim as
producer and star of Bonnie and Clyde
(movie)|Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which was
nominated for 10 Academy Awards. 

Subsequent Beatty films include  McCabe & Mrs.
Miller (1971),  The Parallax View (1974), Shampoo
(film)|Shampoo  (1975), and Heaven Can Wait
(1978)|Heaven Can Wait  (1978). His historical
epic set at the start of World War I, Reds 
(1981), won Academy Awards for Best Director, 
Best Cinematography, and  Best Actress in a
Supporting Role while losing Best Picture to
Chariots of Fire. It was nominated for eight other
Oscars and joined a handful of films to win Best
Director but not Best Picture. Other critically
acclaimed works include Bugsy (1991) and Bulworth
(1998). 

Beatty's career as a ladies man has been marked by
a series of well-publicized romances, including
Diane Keaton, Leslie Caron,  Isabelle Adjani,
Catherine Deneuve, Inger Stevens, Lana Wood, Linda
McCartney, Margaux Hemingway, Natalie Wood, Joan
Collins, Cher (entertainer)|Cher, Brooke Hayward,
Faye Dunaway, Maria Callas, Judy Carne, Daryl
Hannah, Susannah York, Liv Ullmann, Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis, Julie Christie, Princess
Margaret, Joni Mitchell, Janice Dickinson, Goldie
Hawn, Jessica Savitch, Michelle Phillips, Britt
Ekland, Mary Tyler Moore, Candice Bergen, Mamie
Van Doren, Carol Alt, Connie Chung, Kate Jackson,
Lillian Hellman, Diane Sawyer, Barbra Streisand,
Elle Macpherson, Carly Simon, Jane Fonda, Justine
Bateman, Bianca Jagger, Stephanie Seymour, Diana
Ross, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Hershey, and 
Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna. He settled down at
55, marrying Annette Bening, his co-star in the
gangster film Bugsy, in 1992. They have four
children together: Kathlyn (b. 1992), Benjamin (b.
1994), Isabel (b. 1997) and Ella Corinne (b. April
8, 2000). 
Beatty is the younger brother of actor|actress and
writer Shirley MacLaine.

== Politics ==
A longtime activist in various liberalism|liberal
political causes, Beatty has, at various times in
the past, been extremely active in the
presidential politics of the Democratic Party
(United States)|Democratic Party.

In 1968, he hit the campaign trail for the first
time, supporting Senator Robert F. Kennedy's bid
for his party's presidential nomination. His
involvement in the senator's campaign, which
included stump speaking and fundraising, was cut
short when Kennedy was shot and killed by Sirhan
Sirhan on the same night that he won a crucial
primary in California.

Four years later, Beatty joined the campaign of
Senator George McGovern as an advisor. As part of
the so-called "Malibu Mafia," a group of Hollywood
celebrities who were part of the candidate's
"inner circle," Beatty gave McGovern's campaign
manager Gary Hart advice about the handling of
public relations and was instrumental in
organizing a series of rock-concerts which raised
over $1 million for the senator's campaign.

In 1984, and again in 1988, Beatty was to play a
similar role in Hart's own presidential campaigns.
Hart, who had, by that time, become a senator
himself, had become friends with Beatty during the
1972 campaign and the relationship had grown
closer during the intervening decade. After Hart's
second campaign imploded over allegations that he
had committed adultery with a former beauty queen
named Donna Rice, a mutual friend of the two
explained why they were so close: "Gary always
wanted to have Warren's life and Warren always
wanted to have Gary's. It was a match made in
heaven."

Beatty himself was to become presidential timber
during the summer of 1999. After it became clear
that the only two contenders for the Democratic
Party's nomination were to be Vice President Al
Gore and former Senator Bill Bradley of New
Jersey, Beatty made it generally known that he was
dissatisfied with the two choices and began to
drop hints that he might be willing to seek the
nomination himself. After meeting with several
powerful liberal activists and influential
Democratic operatives, including pollster Pat
Caddell, who had worked previously for Hart,
McGovern, and President Jimmy Carter, and adman
http://www.northwoodsadv.com/index.asp Bill
Hillsman, who had worked on the campaigns of
Senator Paul Wellstone and Governor Jesse Ventura,
Beatty announced in September of 1999 that he
would not seek the nomination. However, he
continued to be courted by members of a different
political party, the Reform Party of the United
States of America|Reform Party, who were looking
for an alternative to Pat Buchanan, a
conservatism|conservative who had switched parties
after losing the Republican Party (United
States)|Republican Party's presidential nomination
for the third time in a row. Despite frequent
entreaties by Governor Ventura, real-estate
magnate Donald Trump, and syndicated columnist
Arianna Huffington, Beatty refused to enter the
race and Buchanan eventually won the Reform
Party's nomination. Later in the campaign, Beatty
announced that he was endorsing Ralph Nader for
president.

Despite his decision not to seek the presidency in
2000, Beatty intimated that he might still run at
a later time, telling reporters that he would do
so if he thought he "could make an impact on the
debate."

== Filmography ==
*Splendor in the Grass (1961)
*The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
*All Fall Down (film)|All Fall Down (1962)
*Lilith (movie)|Lilith (1964)
*Mickey One (1965)
*Promise Her Anything (1965)
*Kaleidoscope (film)|Kaleidoscope (1966)
*Bonnie and Clyde (movie)|Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
(also producer)
*The Only Game in Town (1970)
*McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) (also writer)
*$ (film)|$ (1971) 
*Year of the Woman (1973) (documentary)
*The Parallax View (1974)
*Shampoo (film)|Shampoo (1975) (also producer and
writer)
*The Fortuner (1975)
*Heaven Can Wait (1978 movie)|Heaven Can Wait
(1978) (also director, producer, and writer)
*Reds (1981) (also director, producer, and writer)
*George Stevens: A Filmmakers Journey (1984)
(documentary)
*Ishtar (movie)|Ishtar (1987) (also producer)
*Dick Tracy (film)|Dick Tracy (1990) (also
producer and director)
*Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary)
*Bugsy (1991) (also producer)
*Love Affair (1994) (also writer)
*Bulworth (1998) (also producer, director and
writer)
*The Book That Wrote Itself (1999) (cameo)
*Town & Country (movie)|Town & Country (2001)
*Dean Travoularis: The Magician of Hollywood
(2003) (documentary)

== External links ==
*imdb name | id=0000886 | name=Warren Beatty
* http://www.thegoldenyears.org/beatty.html
Classic Movies (1939 - 1969): Warren Beatty

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Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30 1937 in
Richmond, Virginia), now known as Warren Beatty,
is an United States|American actor, film
producer|producer, screenwriter, and film
director|director. He long had a reputation as a
womanizer and playboy, but this reputation has
faded since his 1992 marriage. The Academy Awards
honored him with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial
Award in 2000, presented by his close friend Jack
Nicholson, while in 2004 he received Kennedy
Center Honors|Kennedy Center Honor.

Beatty, a 1959 Northwestern University graduate
got his start in film under Elia Kazan's direction
and opposite Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass
(1961), though he had previous television
experience in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
(1959).  At age 30 he achieved critical acclaim as
producer and star of Bonnie and Clyde
(movie)|Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which was
nominated for 10 Academy Awards. 

Subsequent Beatty films include  McCabe & Mrs.
Miller (1971),  The Parallax View (1974), Shampoo
(film)|Shampoo  (1975), and Heaven Can Wait
(1978)|Heaven Can Wait  (1978). His historical
epic set at the start of World War I, Reds 
(1981), won Academy Awards for Best Director, 
Best Cinematography, and  Best Actress in a
Supporting Role while losing Best Picture to
Chariots of Fire. It was nominated for eight other
Oscars and joined a handful of films to win Best
Director but not Best Picture. Other critically
acclaimed works include Bugsy (1991) and Bulworth
(1998). 

Beatty's career as a ladies man has been marked by
a series of well-publicized romances, including
Diane Keaton, Leslie Caron,  Isabelle Adjani,
Catherine Deneuve, Inger Stevens, Lana Wood, Linda
McCartney, Margaux Hemingway, Natalie Wood, Joan
Collins, Cher (entertainer)|Cher, Brooke Hayward,
Faye Dunaway, Maria Callas, Judy Carne, Daryl
Hannah, Susannah York, Liv Ullmann, Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis, Julie Christie, Princess
Margaret, Joni Mitchell, Janice Dickinson, Goldie
Hawn, Jessica Savitch, Michelle Phillips, Britt
Ekland, Mary Tyler Moore, Candice Bergen, Mamie
Van Doren, Carol Alt, Connie Chung, Kate Jackson,
Lillian Hellman, Diane Sawyer, Barbra Streisand,
Elle Macpherson, Carly Simon, Jane Fonda, Justine
Bateman, Bianca Jagger, Stephanie Seymour, Diana
Ross, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Hershey, and 
Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna. He settled down at
55, marrying Annette Bening, his co-star in the
gangster film Bugsy, in 1992. They have four
children together: Kathlyn (b. 1992), Benjamin (b.
1994), Isabel (b. 1997) and Ella Corinne (b. April
8, 2000). 
Beatty is the younger brother of actor|actress and
writer Shirley MacLaine.

== Politics ==
A longtime activist in various liberalism|liberal
political causes, Beatty has, at various times in
the past, been extremely active in the
presidential politics of the Democratic Party
(United States)|Democratic Party.

In 1968, he hit the campaign trail for the first
time, supporting Senator Robert F. Kennedy's bid
for his party's presidential nomination. His
involvement in the senator's campaign, which
included stump speaking and fundraising, was cut
short when Kennedy was shot and killed by Sirhan
Sirhan on the same night that he won a crucial
primary in California.

Four years later, Beatty joined the campaign of
Senator George McGovern as an advisor. As part of
the so-called "Malibu Mafia," a group of Hollywood
celebrities who were part of the candidate's
"inner circle," Beatty gave McGovern's campaign
manager Gary Hart advice about the handling of
public relations and was instrumental in
organizing a series of rock-concerts which raised
over $1 million for the senator's campaign.

In 1984, and again in 1988, Beatty was to play a
similar role in Hart's own presidential campaigns.
Hart, who had, by that time, become a senator
himself, had become friends with Beatty during the
1972 campaign and the relationship had grown
closer during the intervening decade. After Hart's
second campaign imploded over allegations that he
had committed adultery with a former beauty queen
named Donna Rice, a mutual friend of the two
explained why they were so close: "Gary always
wanted to have Warren's life and Warren always
wanted to have Gary's. It was a match made in
heaven."

Beatty himself was to become presidential timber
during the summer of 1999. After it became clear
that the only two contenders for the Democratic
Party's nomination were to be Vice President Al
Gore and former Senator Bill Bradley of New
Jersey, Beatty made it generally known that he was
dissatisfied with the two choices and began to
drop hints that he might be willing to seek the
nomination himself. After meeting with several
powerful liberal activists and influential
Democratic operatives, including pollster Pat
Caddell, who had worked previously for Hart,
McGovern, and President Jimmy Carter, and adman
http://www.northwoodsadv.com/index.asp Bill
Hillsman, who had worked on the campaigns of
Senator Paul Wellstone and Governor Jesse Ventura,
Beatty announced in September of 1999 that he
would not seek the nomination. However, he
continued to be courted by members of a different
political party, the Reform Party of the United
States of America|Reform Party, who were looking
for an alternative to Pat Buchanan, a
conservatism|conservative who had switched parties
after losing the Republican Party (United
States)|Republican Party's presidential nomination
for the third time in a row. Despite frequent
entreaties by Governor Ventura, real-estate
magnate Donald Trump, and syndicated columnist
Arianna Huffington, Beatty refused to enter the
race and Buchanan eventually won the Reform
Party's nomination. Later in the campaign, Beatty
announced that he was endorsing Ralph Nader for
president.

Despite his decision not to seek the presidency in
2000, Beatty intimated that he might still run at
a later time, telling reporters that he would do
so if he thought he "could make an impact on the
debate."

== Filmography ==
*Splendor in the Grass (1961)
*The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
*All Fall Down (film)|All Fall Down (1962)
*Lilith (movie)|Lilith (1964)
*Mickey One (1965)
*Promise Her Anything (1965)
*Kaleidoscope (film)|Kaleidoscope (1966)
*Bonnie and Clyde (movie)|Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
(also producer)
*The Only Game in Town (1970)
*McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) (also writer)
*$ (film)|$ (1971) 
*Year of the Woman (1973) (documentary)
*The Parallax View (1974)
*Shampoo (film)|Shampoo (1975) (also producer and
writer)
*The Fortuner (1975)
*Heaven Can Wait (1978 movie)|Heaven Can Wait
(1978) (also director, producer, and writer)
*Reds (1981) (also director, producer, and writer)
*George Stevens: A Filmmakers Journey (1984)
(documentary)
*Ishtar (movie)|Ishtar (1987) (also producer)
*Dick Tracy (film)|Dick Tracy (1990) (also
producer and director)
*Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) (documentary)
*Bugsy (1991) (also producer)
*Love Affair (1994) (also writer)
*Bulworth (1998) (also producer, director and
writer)
*The Book That Wrote Itself (1999) (cameo)
*Town & Country (movie)|Town & Country (2001)
*Dean Travoularis: The Magician of Hollywood
(2003) (documentary)

== External links ==
*imdb name | id=0000886 | name=Warren Beatty
* http://www.thegoldenyears.org/beatty.html
Classic Movies (1939 - 1969): Warren Beatty