Warren Beatty

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

Beatty 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 (1967), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.

Subsequent Beatty films include McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), The Parallax View (1974), Shampoo (1975), and 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 has been marked by a series of well-publicized romances, including Reds co-star Diane Keaton and pop-star Madonna. He settled down in his fifties, 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 actress and writer Shirley MacLaine.


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Beatty is the younger brother of actress and writer Shirley MacLaine. George Brent has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for his contributions to Motion Pictures at 1707 Vine St, and for his contributions to Television at 1614 Vine St. April 8, 2000). He died shortly after in Solana Beach, California, from emphysema. 1997) and Ella Corinne (b. She expressed great remorse at his ill health, and sadness that such a virile and attractive man could have deteriorated so dramatically. 1994), Isabel (b. Davis recounted in her final years, what would be her last meeting with Brent after many years of estrangement.

1992), Benjamin (b. He was married six times including three marriages to actresses - Ruth Chatterton (1932-1934), Constance Worth (1937) and Ann Sheridan (1942-1943). They have four children together: Kathlyn (b. Brent was known as a womaniser in Hollywood, and had a lengthy relationship with his co-star Bette Davis. He settled down in his fifties, marrying Annette Bening, his co-star in the gangster film Bugsy, in 1992. He retired from acting in 1956 but made a return in 1978 in the made-for-television production Born Again. Beatty's career has been marked by a series of well-publicized romances, including Reds co-star Diane Keaton and pop-star Madonna. When not playing against a popular female lead, Brent's few starring roles failed to achieve success, and he drifted into "B" pictures from the late 1940s.

Other critically acclaimed works include Bugsy (1991) and Bulworth (1998). Ames (1936), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary (1936), Myrna Loy in The Rains Came (1939), Merle Oberon in 'Til We Meet Again (1940), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon For Three (1941), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan (1945), Barbara Stanwyck in My Reputation (1946), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow is Forever (1946), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase (1946), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back (1946) and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl (1947). It was nominated for eight other Oscars and joined a handful of films to win Best Director but not Best Picture. He also played opposite Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil (1934), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. 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. Highly regarded by Davis, he became her most frequent male co-star, appearing with her in twelve films, including Jezebel (1938), The Old Maid (1939), Dark Victory (1939) and The Great Lie (1941). Subsequent Beatty films include McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), The Parallax View (1974), Shampoo (1975), and Heaven Can Wait (1978). As a leading man for many of the studios leading stars, most notably Bette Davis, Brent was usually overshadowed by them, however this was a deliberate choice of the studio who wanted to ensure that the actress was shown as the key player.

At age 30 he achieved critical acclaim as producer and star of Bonnie and Clyde (1967), which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards. Born George Brendan Nolan in Shannonsbridge, Ireland, Brent moved to Hollywood where he made his first film in 1930. Signed to a contract with Warner Brothers he acted for more than twenty years, establishing himself as a dependable actor, but often dismissed by critics as wooden. Beatty 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). George Brent (March 15, 1899 - May 26, 1979) was an actor in American cinema. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2000, while in 2004 he received the Kennedy Center Honor. The Academy Awards honored him with the Irving G.

He long had a reputation as a womanizer and playboy, but this reputation seems to have faded since his 1992 marriage. Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937 in Richmond, Virginia), now known as Warren Beatty, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.