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Warren Beatty’s Milestones
Raised in Virginia
1959 - 1960 TV series debut, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (CBS); pulled after three episodes by his agent
1960 Broadway debut in William Inge's "A Loss of Roses"; garnered a best actor Tony Award nomination; was his only appearance on the Broadway stage
1961 Made film debut under Elia Kazan's direction and opposite Natalie Wood in "Splendor in the Grass"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
1962 Cast opposite Angela Lansbury and Eva Marie Saint in John Frankenheimer's "All Fall Down"
1967 First film as producer, "Bonnie and Clyde"; also co-starred with Faye Dunaway; film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor
1971 Co-starred with off-screen companion Julie Christie in Robert Altman's "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"
1971 First film with Goldie Hawn, the caper film "$"
1974 Starred (also produced) in Alan J. Pakula's political thriller "The Parallax View"
1975 First film as co-writer (with Robert Towne), "Shampoo"; also produced and acted; re-teamed Beatty with Hawn and Christie; garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay
1975 Teamed with Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing in Mike Nichols' "The Fortune"
1978 First film directing (co-directed with Buck Henry), "Heaven Can Wait"; also co-wrote (with Elaine May), produced and co-starred; third collaboration with Julie Christie; film nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay
1981 Earned first Academy Award as Best Director for his epic love story "Reds"; also produced, co-wrote and starred as John Reed opposite Diane Keaton's Louise Bryant; film received 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay
1987 Returned to films after a six year hiatus to co-star with Dustin Hoffman in the critically panned, "Ishtar"; regarded as one of the biggest box office bombs in film history
1990 Produced, directed and played the title role as the comic strip character "Dick Tracy"; film received seven Academy Award nominations
1991 Appeared in then off-screen love Madonna's documentary, "Madonna: Truth or Dare"
1991 Portrayed real-life gangster Bugsy Siegel in the critically acclaimed biopic "Bugsy"; co-starred with future wife Annette Bening; also produced; earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination
1994 Starred opposite off-screen love, Annette Bening in the remake of "Love Affair"; also co-write and produced
1998 Directed and starred in the political satire "Bullworth"; also co-wrote and co-produced; garnered a Best Screenplay Academy Award nomination
2001 Appeared in last film to date, "Town and Country"; re-teamed Beatty with Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn

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Quick Facts

Also known as

Birth Name : Henry Warren Beaty

Born

March, 30 1937 in Richmond, Virginia, USA

Education

  • Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, VA: Was a star football player
  • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: Appeared in the annual Dolphin show; was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity; dropped out after his freshman year
  • Stella Adler's Conservatory of Acting, New York, NY: Studied acting with the famed acting teacher

Professions

actor, director, producer, screenwriter, construction worker, rat catcher (in a Virginia movie theater)