Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty; March 30, 1937) is an American Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actor, producer, screenwriter and director.

Biography

Early life and education

Beatty was born in Richmond, Virginia's, Bellevue neighborhood. His mother, Kathlyn Corinne (née MacLean), was a Nova Scotia-born drama teacher, and his father, Ira Owens Beaty, was a professor of psychology, as well as public school administrator and real estate agent.New England Historic Genealogical SocietyWarren Beatty Biography (1937-). Through his mother he is descended from the Scottish Clan Maclean. Beatty's grandparents were also teachers. The family was Baptist.The religion of Warren Beatty, actor, directorActor Warren Beatty gives public-policy graduates — and Gov. Schwarzenegger — some advice on power His father moved the family from Richmond to Norfolk, Virginia and then to Arlington, Virginia where he became a middle school principal. The family also lived in Waverly, Virginia in the 1930s. Beatty's sister, three years his senior, is the multi-award winning actress and writer Shirley MacLaine.