Dazzling the Screen Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker Warren Beatty has a career spanning over six decades. He has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. In 1999 he received the Irving G. Thalberg Award; in 2002 the BAFTA Fellowship, in 2004 the Kennedy Center Honors; in 2007 the Cecil B. DeMille Award; and in 2008 the AFI Life Achievement Award. Beatty is 89 years old.

Director Barry Levinson directed the 1991 American biographical crime drama "Bugsy." The film is based on the mobster Bugsy Siegel and his affair with starlet Virginia Hill. It starred Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, and others.

The storyline revolves around Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Warren Beatty), who falls in love with Virginia Hill (Annette Bening) a tough-talking Hollywood starlet.

Director Arthur Penn directed the 1967 American biographical crime drama "Bonnie and Clyde." The film starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. "Bonnie and Clyde" is considered one of the first films of the New Hollywood era and a landmark picture.

The storyline revolves around Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) outlaws and romantic partners in the Great Depression era in the American South.

Director Warren Beatty directed the 1990 American crime action film "Dick Tracy." It was based on the 1930s comic strip of the same name created by Chester Gould. The film starred Warren Beatty, Madonna, Glenne Headley and many others.

The storyline revolves around the detective Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty) and his romantic relationships with Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) and Tess Trueheart (Glenne Headley) as well as his conflicts with crime boss Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice (Al Pacino) and his henchmen.

Directors Warren Beatty and Buck Henry directed the 1978 American sports fantasy comedy-drama "Heaven Can Wait." The film starred Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, and others. It was based on the 1938 play of the same name by Harry Segall.

The storyline revolves around Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a young man mistakenly taken to heaven by this guardian angel The Escort, and the complications involved in undoing the mistake after his earthly body has been cremated.

Director Robert Altman directed the 1971 American revisionist Western "McCabe & Mrs. Miller." The film was based on the 1959 novel "McCabe" by Edmund Naughton. It starred Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.

The storyline revolves around a mysterious gambler and alleged shootist, John McCabe (Warren Beatty), who recruits a British madam, Constance Miller (Julie Christie), to run a boomtown brothel, later running afoul of powerful business interests.

Director Warren Beatty directed the 1981 American epic historical drama "Reds." The film was based on the life and career of John Reed, the journalist and writer who chronicled the October Revolution in Russia in his 1919 book "Ten Days That Shook the World."

Beatty stars in the lead role alongside Diane Keaton as activist Louise Bryant and Jack Nicholson as playwright Eugene O'Neil.

Director Hal Ashby directed the 1975 American comedy "Shampoo." The film starred Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, and Carrie Fisher in her film debut.

The storyline tells about a promiscuous Los Angeles hairdresser George Roundy (Warren Beatty) on Election Day 1968, as he juggles his relationships with several women.

Director Elia Kazan directed the 1961 American period drama “Splendor in the Grass." The film starred Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, and others.

The storyline revolves around the unrequited love affair between Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty), an alpha male from the richest family in town, and Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis (Natalie Wood), a schoolgirl from the wrong side of the tracks.