Warren Beatty is one of the most famous people in Hollywood, with a career that has lasted for over 60 years. Beatty isn't just an actor though, he's also a well-respected and prolific movie producer who has been nominated for 53 Academy Awards. However, Beatty is just as famous for his personal relationships as his professional achievements.
Joan Collins in the 1960s
Back in the day before Beatty became the Lothario of Hollywood, he fell completely and utterly head over heels for British actress Joan Collins. When Beatty was just 22 years old and newly arrived in Hollywood, he met Collins in a restaurant and began a romantic relationship with her.
Collins wrote an autobiography and in it she wrote that Beatty had proposed to her, getting down on one knee and holding out a large gold ring, studded with pearls. Collins revealed that she said no to him because she knew their relationship was never going to last as Beatty loved women too much.
Joan Collins in Recent Years
Collins's love life wasn't smooth after ending her relationship with Beatty, however, as she ended up married and divorced three times. Luckily she's been way more successful professionally than personally. She's most famous for her role as Alexis Colby in the TV show Dynasty. This role turned her into a household name, and she even won a Golden Globe for it.
Collins has also been given her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Not only that but in 2015, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom named her a Dame for the vast impactful work she's done in the world of philanthropy.
Brigitte Bardot in the 1960s
While Warren Beatty was in Paris, he was rumored to have had a short fling with Brigitte Bardot but kept quiet about the whole thing. Twenty years after their fling ended, in an interview with the New York Times in 1988, Beatty still kept his lips sealed.
The interviewer said that he and Beatty were having a late dinner at a restaurant where Beatty was sitting at the counter eating a burger and fries. The interviewer said he asked Beatty outright if he had had a fling with Brigitte Bardot, and all Beatty did was stare at him and take a bite of his burger, completely ignoring the question.
Brigitte Bardot in Recent Years
In 1973, Brigitte Bardot purposefully faded from the spotlight and stopped acting. She instead dedicated her time and energy to becoming a passionate and prolific animal rights activist. She has told many interviewers that she did so because of her vanity: she saw that she was no longer a youthful blond bombshell.
She said she wanted her fans and audiences to remember her when she was young and beautiful rather than bear witness to her aging. Her romantic life has been varied, as she has been married four times and divorced three times. However, she's now been married to her fourth husband Bernard d'Ormale since 1992.
Cher in the 1960s
She said she wanted her fans and audiences to remember her when she was young and beautiful rather than bear witness to her aging. Her romantic life has been varied, as she has been married four times and divorced three times. However, she's now been married to her fourth husband Bernard d'Ormale since 1992.
She said she didn't have any feelings for him and that the entire week was a disappointment, but that she learned from the experience not to have a fling for the sake of it.
Cher in Recent Years
Cher is now thought of as the Pop Goddess and her long-lasting career is a sure sign of her talent, as she was still touring in 2019! She's been married and divorced twice, and has two children. Throughout her career, she's won an Academy Award and a number of Grammy Awards.
She's also said that her career and her life have been really, really good. She said that it was tough and crazy at times but just like everyone else, she's been through sad, happy and dangerous experiences, all in one lifetime.
Morgan Fairchild in the 1960s
Morgan Fairchild was a young actress and Faye Dunaway's stunt double for the 1967 movie Bonnie and Clyde when she met Warren Beatty. She stood in for Dunaway in several scenes of the film, but especially the ones that required any driving as Faye Dunaway did not know how to drive a stick shift car.
Fairchild allowed herself to fall for Beatty and the two had a passionate love affair. Fairchild has said to this day that she regrets nothing about the entire situation.
Morgan Fairchild in Recent Years
Fairchild was married to a businessman named Jack Calmes between 1967 and 1973. Since their divorce, Fairchild has been in a committed relationship with Mark Seiler, an entrepreneur and businessman. Fairchild is an avid user of Twitter, where she often posts about current affairs around the world. She said that this has surprised some of her fans who expect her not to have any interest in military policies or war.
In fact, sometimes people message her on Twitter to say they were shocked to hear the latest news from Morgan Fairchild before anyone else.
Carly Simon in the 1970s
When Warren Beatty charmed his way into her life, Carly Simon was a hugely popular actress and queen of folk-rock. Beatty was at one of her concerts when he decided to introduce himself to her afterward and they hit it off from there. Simon later wrote an autobiography and described her feelings for Beatty when they were in a relationship.
She said that he was a 'glorious specimen of man' and that he had all the looks and charm that every woman could want.
Carly Simon in Recent Years
Simon has had a hugely successful singing career that has lasted for several decades. Her most famous song is actually one that she wrote about Beatty; you might have heard of it, it's just a little hit called "You're So Vain". The song's lyrics describe a charming womanizer who felt that he was unforgettable.
However, for many years, Carly never told anyone who the song was about until a singular paragraph in her autobiography Boys in Trees finally revealed that the rumors were true and the song was about Warren Beatty.
Iman in the 1970s
Iman is a supermodel who was born in Somalia and raised in Kenya and was at the peak of her career in 1977 when she had her romance with Beatty. Iman and Beatty were both living in New York City and met at a movie party. The paparazzi photos of the breathtakingly beautiful couple at Regines Disco very quickly started to circulate.
Their romance didn't last long, however, because they were both incredibly busy with their professional projects and didn't have enough time to nurture their relationship.
Iman in Recent Years
Iman's modeling career continued in all its strength and she is widely thought of as a pioneer of ethnic cosmetics because she started her own makeup line which made foundation for a wider range of skin tones than was usually offered by the big cosmetic companies of the time.
After her brief romance with Warren Beatty, Iman had a twenty-five-year marriage to English rock star David Bowie. They stayed married until he passed away in 2016.
Bernadette Peters in the 1960s
Another addition to this long list is the actress and singer Bernadette Peters. With a career spanning decades, she's celebrated for her exceptional vocal prowess and charismatic stage presence. She had such a powerful stage presence and charisma that Warren Beatty could not help falling for her after seeing her perform onstage. In 1965, they reportedly had an encounter that ultimately led to them spending a passionate night of sex.
Peters later went on to become a Broadway icon. She earned numerous accolades, including Tony Awards. Her performances in classics like "Sunday in the Park with George" solidify her status as a true musical legend.
Jackie Kennedy in the 1970s
Beatty, renowned as one of Hollywood's most prominent sex symbols, faced an unexpected challenge when it came to impressing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, as revealed in a recently published book. In the biography titled Jackie: Public, Private, Secret, author J. Randy Taraborrelli unveils a brief affair between the former First Lady and the actor during the mid-1970s. The book highlights how Jackie, working as a book editor at the time, was eager to attract renowned personalities like Beatty to write memoirs. Intrigued by Beatty, she went on several dates with him before inviting him to her Fifth Avenue residence, where he stayed overnight. Astonishingly, one morning, a staff member found Beatty comfortably conversing with Jackie's son, John F. Kennedy Jr., at the kitchen table, as if it were a routine occurrence.
Although Jackie and Beatty socialized for a few months, she eventually confided in her close circle that she found him self-absorbed. When asked about his prowess in the bedroom by a confidante, Jackie casually remarked, "Oh, he's fine. Men can only do so much, anyway." According to Taraborrelli's account, Jackie perceived Beatty as excessively preoccupied with his career and the world of movies. His sole focus seemed to revolve around discussing directors, producers, and films, topics that failed to captivate her. Apparently, the romance was short-lived, with Jackie later remarking, "It lasted two weeks longer than it should have."
Diana Ross in the 1970s
Back in the early 1970s, Warren Beatty had a fling with none other than the legendary performer, Diana Ross, who was in the early beginnings of her career at the time. Their love story may have been a flash in the pan, but it caused quite the stir given Beatty's reputation as a ladies' man.
Even though their romantic spark was short-lived, Ross and Beatty kept things amicable and even teamed up for Beatty's film, Reds. This little episode in their lives is a testament to the undeniable charisma and allure they both radiated during their stint as a pair.
Joni Mitchell in the 1970s
Beatty didn't just pursue one folk-rock princess during the 1970s. In fact, Beatty wooed and dated Joni Mitchell for a couple of years during the 1970s, much to Carly Simon's heartbreak. Even though Beatty had always been known as a womanizer and heartbreaker, it was Mitchell who actually ended their relationship.
She said that she called it a day with Beatty after he told her that she needed therapy! She said he told her this when she wouldn't always give him his own way because he was used to getting everything he wanted.
Joni Mitchell in Recent Years
Since ending things with Beatty, Joni Mitchell has won multiple Grammy Awards and Juno Awards (the Canadian Grammy) for her folk-rock music. She's been so influential in Canada that in 2002 she was made a Champion of the Order of Canada, which is the highest civilian honor possible. Mitchell released her 17th and last original album in 2007 and has since retired from the spotlight.
She retired completely from music after spending decades touring internationally and said that she now dedicates her time to painting, saying visual art has always been her first love. She claimed that she's a "painter who was derailed by circumstance."
Goldie Hawn in the 1970s
Yet another movie set romance for Beatty was when he began dating Goldie Hawn after they were both cast in the film $. Goldie told Andy Cohen in an interview about the first time that she met Beatty and said that she found him so handsome she was afraid to look at him too closely for fear of it burning her eyes.
Hawn married Bill Hudson after calling it quits with Beatty, but Hudson wrote in his autobiography that Hawn told him she cheated on him with Beatty while they were still married. They divorced in 1982.
Goldie Hawn in Recent Years
Hawn has very much stayed in the spotlight since her time dating Beatty. In 2002 she starred in the movie The Banger Sisters and then in 2017 she co-starred in Snatched with Amy Schumer. Hawn also has famous children - her son is TV actor Oliver Hudson and her daughter is the famous movie star Kate Hudson.
Since her divorce from Bill Hudson, Hawn has been in a committed relationship with Kurt Russell and her children consider him to be their father figure for the past thirty years. She founded the charity The Hawn Foundation, which provides underprivileged children with study skills to ensure their academic success.
Princess Margaret in the 1960s
Queen Elizabeth's younger sister had the luxury of a regal lifestyle. Back in the swinging '60s, Margaret tied the knot with Tony Armstrong-Jones, and they were both right in the midst of the artistic whirlwind, embracing art, literature, cinema, and theater. She's quoted saying, "People might think Tony got me into this scene, but truth is, I was always drawn to it." It was just her natural habitat. She had these legendary bonds with dancers and her circle of rumored paramours included Warren Beatty.
In this snapshot, Beatty and Princess Margaret seem to be sharing an exchange of complicit glances. Their rumored affair was reportedly short-lived, yet passionate.
Barbara Hershey in the 1970s
Barbara Hershey met Warren Beatty in 1976 when she was a young actress who was just starting out on her career. She was also just out of a relationship with David Carradine and wasn't at all interested in Beatty at first. They were in Los Angeles when they met, and Hershey wasn't bothered with Beatty because she had heard all about his womanizing ways.
However, that didn't last long because he successfully won her over and they were in a relationship for just over a year before - surprise - he left her and moved on with someone else.
Natalie Wood in the 1960s
"Although our romance lasted approximately two years, our affair was a 'collision' — a combination three-ring circus and five-alarm fire," was the confession made by the late Natalie Wood in her secret diary, now made into a book, Natalie Wood: Reflections on a Legendary Life, written by Manoah Bowman. The eternal ladies' man and the gorgeous actress met when they co-starred in the 1961 movie “Splendor in the Grass” but what followed afterward was a romance that drove Wood almost so crazy that she even considered ending her life by turning to sleeping pills.
Her involvement with Beatty added more twists, ultimately unraveling her marriage to Robert Wagner. In hindsight, Wagner confessed he'd toyed with the idea of confronting Beatty more intensely after discovering the 1961 affair with Wood. Wagner acknowledged Beatty's reputation as a charmer, a reality that's hard to accept.
More Details of Wood and Wagner Come to the Surface
Amidst Wood's drift, her heart found solace in Warren Beatty during the mid-60s. “After my divorce, I was looking for the Rock of Gibraltar. Instead, I discovered Mount Vesuvius, a live volcano with eruptions each day,” she wrote. “And I contributed my share of fireworks too. In fact, we were both so confused that we thought fighting and hostility meant real emotional honesty.”
In retrospect, she wrote, “I felt that I should be punished for having failed in marriage. I was trying to punish myself by sticking to a relationship that was going nowhere …”. Wood and Beatty's romance lasted for two years.
Barbara Hershey in Recent Years
In recent years, Hershey said in an interview that she's found it hard to stay in the spotlight as she has gotten older. She has said that there is very little work for women her age and that she feels bad saying that in public, but that's the reality of her situation.
In recent years, Hershey said in an interview that she's found it hard to stay in the spotlight as she has gotten older. She has said that there is very little work for women her age and that she feels bad saying that in public, but that's the reality of her situation.
Madonna in the 1980s
During the 1980s, Beatty dated quite a number of women, one of them being the ultimate pop princess: Madonna. The two met on the set of the movie Dick Tracy, and some said it was an unusual relationship with an older legend of Hollywood alongside a modern pop princess.
Beatty was directing the film and Madonna had just ended her marriage with Sean Penn. Beatty and Madonna had a 15-month long relationship that the media were obsessed with. They were one of the most talked-about celebrity couples of the late '80s (into the early '90s).
Daryl Hannah in the 1980s
Beatty was directing the film and Madonna had just ended her marriage with Sean Penn. Beatty and Madonna had a 15-month long relationship that the media were obsessed with. They were one of the most talked-about celebrity couples of the late '80s (into the early '90s).
Some of her earliest roles in Hollywood were in the horror movies The Final Terror and The Fury, which made her a scream queen. She met Beatty at a Hollywood event in 1986 and they started dating.
Daryl Hannah in Recent Years
Daryl Hannah remains an icon of film known for movies such as Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill series and remains in the spotlight with recent roles such as in the Wachowski Twins' Sense8 series on Netflix. In addition to acting, Hannah is an outspoken supporter of environmental protection.
In fact, she is such a passionate activist for environmental causes that she's been on the wrong side of the law a number of times when protests have heated up too much.
Melanie Griffith in the 1980s
Melanie Griffith was born into one of the royal families of Hollywood. Her mother Tippi Hedren was once Alfred Hitchcock's muse and starred in a number of his famous films, including The Birds. When she was just eighteen years old, Griffith married Don Johnson, the star of Miami Vice, but they got divorced six months later.
It was just after her divorce that Griffith met Beatty at an industry party and they had a brief fling. So brief in fact, that it ended after only a few weeks.
Melanie Griffith in Recent Years
Warren Beatty has a reputation for being a heartbreaker, but despite this Melanie Griffith didn't have any ill feelings towards him. In an interview in recent years when she was asked about their romance, Griffith said that they did have a little fling 'back in the day'. She said he was great, but now they're pretty much friends.
After their fling ended, Griffith remarried Don Johnson, only to divorce him again. Griffith married the Spanish actor Antonio Banderas in 1996 and they were together until 2015.
Diane Keaton in the 1980s
Diane Keaton and Warren Beatty met on the set of the movie Reds in 1981 and they began an affair. More than thirty years later, Keaton remembers the first time she saw Beatty in the movie Splendor in the Grass in 1961.
She said she looked at him and thought he was absolutely to die for, - a dream man. Keaton felt he was sexy, mysterious, captivating and beautiful. He was also an amazing movie star.
Diane Keaton in Recent Years
Beatty isn't the only Hollywood legend that Keaton had a romantic relationship with because she also dated Al Pacino. Keaton has never married and stated in an interview that not being married hasn't made her life any less enjoyable and that she completely disregards the "old maid" myth.
When she was 50, she adopted two children and said that motherhood has completely changed her and her life. She said that becoming a mother has been a hugely humbling experience and she loves it.
Janice Dickinson in the 1970s
Janice Dickinson has called herself 'The World's First Supermodel' and since Beatty has such a soft spot for gorgeous women, it comes as no shock that he and Dickinson had a brief romance. Dickinson has said that she first realized how charming and irresistible Beatty was when she was in his suite at the Carlyle Hotel.
She said he played the piano for him and then ordered room service, which they ate by candlelight. She said that he listened attentively to every single word she said, and it made her feel like she was the center of the world.
Janice Dickinson in Recent Years
Nowadays, Dickinson is more famous for her offscreen behavior than her modeling achievements. Since her relationship with Beatty, she's been married and divorced three times, and she has one son and one daughter. Dickinson was also a longtime judge on America's Next Top Model.
She has also launched her own line of affordable costume jewelry and clothing that she sells on the Home Shopping Network. Dickinson got married for the fourth time in 2016, this time to Dr. Robert Gersten, a pharmaceutical executive.
Isabel Adjani in the 1980s
Beatty's penchant for attractive French actresses didn't end with Brigitte Bardot. Beatty loved French women so much that he had a very heated romance with Isabel Adjani, a French actress. They met in 1987 while on the set of Ishtar, a comedy action movie. The film was a complete box office flop, receiving brutal reviews from critics and audience members.
The movie is actually so bad that many think it's the reason why Adjani never managed to make it into Hollywood. Not only that, but the relationship with Beatty was a flop as well!
Isabel Adjani in Recent Years
After the relationship between herself and Beatty ended, Adjani didn't spend her evenings crying alone. She started to date the famous British actor and movie star, Daniel Day-Lewis. They were in a relationship from 1989 until 1995, and had a son together called Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis.
Even though she didn't make it in Hollywood, Adjani was a big star in her native France. In fact, she was such an important contributor to French cinema and culture that she was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 2010 for her contributions to these things. She now lives in Switzerland.
Charlotte Lewis in the 1980s
While visiting Tunisia to scout locations for a film, Beatty met the British actress Charlotte Lewis. At the time, the beautiful Lewis was dating Roman Polanski, the director of the film Pirates that they were shooting in Tunisia. During an interview, she said that she started a brief relationship with Beatty but that Polanski didn't think that Beatty would be able to woo her.
Lewis said that it was the opposite and that she had pursued Beatty and for that reason, she felt she wasn't taken advantage of and that she's since drawn a line under it.
Charlotte Lewis in Recent Years
After her fling with Beatty, Lewis starred in The Golden Child with Eddie Murphy, which was a complete hit! She also starred in the movies, Embrace of the Vampire, Decoy, and Men of War and was even a Playboy magazine cover star in 1993 and the Playmate of the Month in July of that year.
She never had a huge amount of stardom in Hollywood, but on London's West End across the Atlantic, she is regularly the star of stage shows.
Elle MacPherson in the 1980s
During the 1980s, Elle MacPherson was one of the biggest supermodels in the world and was on the cover of the famed Swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated a total of five times! A huge achievement, she got the nickname 'The Body' because of this. In an interview, she described first meeting Warren Beatty when she was in New York City.
At that time in her life, in true Hollywood fashion of the 1980s, she spent her nights at famed nightclub Studio 54 and rubbed shoulders with the biggest names in show business: Michael Jackson, Andy Warhol, and Diana Ross.
Elle MacPherson in Recent Years
Since she was the most super of supermodels, MacPherson has turned her attention to her business endeavors. One of these was when she worked with a nutritionist to develop and manufacture an anti-aging supplement that she sold on the Home Shopping Network. She also sold other vitamins and workout equipment.
She married and divorced the French fashion photographer Gilles Bensimon, and has since been married to Jeffrey Sofer for years. She has two sons of her own, is stepmother to three children, and spends her time in both London and Miami.
Stephanie Seymour in the 1990s
Stephanie Seymour is a supermodel who was at the height of her fame during the late 1980s and early 1990s. In true Warren Beatty style, he dated this supermodel briefly in 1991. After their brief romance ended Seymour started to date the singer of Guns N Roses, Axl Rose.
Rose didn't like Beatty much and during a Guns N Roses concert in Paris, France in 1995, Rose took to the stage to publicly attack Beatty. He said that Beatty was a man who played games with people, that he was a parasite and was an old man who lived his life through young people and sucked all their life out of them because he had no life of his own.
Stephanie Seymour in Recent Years
After her relationships with Beatty and Rose ended, her life turned into a bit of a rollercoaster. She went on to marry a hedge fund investor named Peter Brant and had two sons with him. Since the 1990s, Seymour and her sons have made headlines around the world because they have all found themselves in trouble with the law.
They have all also struggled with substance abuse issues. Despite these complications, however, she and Brant have been married for over twenty years.
Annette Bening in the 1990s
There is no doubt that Warren Beatty has a reputation for being one of Hollywood's most eligible bachelors, but when he first saw Annette Bening, that all changed: it was love at first sight. Beatty and Bening met when Beatty cast her in the movie Bugsy, and when he saw her he was eating his lunch, which he instantly stopped caring about.
If you thought that was romantic, think again because he also said that he immediately knew that it was time for him to get married and settle down.
Annette Bening in Recent Years
Ever since they met, they've stayed a strong and committed couple who have four children together, two sons: Stephen Ira and Benjamin, and two daughters: Isabel and Ella. During an interview in 2016, Beatty was asked if he missed his days as an eligible bachelor and his answer might surprise you.
He said that the past 25 years he spent as a devoted father and husband were the most exciting years of his life. That's a pretty certain answer: Beatty has no regrets about marrying Bening and settling down!