Editing Warren Beatty (section)

==Personal life==
=== Marriage and relationships ===
[[File:Nancy Reagan with Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton.jpg|thumb|Beatty in 1981, with [[Diane Keaton]] and First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]] at a White House screening of ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]'']]
Beatty has been married to actress [[Annette Bening]] since 1992. They have four children, including actress [[Ella Beatty]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Elise |title=Meet Ella Beatty, the Breakout Star of Feud Who's Now Heading to Broadway |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/meet-ella-beatty-the-breakout-star-of-feud-whos-now-heading-to-broadway |website=Vogue |date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>

Prior to marrying Bening, Beatty was notorious for his large number of romantic relationships that received generous media coverage, having been linked to over 100 female celebrities. [[Cher]] stated that "Warren has probably been with everybody I know."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Sessums |first=Kevin |title=Cher: Star-Studded |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1990/11/cher-199011 |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=November 1, 1990 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241224211547/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1990/11/cher-199011 |archive-date=December 24, 2024}}</ref> [[Leslie Caron]] dated him but thought he was too self-centered, and she refused his marriage proposals.<ref name="hattenstone20210621">{{cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |title='I am very shy. It's amazing I became a movie star': Leslie Caron at 90 on love, art and addiction |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/21/i-am-very-shy-its-amazing-i-became-a-movie-star-leslie-caron-at-90-on-love-art-and-addiction |work=The Guardian |date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 22, 2021}}</ref>

=== Activism ===
Beatty was a founding board member of the [[Center for National Policy]], a founding member of the [[Progressive Majority]], a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]], has served as the Campaign Chair for the Permanent Charities Committee, and has participated in the [[World Economic Forum]] at [[Davos, Switzerland]]. He served on the Board of Trustees at the [[Scripps Research Institute]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20031117/board.html|title=Filmmaker Warren Beatty and Mervyn's Mervin Morris Join TSRI Board |website=scripps.edu|publisher=[[Scripps Research Institute]]|date=November 17, 2003}}</ref> and the Board of Directors of the [[Motion Picture and Television Fund Foundation]]. He was named Honorary Chairman of the [[Stella Adler Studio of Acting]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stellaadler.com/brochure.pdf|title=Stella Adler Brochure|website=stellaadler.com|publisher=[[Stella Adler Studio of Acting]]|access-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222142729/http://www.stellaadler.com/brochure.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Director and collaborator [[Arthur Penn]] described Beatty as "the perfect producer", adding, "He makes everyone demand the best of themselves. Warren stays with a picture through editing, mixing, and scoring. He plain works harder than anyone else I have ever seen."<ref name=Hunter>Hunter, Allan. ''Faye Dunaway'', N.Y.: St. Martin's Press (1986) p. 41</ref>

===Political views===
Beatty is a longtime supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. In 1972, he was part of the "inner circle" of Senator [[George McGovern presidential campaign, 1972|George McGovern's presidential campaign]]. He traveled extensively and was instrumental in organizing fundraising.<ref>{{cite book|last=McGovern|first=George S.|title=Grassroots: The Autobiography of George McGovern|url=https://archive.org/details/grassrootsautobi00mcgo|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Random House|year=1977|pages=[https://archive.org/details/grassrootsautobi00mcgo/page/172 172]–173, 178|isbn=978-0-394-41941-1}}</ref> Despite differences in politics, Beatty was also a friend of Republican Senator [[John McCain]], with whom he agreed on the need for campaign finance reform. He was chosen by McCain to be one of the pallbearers at the senator's funeral in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zurcher|first=Anthony|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45363080|title=Why McCain picked these 15 pallbearers|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=September 1, 2018|date=August 31, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410122809/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45363080|archive-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>