Warren Beatty: A Private Life

Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia in 1934 and her brother Warren three years later. Their mother, Kathlyn Corinne MacLean (1903-1993), was a drama teacher from Nova Scotia, Canada, and their father, Ira Owens Beaty (1903-1987), a professor of psychology and real estate agent, was from Virginia. The family was devout Southern Baptist and includes both Scottish and English ancestry. The Beatys moved to Arlington, Virginia in 1945.