He dated Natalie Wood, Leslie Caron, and Julie Christie.
He was rumored to be the subject of Carlys Simons Youre So Vain.
He loved loving women, and they seemed to love loving him back.
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He was Tinseltowns Great Seducer.
The more tabloidy corners of the press at the time had a field day speculating on Beattys extracurricular activities.
What drives his compulsive bed-hopping?
WhenShampoocame out, people understandably mistook Beattys character for the man playing him.
That is was some sort of confessional caught on celluloid.
But to this day, the actor laughs it off with a shake of his head.
Well, I thought of my character as someone who couldnt perform.
He was exhausted, out of gas.
I just wanted to get him home and get him upstairs and have sex.
It had taken over everything, my hair and my nerves and my life and my vagina.
I was consumed with Warren.
It wasnt just on the set ofShampoothat Grant felt Beattys power with the opposite sex.
The actress recalls the actor attending a New Years Eve party that she threw.
Warren came into my living room one New Years, she says.
I had 100 people in my apartment.
And 50 pairs of knees just buckled at the same time.
It was like a hypnotist who can cast a spell.
He absolutely had that power.
It was an actress friend of my daughters.
And then he left and the air had gone out of the building.
The party was over!
There was electricity and he left and the lights went out.
