Lesley Ann Warren
Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress, singer and dancer.
Lesley Ann Warren
August 16, 1946
Lesley Warren
- Actress
- singer
1963–present
Jeffrey Hornaday
(1977–1985)
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She made her Broadway debut in 110 in the Shade in 1963. In 1965 she received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical production of Cinderella. She then had starring roles in the Disney musical films The Happiest Millionaire (1967) and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968).
In the 1970s, Warren worked mostly on television, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for playing Dana Lambert in the CBS drama series Mission: Impossible (1970–71). In 1978, she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the NBC miniseries Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue. In 1983, Warren was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Norma Cassidy in Victor/Victoria. She received two additional Golden Globe nominations for performances in Songwriter (1984) and Family of Spies (1990).
Her other film appearances include Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981), A Night in Heaven (1983), Choose Me (1984), Clue (1985), Burglar (1987), Cop (1988), Life Stinks (1991), Pure Country (1992), Color of Night (1994), The Limey (1999), and Secretary (2002).
Early life[edit]
Warren was born on August 16, 1946, in Manhattan, the daughter of real estate agent William C. Warren (né Woronoff), and the former Carol Margot Dorothea Verblow, a nightclub singer who migrated to the US from Eastbourne.[1][2][3] She has a younger brother, Richard Lewis Warren.[4] Her family is Jewish, with roots in Russia on both sides.[5]
She attended the Professional Children's School at the age of six and The High School of Music & Art at the age of 13.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Warren married producer Jon Peters in 1967 and divorced him in 1975 after a two-year separation.[4][17] They have one son, Christopher Peters.[18][19]
From 1977 to 1985, she lived with choreographer Jeffrey Hornaday.[4][20] She also briefly dated producer Robert Evans, saxophonist David Sanborn, singers Bobby Darin and Paul Stanley, and actors Scott Baio, Robert Blake, Val Kilmer, and John Strasberg.[21][22]
Since 2000, Warren has been married to ad executive Ron Taft, whom she met at a hair salon[21] in 1991.[23]