May 29th, 2007 - Happy Birthday Annette Bening! at The Insider

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Annette Bening, (born Annette Carol Bening on May 29, 1958 in Topeka, Kansas), is a Golden Globe and BAFTA award winning American actress.

She's 49!

She was born in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Arnett Grant Bening (born 1926) and Shirley Bening (born 1930). Her sister and two brothers are Jane Bening (born 1953), Bradley Bening (born 1955) and Byron Bening (born 1957). Her father worked for an insurance company. The family moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1959, where she spent her early childhood.

In 1965, Annette's father took a job with a company in San Diego, California, and they moved there. She began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in The Sound of Music. She studied drama at Patrick Henry High School.

She then spent a year working as a cook on a charter boat taking fishing parties out on the Pacific Ocean, and scuba diving for recreation. She attended San Diego Mesa College, then completed an academic degree in theatre arts at San Francisco State University. Bening joined the acting company at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco while studying acting as part of the Advanced Theatre Training Program. During this time she established herself as a formidable acting talent in roles like Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth.

Personal Life:

In 1985, she and her first husband, choreographer J. Steven White, moved to Denver, Colorado, to work at the Shakespeare Festival in Boulder, Colorado. They separated the following year.

She and Warren Beatty met on the set of Bugsy (1991), in which she played Virginia Hill, and the two began a secret romance. They married in 1992. She and Beatty live in Los Angeles with their four children, Kathlyn Elizabeth Beatty (born 1992), Benjamin Maclean Beatty (born 1994), Isabel Ira Ashley Beatty (born 1996) and Ella Corinne Beatty (born 2000). Bening's husband is the brother of Shirley MacLaine.

A Bit of Trivia:

Bening was offered the role as Catwoman in Batman Returns (1992), but after she became pregnant, the role went to Michelle Pfeiffer.
Bening played a real-estate agent in three different movies: Regarding Henry, American Beauty, and What Planet Are You From?.
She has appeared in three different Mike Nichols' movies: Postcards From The Edge, Regarding Henry, and What Planet Are You From?
Bening appeared in a cameo role as herself in the 11th episode of the fifth season of the HBO series, The Sopranos.
She was originally cast as the mother in Disney's Freaky Friday, but dropped out.
Annette also replaced Julianne Moore in Running with Scissors as Deirdre Burroughs.

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Published 5/29/07 by

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