1960s and 1970s '' (1965), pictured with
Stuart Damon as the Prince Warren began training as a ballet dancer at the age of 6, entering the
School of American Ballet in 1961. The following year she made a tape of herself singing the Queen of the Night aria from
The Magic Flute (the first and only time she sang opera). She entered the
Actors Studio at the age of 17 — reputedly the youngest applicant ever to be accepted. Her Broadway debut came in 1963 in the musical
110 in the Shade. She won the
Theatre World Award for her performance in the 1965 flop musical
Drat! The Cat! Warren achieved her first major television success in the title role of
Rodgers and Hammerstein's
Cinderella in 1965. Additional TV movies and miniseries of this time include
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972) and
The Letters (1973). Warren appeared in two feature films during the decade,
Pickup on 101 (1972) and
Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976). In between films, she returned to the stage to portray
Scarlett O'Hara in the 1973 Los Angeles production of the musical
Scarlett, though poor reviews prevented the intended Broadway run. Warren played a fatefully and fatally gullible psychiatric patient opposite
Peter Falk and
George Hamilton in the 1975
Columbo episode "
A Deadly State of Mind". Warren also played
Lois Lane in the 1975 TV special ''
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman, adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name. (Warren would screen test for the role of Lois Lane in the 1978 Superman'' film, ultimately cast with
Margot Kidder.) Other television credits include
The Legend of Valentino (1975),
Betrayal (1978), and
Pearl (1978). She received critical acclaim, as well as the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1978, for the
NBC miniseries ''
Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue. Warren delved into the antics of The Muppet Show'' as the guest star of a
third season episode in 1979.
The 1980s and 1990s In 1981, Warren returned to the big screen starring alongside
Ken Wahl,
George Peppard, and
Donald Pleasence in
Race for the Yankee Zephyr, a New Zealand
suspense-
action-
thriller film directed by
David Hemmings. The following year, she played ditzy
gun moll Norma Cassidy in
Blake Edwards' musical comedy
Victor/Victoria for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Warren received another Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for starring opposite
Willie Nelson and
Kris Kristofferson in the 1984 musical comedy film
Songwriter. She turned down a chance to audition for the
Kathleen Turner role in
Romancing the Stone. In 1985, she starred as one of the prime murder suspects, Miss Scarlet, in the comedy film version of the popular board game
Clue. Warren played supporting roles in a number of movies, including
Burglar (1987) with
Whoopi Goldberg,
Cop (1988) with
James Woods,
Worth Winning (1989) with
Mark Harmon,
Life Stinks (1991) with
Mel Brooks and
Pure Country (1992) with
George Strait. In
Color of Night (1994) Warren played a
nymphomaniac; the film was poorly received, and she was nominated for a
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress. However, it was successful on the home video market. On television, she went to star in
Beulah Land (1980),
Portrait of a Showgirl (1982),
Evergreen (1985) and
Baja Oklahoma (1988). She received
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film nominations for
Family of Spies in 1990. In 2019, she co-starred in the short-lived Lifetime comedy-drama series
American Princess, and appeared opposite
Sarah Drew in the Lifetime Christmas movie
Twinkle All the Way.
2020s In 2021, Warren guest-starred in an episode of the legal series
All Rise on
CBS. In 2022, she appeared as a regular cast member of the crime dramedy streaming series
Panhandle, and had a featured role in the independent film
It Snows All the Time. ==Personal life==