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Who were Ned Beatty’s wives?
NED Beatty has passed away at the age of 83.
Beatty is survived by his four children from his first wife Walta Abbott, two from his second marriage and two from his third. Here’s the lowdown on his past wives…
Sandra Johnson was Beatty’s fourth and final wife[/caption]
Who were Ned Beatty’s wives?
Walta Chandler
Walta Chandler was Beatty’s first wife.
They got married in the year 1959 but got divorced in 1968.
The pair had four children during their 9 year marriage – Douglas Beatty, twins Charles and Lennis Beatty and Walter Beatty.
Belinda Rowley
Beatty was married to Belinda Rowley from 1971 to 1979.
An actress, Belinda starred alongside her husband as Martha Gentry in Deliverance
She has also appeared in Exorcist II: The Heretic and Murder, She Wrote.
The pair have two children named John Beatty and Blossom Beatty.
Beatty married Sandra Johnson in 1999[/caption]
Dorothy Adams “Tinker” Lindsay
Dorothy Adams, known as Tinker, is a writer and producer.
She is known as the writer of Hector and the Search for Happiness, The Mirror Thief and Security.
Beatty and Lindsay married in 1979 and were married for 20 years before splitting in 1998.
The pair have two children together named Thomas Beatty and Dorothy Beatty.
Sandra Johnson
Sandra Johnson was Beatty’s fourth and final wife.
The pair married in 1999 and Sandra survives her husband.
Ned Beatty was a famous American actor[/caption]
Who was Ned Beatty?
Ned Beatty was a famous American actor.
Raised in a small town in Kentucky, Beatty kicked off his acting career at aged 19 after a childhood of singing on small stages with a barbershop quartet.
His first roles were in theatre productions, but his debut 1972 film Deliverance made waves, when he played businessmen Bobby Trippe who is brutally sexual violated by two mountain men.
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He rose to further fame in Robert Altman’s Nashville and Network, for which he received an Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actor.
Beatty is also known for his roles in All the President’s Men and Superman: The Movie.
He is known to younger viewers for being the voice of Lotso in Toy Story 3.
