 She had a featured role as Dinah Caswell, a former model and mother of an aspiring model in the 1982 TV movie "Paper Dolls", and the 1984 television series based on the movie.Although best known as an actress in film, television, and theater, Warren was accepted into the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute, where she directed the short film "Point of Departure" and received the Cine Golden Eagle Award, Best Drama at Aspen Film Festival, and then opened the season for the Arts and Entertainment Channel on its World Premiere Short Film Series.Two years later, she formed Tiger Rose Productions, and coproduced the short documentary "You Don't Have to Die", which won the Academy Award in 1989, as well as the Cable Ace Award.