AMERICAN CENTURY VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.
Prospectus Supplement
VP Capital Appreciation
Supplement dated November 9, 1999 * Prospectus dated May 1, 1999
Harold S. Bradley has resigned as a Portfolio Manager for the VP Capital
Appreciation Fund in order to focus on other responsibilities within American
Century. Until another Portfolio Manager is named, Linda Peterson and the rest
of the VP Capital Appreciation team will continue to manage the fund, with the
assistance of James E. Stowers III, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment
Officer - U.S. Growth Equities. As a result, the ninth paragraph on page 7 is
deleted.
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