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Faye Dunaway

Acting

Born January 14, 1941 · Bascom, Florida, USA

Also known as Фей Данавей · Dorothy Faye Dunaway

Biography

Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is a European-American actress. She is the recipient of such accolades as an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, and a British Academy Film Award. Her career began in the early 1960s on Broadway. She made her screen debut in the 1967 film The Happening, and rose to fame that same year with her portrayal of outlaw Bonnie Parker in Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Her most notable films include the crime caper The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), the drama The Arrangement (1969), the revisionist western Little Big Man (1970), an adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic The Three Musketeers (1973), the neo-noir mystery Chinatown (1974), for which she earned her second Oscar nomination, the action-drama disaster The Towering Inferno (1974), the political thriller Three Days of the Condor (1975), the satire Network (1976), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, and the thriller Eyes of Laura Mars (1978). Her career evolved to more mature and character roles in subsequent years, often in independent films, beginning with her controversial portrayal of Joan Crawford in the 1981 film Mommie Dearest. Other notable films in which she has appeared include Barfly (1987), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Arizona Dream (1994), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), The Twilight of the Golds (1997), Gia (1998) and The Rules of Attraction (2002). Dunaway also performed on stage in several plays including A Man for All Seasons (1961–63), After the Fall (1964), Hogan's Goat (1965–67), A Streetcar Named Desire (1973) and was awarded the Sarah Siddons Award for her portrayal of opera singer Maria Callas in Master Class (1996). Description above from the Wikipedia article Faye Dunaway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 1994
  • Primetime Emmy Award · 1994
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 1982
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 1977
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 1974
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  • Theatre World Award · 1966
  • Officer of Arts and Letters
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 1985 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 1984 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 1982 · nominated
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Actress · 1981 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 1977 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 1975 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 1968 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Hollywood Black

2024as Self (archive footage)

The Biographer

2002as Amanda Washington

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Dr. Margaret Campbell

Columbo

1971as Lauren Staton

Chinatown

1974as Evelyn Cross Mulwray

Network

1976as Diana Christensen

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Lois O'Neill

Bonnie and Clyde

1967as Bonnie Parker

Little Big Man

1970as Mrs. Louise Pendrake

Three Days of the Condor

1975as Kathy Hale

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014as Selena (archive footage) (uncredited)

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

2004as Atty. Gen. Navarro

Touched by an Angel

1994as Dr. Rebecca Markham

Arizona Dream

1993as Elaine Stalker

Gia

1998as Wilhelmina Cooper

The Champ

1979as Annie

The Towering Inferno

1974as Susan

The Case for Christ

2017as Dr. Roberta Waters

Barfly

1987as Wanda Wilcox

Alias

2001as Ariana Kane

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999as Psychiatrist

Don Juan DeMarco

1994as Marilyn Mickler

The Three Musketeers

1973as Lady de Winter

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968as Vicki Anderson

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Arrangement

1969as Gwen

The Four Musketeers

1974as Milady de Winter

Faye

2024as Self

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999as Yolande of Aragon

Mommie Dearest

1981as Joan Crawford

Hurry Sundown

1967as Lou McDowell

A Family Thanksgiving

2010as Gina

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

2008as Self (archive footage)

Festival in Cannes

2001as Self

The Rules of Attraction

2002as Mrs. Denton

The Yards

2000as Kitty Olchin

The Handmaid's Tale

1990as Serena Joy

Oklahoma Crude

1973as Lena Doyle

Doc

1971as Katie Elder

Great Performances

1971as Kathleen Stanton

The Chamber

1996as Lee Cayhall Bowen

The Two Jakes

1990as Evelyn Mulwray (voice)

Voyage of the Damned

1976as Denise Kreisler

Rebecca

as Mrs. Van Hopper

Blind Horizon

2003as Ms. K

The First Deadly Sin

1980as Barbara Delaney

Eyes of Laura Mars

1978as Laura Mars

Albino Alligator

1996as Janet Boudreaux

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003as Self

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018