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Dunaway appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1962 as the daughter of [[Thomas More]] in ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''. Her first screen role was in 1967 in ''[[The Happening (1967 film)|The Happening]]'' |
Dunaway appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1962 as the daughter of [[Thomas More]] in ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''. Her first screen role was in 1967 in the comedy ''[[The Happening (1967 film)|The Happening]]'', which was not released before her other films of the year. In 1967, she appeared in the Southern drama ''[[Hurry Sundown (film)|Hurry Sundown]]'', a film by [[Otto Preminger]]. She appeared as the wife of John Philip Law, and got good reviews for her performance, though the film was panned. She did not get along with Preminger and felt he did not know any thing about the process of acting, and resented that he yelled at her in public. She sued him to get out of her five-film contract, and they settled out of court. Dunaway later admitted, "It cost me a lot of money to not work for Otto again . . . I regretted paying him [but] I thought he was awful." |
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[[File:BonnieClyde67TrailerFayeCredit.JPG|thumb|Dunaway in trailer for ''Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967)]] |
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She would win the highly-sought after role of bank robber [[Bonnie Parker]] in ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (film)|Bonnie and Clyde]]'' opposite [{Warren Beatty]]. She ended up beating [[Jane Fonda]], [[Natalie Wood]], [[Sharon Tate]], [[Leslie Caron]], [[Tuesday Weld]], and [[Cher]] for the role, which would prove to be one of the highlights of her career. The film, directed by [[Arthur Penn]], told about the rise and fall of legendary robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The film at first was hated by critics, most notably [[Bosley Crowther]], but it gained a large and enthustiastic audience. It was a huge success, and received rave reviews from [[Roger Ebert]] and [[Pauline Kael]]; it ushered in a new era of filmmaking with its depictions of sex and violence, and started the [[New Hollywood]] period. It later received 10 Academy Award nominations, including one for Dunaway as Best Actress. She would win a BAFTA award as the most promising newcomer for her roles in ''Bonnie and Clyde'' and ''Hurry Sundown''; she got a nomination as Best New Star from the [[Golden Globe Awards]], but did not win that award or the Best Actress award. Dunaway was seen as a leading contender for the Oscar, but ended up losing to [[Katharine Hepburn]] in ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''. |
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In 1968, she starred in the successful caper film ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' alongside [[Steve McQueen]]. She played an insurance agent who is romanced by a millionaire who robs banks for kicks. The film got decent reviews and was a fine success at the box office. She also appeared in ''[[A Place for Lovers]]'' with [[Marcello Mastroianni]], who she would move in with, but the film was derided by the press and not a success. Her next two films were ordinary, but her career picked up again when she starred in the Western ''[[Little Big Man]]'' with [[Dustin Hoffman]]''. The film was one of the biggest hits of the year; that same year, she starred in her former fiance [[Jerry Schatzberg]]'s drama ''[[Puzzle of a Downfall Child]]'', a little known film about a model. While she did get a Golden Globe nomiantion, the film is rather obscure. Dunaway laments that, considering the film is one of her personal favorites. After this personal triumph, her career stalled until the release of ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 film)|The Three Musketeers]]''. |
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''The Three Musketeers'', directed by [[Richard Lester]], was a more comic adaptation of the action-adventure novel. Dunaway starred with [[Michael York]], [[Raquel Welch]], [[Charlton Heston]], and [[Oliver Reed]] as the villanous Milady De Winter. The film was a success, both critically and financially. The film, produced by [[Alexander Salkind]] and [[Ilya Salkind]], was set to be a three hour film with an intermission, but at the last moment, the film was divided in to two, creating ''The Four Musketeers'' as its sequel. It too fared well. |
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In 1974, [[Roman Polanski]] cast her opposite [[Jack Nicholson]] in the neo-noir mystery ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]'' as the mysterious Evelyn Mulwray, who's husband has been murdered. She and Polanski often clashed, but the film, along with Nicholson and Dunaway's performance, ended up becoming of the most lauded in history. It performed well at the box office, and was acclaimed by critics. It was considered one of the films of year, earning 11 Academy Award nominations, including one for Dunaway as Best Actress. She lost, but the film and other award nominations helped cement her as a successful leading actress. She also starred with [[Paul Newman]] and reunited with [[Steve McQueen]] in ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'', a highly successful disaster film, which became the highest grossing film of the year. After ''Inferno'', she starred with [[Robert Redford]] in the action film ''[[The Three Days of the Condor]]''. It was also a success. |
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But her greatest success came in 1976 when she accepted one of the leading roles in [[Sidney Lumet]]'s film ''[[Network (film)|Network]]'' by [[Paddy Chayefsky]]. She starred with [[William Holden]] and [[Robert Duvall]] as the scheming TV executive Diana Christensen, who creates a show for Howard Beale (played by [[Peter Finch]]) who loses his mind on the air. The film also deals with network they all work for, and its attempt to stop its poor ratings. The film was one of the big hits of the 1976-1977 year and it had big reciepts and reviews. Its screenplay is considered one of the best ever written, and it ended up winning many awards. Dunaway won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her potrayal, and won a [[Golden Globe for Best Actress-Drama]] along with several other wins. After the success of ''Network'', she starred in the successful ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'', but turned down [[Vanessa Redgrave]]'s Oscar-winning role in ''[[Julia (film)|Julia]]''. |
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In the 1980s, although her performances did not waver, the parts grew less compelling.<ref name=yahoo>[http://movies.yahoo.com/person/faye-dunaway/biography.html Faye Dunaway- Biography], [[Yahoo!]]</ref> Dunaway would later blame ''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]]'' (1981).<ref name=yahoo/> She received a [[Razzie Award]] for Worst Actress, and the critics despised the film, although it grossed a moderate $19 million in its first release and was one of the top 30 grossing films of the year. Dunaway returned, briefly, to Broadway starring in ''[[The Curse of An Aching Heart]]'', by William Alfred (author of the previous ''[[Hogan's Goat]]'', which she starred in off-Broadway and in a television production). The play opened at the Little Theatre on Jan 25, 1982. She received top billing for her villainess role in ''[[Supergirl (film)|Supergirl]]'' (1984), which reviewed poorly as well and yielded disappointing box office returns. A turnaround came in 1987 with her performance opposite [[Mickey Rourke]] in ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]'', for which she was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]]. In a later movie, ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]'' (1995), Dunaway co-starred with [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Marlon Brando]]. |
In the 1980s, although her performances did not waver, the parts grew less compelling.<ref name=yahoo>[http://movies.yahoo.com/person/faye-dunaway/biography.html Faye Dunaway- Biography], [[Yahoo!]]</ref> Dunaway would later blame ''[[Mommie Dearest (film)|Mommie Dearest]]'' (1981).<ref name=yahoo/> She received a [[Razzie Award]] for Worst Actress, and the critics despised the film, although it grossed a moderate $19 million in its first release and was one of the top 30 grossing films of the year. Dunaway returned, briefly, to Broadway starring in ''[[The Curse of An Aching Heart]]'', by William Alfred (author of the previous ''[[Hogan's Goat]]'', which she starred in off-Broadway and in a television production). The play opened at the Little Theatre on Jan 25, 1982. She received top billing for her villainess role in ''[[Supergirl (film)|Supergirl]]'' (1984), which reviewed poorly as well and yielded disappointing box office returns. A turnaround came in 1987 with her performance opposite [[Mickey Rourke]] in ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]'', for which she was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]]. In a later movie, ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]'' (1995), Dunaway co-starred with [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Marlon Brando]]. |
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Faye Dunaway | |
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 Dunaway at the 2008 Gwiazd in Gdańsk Festival. | |
| Born | Dorothy Faye Dunaway January 14, 1941 Bascom, Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1962 – present |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Wolf (1974–1979) Terry O'Neill (1983–1987) |
Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1976 film Network.[1] She was previously nominated for Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Chinatown (1974). She has starred in a variety of other successful films, including The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Little Big Man (1970), Three Days of the Condor (1975), and Mommie Dearest (1981).
Early life
Dunaway was born in Bascom, Florida, the daughter of Grace April (née Smith), a housewife, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr., a career non-commissioned officer in the United States Army.[2] She is of Scots-Irish, English, and German descent.[3][4][5] She attended the University of Florida,[6] Florida State University,[7] and Boston University, but graduated from the University of Florida in theater. In 1962, Dunaway joined the American National Theater and Academy.
Career
Dunaway appeared on Broadway in 1962 as the daughter of Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons. Her first screen role was in 1967 in the comedy The Happening, which was not released before her other films of the year. In 1967, she appeared in the Southern drama Hurry Sundown, a film by Otto Preminger. She appeared as the wife of John Philip Law, and got good reviews for her performance, though the film was panned. She did not get along with Preminger and felt he did not know any thing about the process of acting, and resented that he yelled at her in public. She sued him to get out of her five-film contract, and they settled out of court. Dunaway later admitted, "It cost me a lot of money to not work for Otto again . . . I regretted paying him [but] I thought he was awful."
She would win the highly-sought after role of bank robber Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde opposite [{Warren Beatty]]. She ended up beating Jane Fonda, Natalie Wood, Sharon Tate, Leslie Caron, Tuesday Weld, and Cher for the role, which would prove to be one of the highlights of her career. The film, directed by Arthur Penn, told about the rise and fall of legendary robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The film at first was hated by critics, most notably Bosley Crowther, but it gained a large and enthustiastic audience. It was a huge success, and received rave reviews from Roger Ebert and Pauline Kael; it ushered in a new era of filmmaking with its depictions of sex and violence, and started the New Hollywood period. It later received 10 Academy Award nominations, including one for Dunaway as Best Actress. She would win a BAFTA award as the most promising newcomer for her roles in Bonnie and Clyde and Hurry Sundown; she got a nomination as Best New Star from the Golden Globe Awards, but did not win that award or the Best Actress award. Dunaway was seen as a leading contender for the Oscar, but ended up losing to Katharine Hepburn in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
In 1968, she starred in the successful caper film The Thomas Crown Affair alongside Steve McQueen. She played an insurance agent who is romanced by a millionaire who robs banks for kicks. The film got decent reviews and was a fine success at the box office. She also appeared in A Place for Lovers with Marcello Mastroianni, who she would move in with, but the film was derided by the press and not a success. Her next two films were ordinary, but her career picked up again when she starred in the Western Little Big Man with Dustin Hoffman. The film was one of the biggest hits of the year; that same year, she starred in her former fiance Jerry Schatzberg's drama Puzzle of a Downfall Child, a little known film about a model. While she did get a Golden Globe nomiantion, the film is rather obscure. Dunaway laments that, considering the film is one of her personal favorites. After this personal triumph, her career stalled until the release of The Three Musketeers.
The Three Musketeers, directed by Richard Lester, was a more comic adaptation of the action-adventure novel. Dunaway starred with Michael York, Raquel Welch, Charlton Heston, and Oliver Reed as the villanous Milady De Winter. The film was a success, both critically and financially. The film, produced by Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind, was set to be a three hour film with an intermission, but at the last moment, the film was divided in to two, creating The Four Musketeers as its sequel. It too fared well.
In 1974, Roman Polanski cast her opposite Jack Nicholson in the neo-noir mystery Chinatown as the mysterious Evelyn Mulwray, who's husband has been murdered. She and Polanski often clashed, but the film, along with Nicholson and Dunaway's performance, ended up becoming of the most lauded in history. It performed well at the box office, and was acclaimed by critics. It was considered one of the films of year, earning 11 Academy Award nominations, including one for Dunaway as Best Actress. She lost, but the film and other award nominations helped cement her as a successful leading actress. She also starred with Paul Newman and reunited with Steve McQueen in The Towering Inferno, a highly successful disaster film, which became the highest grossing film of the year. After Inferno, she starred with Robert Redford in the action film The Three Days of the Condor. It was also a success.
But her greatest success came in 1976 when she accepted one of the leading roles in Sidney Lumet's film Network by Paddy Chayefsky. She starred with William Holden and Robert Duvall as the scheming TV executive Diana Christensen, who creates a show for Howard Beale (played by Peter Finch) who loses his mind on the air. The film also deals with network they all work for, and its attempt to stop its poor ratings. The film was one of the big hits of the 1976-1977 year and it had big reciepts and reviews. Its screenplay is considered one of the best ever written, and it ended up winning many awards. Dunaway won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her potrayal, and won a Golden Globe for Best Actress-Drama along with several other wins. After the success of Network, she starred in the successful Voyage of the Damned, but turned down Vanessa Redgrave's Oscar-winning role in Julia.
In the 1980s, although her performances did not waver, the parts grew less compelling.[8] Dunaway would later blame Mommie Dearest (1981).[8] She received a Razzie Award for Worst Actress, and the critics despised the film, although it grossed a moderate $19 million in its first release and was one of the top 30 grossing films of the year. Dunaway returned, briefly, to Broadway starring in The Curse of An Aching Heart, by William Alfred (author of the previous Hogan's Goat, which she starred in off-Broadway and in a television production). The play opened at the Little Theatre on Jan 25, 1982. She received top billing for her villainess role in Supergirl (1984), which reviewed poorly as well and yielded disappointing box office returns. A turnaround came in 1987 with her performance opposite Mickey Rourke in Barfly, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. In a later movie, Don Juan DeMarco (1995), Dunaway co-starred with Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando.
Dunaway starred in the 1986 made-for-television movie Beverly Hills Madam opposite Melody Anderson, Donna Dixon, Terry Farrell and Robin Givens. She had earlier turned down the role of Sable Colby on The Colbys, the Aaron Spelling spin-off of the nighttime soap opera Dynasty.[9] In 1993, Dunaway briefly starred in a sitcom with Robert Urich, It Had to Be You.[10] She also starred in Arizona Dream in 1993. Dunaway won an Emmy for a 1994 role as a murderer in "It's All in the Game," an episode of the long-running mystery series Columbo. In 1996, she toured nationally with the stage play Master Class about opera singer Maria Callas and was well received.[8]On October 2, 1996, Dunaway was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.[11]
In 2000, she turned down Requiem for a Dream[12] and appeared in The Yards. In the following years Dunaway appears mostly in television guest roles and small independent movies.[8] In 2006, Dunaway played a character named Lois O'Neill in season six, episode 13 of the crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, titled "Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye". She served as a judge on the 2005 reality show The Starlet, which sought, American Idol-style, to find the next young actress with the potential to become a major star. In the spring of 2007, the direct-to-DVD movie release of Rain, based on the novel by V. C. Andrews and starring Dunaway, was released.
Personal life
Dunaway moved in with photographer Jerry Schatzberg in 1966.[13] They were engaged when she left him in 1968 for actor Marcello Mastroianni, her co-star in A Place for Lovers; she and Mastroianni broke up in 1970. In 1974, Dunaway married Peter Wolf, the lead singer of the rock group The J. Geils Band; they divorced in 1979.[1] From 1984 to 1987, she was married to Terry O'Neill, a British photographer.[14] She and O'Neill have one child, Liam O'Neill (born 1980). In 2003, despite Dunaway's earlier claims that she had given birth to Liam, Terry claims that Liam was adopted.[14]
Dunaway is an adult convert to Roman Catholicism.[15]
In August, 2011, Dunaway was sued for eviction by the landlord of her rent stabilized apartment on East 78th Street in Manhattan. The suit alleged that she was not actually residing in the apartment but rather lived in California. Rent stabilization rules require tenants to live in the apartment they are renting as a primary residence, not as a second home. If Dunaway were to leave the apartment, rented by her on August 1, 1994, the landlord could receive more than double the $1,048.72 per month rent paid by Dunaway.[16] In a voice message to The New York Times, Dunaway said that she had not been evicted, but had chosen to leave the apartment because of its condition and that she had been spending less time in New York.[17]
Filmography
Guest appearances
- Grey's Anatomy – Season five, Episode 16 "An Honest Mistake" as Dr. Margaret Campbell (2009)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation "Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye" January 26, 2006 as Lois O'Neill
- Alias "The Abduction" (2002); "A Higher Echelon" (2003); "The Getaway" (2003), as Ariana Kane
- Soul Food – Season 3, Episode 1 – "Tonight at Noon" (2002)
- Touched by an Angel as Dr. Rebecca Markham (2 episodes, 2001)
- A Will of Their Own as Margaret Sanger (1 episode, 1998)
- Road to Avonlea – Season 6, Episode 76 – "What a Tangled Web We Weave" (1995)
- Columbo: It's All in the Game (1993), as Lauren Staton
- It Had to Be You as Laura Scofield (6 episodes, 1993)
- Into the Great Wide Open (song), Tom Petty
References
- ^ a b Faye Dunaway – biography, Biography.com
- ^ Faye Dunaway biography. Film Reference.com.
- ^ "Dunaway Does Crawford" October 05, 1981, People Magazine
- ^ 'Current Biography Yearbook, Volume 33'. H. W. Wilson Co., 1973. Original from the University of Virginia
- ^ Johns, Stephanie Bernardo. 'The Ethnic Almanac'. Stephanie Bernardo Johns. Doubleday, 1981 ISBN 0-385-14143-2, ISBN 978-0-385-14143-7. Page 445
- ^ Faye Dunaway. Yahoo Movies.
- ^ Office of Greek Life. Florida State University.
- ^ a b c d Faye Dunaway- Biography, Yahoo!
- ^ Wallace, David (February 3, 1986). "British Beauty Stephanie Beacham Sizzles in Sable as Consort to Charlton Heston on the Colbys". People. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
- ^ Scott, Tony (September 17, 1993). "It Had to Be You". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "Faye Dunaway – Hollywood Walk of Fame".
- ^ Rebello, Stephen (June 1, 2002). "Faye Dunaway: Through The Eyes Of Faye Dunaway". Movie.
{{cite news}}: Text "Line" ignored (help) - ^ Wilson, Jane (1968-03-10). "Faye's Way". Los Angeles Times. p. N18.
The door of Faye Dunaway's suite at the Hotel George V in Paris opened slowly and cautiously. I was confronted by a dark-haired man wearing a world-weary expression, a black sweater and a droopy Bolivian bandit's moustache. I guessed that this must be Jerry Schatzberg, 40-year-old fashion photographer and Miss Dunaway's true love of two years' standing. He looks about 30, and was once the hero of an article in the late New York Herald Tribune entitled, The Sweet Life of Jerry Schatzberg.
- ^ a b "Dunaway's Son Adopted, Says Ex". Contactmusic.com. 2003-03-11. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ Sager, Mike (1999-08-01). "What I've Learned: Faye Dunaway". Esquire. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- ^ Haughney, Christine (2011-08-02). "For Faye Dunaway, Real-Life Role in Housing Court". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
{{cite news}}: More than one of|author=and|last=specified (help) - ^ Haughney, Christine (2011-08-03). "Actress Says She Can't Be Evicted Because She Moved Out". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
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