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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. |
''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, whose 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 ''[[ |
In 1974, [[Roman Polanski]] cast her opposite [[Jack Nicholson]] in the neo-noir mystery ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]'' as the mysterious Evelyn Mulwray, whose 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 ''[[ 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 was one of the biggest hits of the time and won favorable reviews. Dunaway won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her portrayal, and won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture 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]]'', a role she later regretted not taking. She finished off the 1970s with a remake of ''[[The Champ]]''. |
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 was one of the biggest hits of the time and won favorable reviews. Dunaway won the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for her portrayal, and won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture 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]]'', a role she later regretted not taking. She finished off the 1970s with a remake of ''[[The Champ]]''. |
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Dunaway spent most of the 1980s raising her children, and with not many successful projects, she did not work very often until later. She started off the 1980s in a small role in the Frank Sinatra film ''[[The First Deadly Sin]]'' as the sick wife of Sinatra. She did not have much screen time and critics did not think much of her role. She got a Razzie nomination, but did not win. The following year, she was offered the role of [[Joan Crawford]], the famed actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her eldest daughter, Christina, had published a tell-all memoir, stating Crawford was abusive to her and her brother. Dunaway took the role after [[Anne Bancroft]] pulled out. She was very dedicated to the role, but the film was despised by critics, claiming it was campy and over-the-top. Dunaway later said that she believed that the reason for her over-the-top performance was due to the director and editor picking the wrong takes and leaving better ones out. Critical reaction to her role was polarizing. Some belived she was intense and turned into Crawford for the role, and garned some critical acclaim. But many others criticized it for extreme overacting. She tied for a Razzie Award, but at the same time came in second for both the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. The film did make money, and has since claimed a cult following. Dunaway will not discuss the film any more. |
Dunaway spent most of the 1980s raising her children, and with not many successful projects, she did not work very often until later. She started off the 1980s in a small role in the Frank Sinatra film ''[[The First Deadly Sin]]'' as the sick wife of Sinatra. She did not have much screen time and critics did not think much of her role. She got a Razzie nomination, but did not win. The following year, she was offered the role of [[Joan Crawford]], the famed actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her eldest daughter, Christina, had published a tell-all memoir, stating Crawford was abusive to her and her brother. Dunaway took the role after [[Anne Bancroft]] pulled out. She was very dedicated to the role, but the film was despised by critics, claiming it was campy and over-the-top. Dunaway later said that she believed that the reason for her over-the-top performance was due to the director and editor picking the wrong takes and leaving better ones out. Critical reaction to her role was polarizing. Some belived she was intense and turned into Crawford for the role, and garned some critical acclaim. But many others criticized it for extreme overacting. She tied for a Razzie Award, but at the same time came in second for both the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. The film did make money, and has since claimed a cult following. Dunaway will not discuss the film any more. |
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She returned briefly to Broadway to star in ''The Curse of An Aching Heart'' by William Alfred in 1982. Dunaway appeared in the unsuccessful film ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' in 1983. She starred as the villan Selena and received top billing in ''[[Supergirl (film)|Supergirl]]'', but the film was reviewed poorly and did not make much money. It resulted in another Razzie nomination. After a string of flops, a turnaround came when appeared in the 1984 CBS miniseries ''[[Ellis Island (miniseries)|Ellis Island]]'' with [[Richard Burton]]. She won a Golden Globe Award for her comic performance as actress Maud Chateris, and in her acceptance speech, she said that her role in the miniseries was something that "she had been missing in her career lately", referring to her last several films being flops. In 1986, she turned down the role of Sable Colby in the drama series ''[[The Colbys]]'', which was a spin-off of the successful nighttime soap opera ''[[Dynasty (TV series|Dynasty]]''..<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092868,00.html |title=British Beauty Stephanie Beacham Sizzles in Sable as Consort to Charlton Heston on the Colbys|last=Wallace|first=David|date=February 3, 1986|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref> A large success came in the form of her role in ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]'' with her performance opposite [[Mickey Rourke]]. The film was a success with critics and audiences, and she was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]. |
She returned briefly to Broadway to star in ''The Curse of An Aching Heart'' by William Alfred in 1982. Dunaway appeared in the unsuccessful film ''[[The Wicked Lady]]'' in 1983. She starred as the villan Selena and received top billing in ''[[Supergirl (film)|Supergirl]]'', but the film was reviewed poorly and did not make much money. It resulted in another Razzie nomination. After a string of flops, a turnaround came when appeared in the 1984 CBS miniseries ''[[Ellis Island (miniseries)|Ellis Island]]'' with [[Richard Burton]]. She won a Golden Globe Award for her comic performance as actress Maud Chateris, and in her acceptance speech, she said that her role in the miniseries was something that "she had been missing in her career lately", referring to her last several films being flops. In 1986, she turned down the role of Sable Colby in the drama series ''[[The Colbys]]'', which was a spin-off of the successful nighttime soap opera ''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]''..<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092868,00.html |title=British Beauty Stephanie Beacham Sizzles in Sable as Consort to Charlton Heston on the Colbys|last=Wallace|first=David|date=February 3, 1986|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|accessdate=2011-08-03}}</ref> A large success came in the form of her role in ''[[Barfly (film)|Barfly]]'' with her performance opposite [[Mickey Rourke]]. The film was a success with critics and audiences, and she was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama]]. |
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In the 1990s, she performed many parts, including a cameo in the sequel to ''Chinatown'', ''[[The Two Jakes]]''. She appeared in ''[[Arizona Dream]]'', which was critically praised in 1993. The same year, she appeared in ''[[The Temp]]'', which got bad reviews. That same year, she appeared with [[Robert Ulrich]] in the short-lived sitcom ''[[It Had to Be You]]''. The following year, in 1994, she appeared with [[Peter Falk]] in an episode of the successful long-running mystery series, ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]''. She played a socialite in the episode ''It's All in the Game'' who with her daughter, kills an abusive lover. This episode has the distinction of being the only one every written by Falk. Dunaway would go ont to win a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] for her part as Lauren Staton. Also that year, Dunaway was set to play [[Norma Desmond]] in the musical version of ''Sunset Boulevard'', but at the last minute was let go. Dunaway explained that when she auditioned for the role, she and the producer agreed that she could sing in her normal voice range, but before the premerie, he asked her to sing in what was beyone her range. She co-starred with [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Johnny Depp]] in 1995's ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]'' as Brando's wife. The film was very successful at the box office, and got good reception from critics as well. In 1996, she came back to the stage (after the ''Sunset Boulevard'' mishap) and starred as Maria Callas in the stage play ''[[Master Class]]'' and was received warmly as she toured nationally with the show. In 1997, she starred in the made-for-TV move ''[[The Twilight of the Golds]]''. She got good reviews for the part, and got several nominations, including ones for CableACE Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. But, in 1998, she starred with [[Angelina Jolie]] in the HBO television movie ''[[Gia]]'' as the powerful agent of Jolie, who plays a model. She took home a Golden Globe for the role, and was also nominated for a Satellite Award. She turned down [[Ellen Burstyn]]'s role in ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.movieline.com/2002/06/faye-dunaway-through-the-eyes-of-faye-dunaway.php?page=3|title=Faye Dunaway: Through The Eyes Of Faye Dunaway |last=Rebello|first=Stephen|date=June 1, 2002|work=Movie|Line}}</ref>, which Burstyn got an Oscar nomination for, and appeared in the critically well-received ''[[The Yards]]''. She also appeared in ''[[Running Mates]]'' and got another Golden Globe nomination for it. Although her film career has mostly been independent films, she has done guest parts on several well-known television series. She has done work on such shows as ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' in the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", and ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''. For several years, Dunaway has attempted to create a film version of ''Master Class'', the play which she has toured with for years. She took writing classes at one point, but the project did not come off the ground for several years. According to her Twitter updates and other statements, Dunaway has starred, written, and directed an adaptation of the play, and it is set to be released in the near future. |
In the 1990s, she performed many parts, including a cameo in the sequel to ''Chinatown'', ''[[The Two Jakes]]''. She appeared in ''[[Arizona Dream]]'', which was critically praised in 1993. The same year, she appeared in ''[[The Temp]]'', which got bad reviews. That same year, she appeared with [[Robert Ulrich]] in the short-lived sitcom ''[[It Had to Be You]]''. The following year, in 1994, she appeared with [[Peter Falk]] in an episode of the successful long-running mystery series, ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]''. She played a socialite in the episode ''It's All in the Game'' who with her daughter, kills an abusive lover. This episode has the distinction of being the only one every written by Falk. Dunaway would go ont to win a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] for her part as Lauren Staton. Also that year, Dunaway was set to play [[Norma Desmond]] in the musical version of ''Sunset Boulevard'', but at the last minute was let go. Dunaway explained that when she auditioned for the role, she and the producer agreed that she could sing in her normal voice range, but before the premerie, he asked her to sing in what was beyone her range. She co-starred with [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Johnny Depp]] in 1995's ''[[Don Juan DeMarco]]'' as Brando's wife. The film was very successful at the box office, and got good reception from critics as well. In 1996, she came back to the stage (after the ''Sunset Boulevard'' mishap) and starred as Maria Callas in the stage play ''[[Master Class]]'' and was received warmly as she toured nationally with the show. In 1997, she starred in the made-for-TV move ''[[The Twilight of the Golds]]''. She got good reviews for the part, and got several nominations, including ones for CableACE Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. But, in 1998, she starred with [[Angelina Jolie]] in the HBO television movie ''[[Gia]]'' as the powerful agent of Jolie, who plays a model. She took home a Golden Globe for the role, and was also nominated for a Satellite Award. She turned down [[Ellen Burstyn]]'s role in ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.movieline.com/2002/06/faye-dunaway-through-the-eyes-of-faye-dunaway.php?page=3|title=Faye Dunaway: Through The Eyes Of Faye Dunaway |last=Rebello|first=Stephen|date=June 1, 2002|work=Movie|Line}}</ref>, which Burstyn got an Oscar nomination for, and appeared in the critically well-received ''[[The Yards]]''. She also appeared in ''[[Running Mates]]'' and got another Golden Globe nomination for it. Although her film career has mostly been independent films, she has done guest parts on several well-known television series. She has done work on such shows as ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' in the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", and ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''. For several years, Dunaway has attempted to create a film version of ''Master Class'', the play which she has toured with for years. She took writing classes at one point, but the project did not come off the ground for several years. According to her Twitter updates and other statements, Dunaway has starred, written, and directed an adaptation of the play, and it is set to be released in the near future. |
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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 anything 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 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, whose 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 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 was one of the biggest hits of the time and won favorable reviews. Dunaway won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture 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, a role she later regretted not taking. She finished off the 1970s with a remake of The Champ.
Dunaway spent most of the 1980s raising her children, and with not many successful projects, she did not work very often until later. She started off the 1980s in a small role in the Frank Sinatra film The First Deadly Sin as the sick wife of Sinatra. She did not have much screen time and critics did not think much of her role. She got a Razzie nomination, but did not win. The following year, she was offered the role of Joan Crawford, the famed actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her eldest daughter, Christina, had published a tell-all memoir, stating Crawford was abusive to her and her brother. Dunaway took the role after Anne Bancroft pulled out. She was very dedicated to the role, but the film was despised by critics, claiming it was campy and over-the-top. Dunaway later said that she believed that the reason for her over-the-top performance was due to the director and editor picking the wrong takes and leaving better ones out. Critical reaction to her role was polarizing. Some belived she was intense and turned into Crawford for the role, and garned some critical acclaim. But many others criticized it for extreme overacting. She tied for a Razzie Award, but at the same time came in second for both the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. The film did make money, and has since claimed a cult following. Dunaway will not discuss the film any more.
She returned briefly to Broadway to star in The Curse of An Aching Heart by William Alfred in 1982. Dunaway appeared in the unsuccessful film The Wicked Lady in 1983. She starred as the villan Selena and received top billing in Supergirl, but the film was reviewed poorly and did not make much money. It resulted in another Razzie nomination. After a string of flops, a turnaround came when appeared in the 1984 CBS miniseries Ellis Island with Richard Burton. She won a Golden Globe Award for her comic performance as actress Maud Chateris, and in her acceptance speech, she said that her role in the miniseries was something that "she had been missing in her career lately", referring to her last several films being flops. In 1986, she turned down the role of Sable Colby in the drama series The Colbys, which was a spin-off of the successful nighttime soap opera Dynasty..[8] A large success came in the form of her role in Barfly with her performance opposite Mickey Rourke. The film was a success with critics and audiences, and she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama.
In the 1990s, she performed many parts, including a cameo in the sequel to Chinatown, The Two Jakes. She appeared in Arizona Dream, which was critically praised in 1993. The same year, she appeared in The Temp, which got bad reviews. That same year, she appeared with Robert Ulrich in the short-lived sitcom It Had to Be You. The following year, in 1994, she appeared with Peter Falk in an episode of the successful long-running mystery series, Columbo. She played a socialite in the episode It's All in the Game who with her daughter, kills an abusive lover. This episode has the distinction of being the only one every written by Falk. Dunaway would go ont to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her part as Lauren Staton. Also that year, Dunaway was set to play Norma Desmond in the musical version of Sunset Boulevard, but at the last minute was let go. Dunaway explained that when she auditioned for the role, she and the producer agreed that she could sing in her normal voice range, but before the premerie, he asked her to sing in what was beyone her range. She co-starred with Marlon Brando and Johnny Depp in 1995's Don Juan DeMarco as Brando's wife. The film was very successful at the box office, and got good reception from critics as well. In 1996, she came back to the stage (after the Sunset Boulevard mishap) and starred as Maria Callas in the stage play Master Class and was received warmly as she toured nationally with the show. In 1997, she starred in the made-for-TV move The Twilight of the Golds. She got good reviews for the part, and got several nominations, including ones for CableACE Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. But, in 1998, she starred with Angelina Jolie in the HBO television movie Gia as the powerful agent of Jolie, who plays a model. She took home a Golden Globe for the role, and was also nominated for a Satellite Award. She turned down Ellen Burstyn's role in Requiem for a Dream[9], which Burstyn got an Oscar nomination for, and appeared in the critically well-received The Yards. She also appeared in Running Mates and got another Golden Globe nomination for it. Although her film career has mostly been independent films, she has done guest parts on several well-known television series. She has done work on such shows as Touched by an Angel, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", and Grey's Anatomy. For several years, Dunaway has attempted to create a film version of Master Class, the play which she has toured with for years. She took writing classes at one point, but the project did not come off the ground for several years. According to her Twitter updates and other statements, Dunaway has starred, written, and directed an adaptation of the play, and it is set to be released in the near future.
Personal life
Dunaway moved in with photographer Jerry Schatzberg in 1966.[10] 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.[11] 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.[11]
Dunaway is an adult convert to Roman Catholicism.[12]
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.[13] 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.[14]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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