Faye Dunaway

Dorothy Faye Dunaway born January 14 1941 is an 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 Penns 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 neonoir mystery Chinatown 1974 for which she earned her second Oscar nomination the actiondrama 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 Handmaids 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 196163 After the Fall 1964 Hogans Goat 196567 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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D.O.B: 1941-01-14
Place of Birth: Bascom, Florida, USA
Profession: Acting

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