| Faye Dunaway  AKA Dorothy Faye Dunaway
Born: 14-Jan-1941
Birthplace: Bascom, FL
Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Network Faye Dunaway weighed only four pounds at birth. Her father was a soldier, so the family moved often, and Dunaway spent much of her childhood in Germany. She studied drama in college, and mere days after graduating she landed her Broadway debut in the original run of A Man for All Seasons with Paul Scofield. After several small roles on television, she made her film debut in the hippie saga The Happening, and co-starred in the overwrought Hurry, Sundown. She then shot to stardom in her Oscar-nominated role as a Depression-era bank-robber in Bonnie and Clyde, opposite Warren Beatty.
She was Oscar-nominated again as the mysterious woman in Chinatown, and won the Best Actress statuette as a ruthless TV executive in Network. Among her many successes, such as Little Big Man and Three Days of the Condor, there have been cinematic flat notes as well. Dunaway's more embarrassing roles include the wand-waving would-be world dominatrix of Supergirl, the scheming Queen of France in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, and a deliciously demented turn as Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest. After that unintentional comedy, Hollywood became chilly for Dunaway, and she spent several years in England. She continues to work in films, but almost exclusively in movies that receive scant attention.
Dunaway is widely considered a diva -- demanding and difficult to work with. Nicholson nicknamed her "Dread". She was fired from the lead in a 1994 stage production of Sunset Boulevard, when Andrew Lloyd Webber said she simply could not deliver the singing the part demanded. In response, Dunaway sued Webber for $6,000,000, but lost. Father: John MacDowell Dunaway (Army officer, b. 9-Aug-1920, d. 6-Jun-1984)
Mother: Grace April Smith (b. Apr-1922, m. 11-Aug-1939, div. 1958)
Father: Jim Hartshorn (stepfather, b. 16-Sep-1933, m. Dunaway's mother in 1967)
Brother: MacDowell Dunaway ("Mac", lawyer, b. 1943)
Slept with: Lenny Bruce (comedian, together 1963)
Boyfriend: Jerry Schatzberg (film director, together 1966-68)
Boyfriend: Marcello Mastroianni (actor, together 1968-70)
Boyfriend: Harris Yulin (actor, together 1970-72)
Husband: Peter Wolf (vocalist for J. Geils Band, m. 7-Aug-1974, div. 1979)
Husband: Terry O'Neill (fashion photographer, dated 1979-83, m. 1983, div. 1987, one son)
Son: Liam O'Neill (actor, b. 1980, with O'Neill)
High School: Leon High School, Tallahassee, FL (1958)
University: Boston University (transferred to UF)
University: BFA Theater, University of Florida (1962)
Oscar for Best Actress 1977 for Network
Golden Globe 1977 for Network
Golden Globe 1985 for Ellis Island (miniseries)
Emmy 1994 for Columbo: It's All In the Game
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women
Risk Factors: Smoking
TELEVISION
It Had To Be You Laura Scofield (1993)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Bye Bye Man (6-Jan-2017)
Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013) · Herself
The Gene Generation (27-Sep-2007) · Josephine Hayden
Cougar Club (19-May-2007)
Pandemic (2-Jan-2007)
Rain (20-Apr-2006)
Cut Off (2006)
Anonymous Rex (19-Nov-2004)
Chronicle of the Raven (15-May-2004)
Blind Horizon (2-Mar-2004) · Ms. K
The Rules of Attraction (11-Oct-2002) · Mrs. Denton
Changing Hearts (15-Apr-2002) · Betty Miller
Festival in Cannes (3-Nov-2001) · Herself
Running Mates (13-Aug-2000)
The Yards (27-Apr-2000) · Kitty Olchin
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (18-Oct-1999)
The Thomas Crown Affair (27-Jul-1999) · Psychiatrist
Gia (31-Jan-1998)
The Twilight of the Golds (23-Mar-1997)
Albino Alligator (17-Jan-1997) · Janet
Rebecca (5-Jan-1997)
The Chamber (14-Feb-1996) · Lee Bowen
Dunston Checks In (12-Jan-1996) · Mrs. Dubrow
Drunks (23-Aug-1995)
Don Juan DeMarco (7-Apr-1995) · Marilyn Mickler
The Temp (12-Feb-1993) · Charlene Towne
Arizona Dream (6-Jan-1993) · Elaine
Double Edge (30-Sep-1992)
Scorchers (6-Sep-1991)
The Two Jakes (10-Aug-1990) · Evelyn Mulwray [VOICE]
The Handmaid's Tale (15-Feb-1990)
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (6-Dec-1989)
Cold Sassy Tree (16-Oct-1989)
Burning Secret (22-Dec-1988) · Sonya
Midnight Crossing (13-May-1988) · Helen Barton
The Gamble (May-1988)
Barfly (May-1987)
Casanova (1-Mar-1987)
Beverly Hills Madam (6-Apr-1986) · Lil Hutton
Thirteen at Dinner (19-Sep-1985)
Christopher Columbus (7-Mar-1985)
Supergirl (10-Oct-1984)
Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
The Wicked Lady (12-Aug-1983)
Mommie Dearest (16-Sep-1981) · Joan Crawford
The First Deadly Sin (3-Oct-1980)
The Champ (4-Apr-1979) · Annie
Eyes of Laura Mars (2-Aug-1978)
Voyage of the Damned (22-Dec-1976)
Network (27-Nov-1976) · Diana Christensen
The Disappearance of Aimee (17-Nov-1976)
Three Days of the Condor (24-Sep-1975) · Kathy
The Four Musketeers (25-Dec-1974) · Milady
The Towering Inferno (10-Dec-1974) · Susan
Chinatown (20-Jun-1974) · Evelyn Mulwray
The Three Musketeers (11-Dec-1973) · Milady
Oklahoma Crude (3-Jul-1973)
Doc (1-Aug-1971)
The Deadly Trap (9-Jun-1971)
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (16-Dec-1970)
Little Big Man (14-Dec-1970) · Mrs. Pendrake
The Arrangement (18-Nov-1969) · Gwen
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
A Place for Lovers (19-Dec-1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair (19-Jun-1968) · Vicki Anderson
Bonnie and Clyde (13-Aug-1967) · Bonnie Parker
The Happening (Mar-1967) · Sandy
Hurry Sundown (6-Feb-1967)
Author of books:
Looking for Gatsby: My Life (1995)
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