Faye Dunaway Overview:

Actress, Faye Dunaway, was born Dorothy Faye Dunaway on Jan 14, 1941 in Bascom, FL. As of December 2024, Faye Dunaway was 84 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Faye Dunaway was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actress for Network (as Diana Christensen) in 1976.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1967Best ActressBonnie and Clyde (1967)Bonnie ParkerNominated
1974Best ActressChinatown (1974)Evelyn Cross MulwrayNominated
1976Best ActressNetwork (1976)Diana ChristensenWon
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Faye Dunaway Quotes:

Bonnie Parker: [after a shootout with the cops] *Damn it*, you almost got us killed!
Blanche Barrow: What did I do wrong? I thought you'd be happy if I got shot!
Bonnie Parker: Yeah! Yeah, it would of saved us all a lot of trouble!


Bonnie Parker: [to Clyde, after he rebuffs her romantic advances] Your advertising's just dandy... folks would never guess you don't have a thing to sell.


[after Clyde shows off his marksmanship with a handgun]
Bonnie Parker: You're good!
Clyde Barrow: I ain't good. I'm the best!
Bonnie Parker: And modest!


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According to the commentary by John Waters on the Mommie Dearest (1981) DVD, Dunaway feels the film's reception ruined her career, to an extent, and she refuses to discuss the film (hence her lack of participation in its release).

Attended Boston University. Gave up a Fulbright Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London to join the original training program at the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater in New York. She got her first starring role in "A Man For All Seasons" just days after graduating from college. She was the daughter of a career army man which resulted in her traveling constantly in her early life.

Her performance as Evelyn Cross Mulwray in Chinatown (1974) is ranked #36 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

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