Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress.
She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, an
Emmy Award (Pimetime), three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
In 2011, the government of France made her an Officer of the Order of
Arts and Letters.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
Penn's 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 neo-noir
mystery Chinatown (1974), for which she earned her second Oscar
nomination, the action-drama 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 Supergirl (1984) Barfly (1987), The Handmaid's Tale
(1990), Arizona Dream (1994), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), The Twilight of
the Golds (1997), Gia (1998) and The Rules of Attraction (2002).
Dunaway has also performed on stage in several plays, including A Man
for All Seasons (1961â€"63), After the Fall (1964), Hogan's Goat
(1965â€"67), A Streetcar Named Desire (1973) and was awarded the Sarah
Siddons Award for her portrayal of opera singer Maria Callas in Master
Class (1996).Dunaway is very protective of her personal life, rarely
gives interviews, and makes very few public appearances. After
romantic relationships with Jerry Schatzberg and Marcello Mastroianni,
Dunaway married twice, first to singer Peter Wolf and then to
photographer Terry O'Neill, with whom she had a son, Liam.
She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, an
Emmy Award (Pimetime), three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
In 2011, the government of France made her an Officer of the Order of
Arts and Letters.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
Penn's 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 neo-noir
mystery Chinatown (1974), for which she earned her second Oscar
nomination, the action-drama 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 Supergirl (1984) Barfly (1987), The Handmaid's Tale
(1990), Arizona Dream (1994), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), The Twilight of
the Golds (1997), Gia (1998) and The Rules of Attraction (2002).
Dunaway has also performed on stage in several plays, including A Man
for All Seasons (1961â€"63), After the Fall (1964), Hogan's Goat
(1965â€"67), A Streetcar Named Desire (1973) and was awarded the Sarah
Siddons Award for her portrayal of opera singer Maria Callas in Master
Class (1996).Dunaway is very protective of her personal life, rarely
gives interviews, and makes very few public appearances. After
romantic relationships with Jerry Schatzberg and Marcello Mastroianni,
Dunaway married twice, first to singer Peter Wolf and then to
photographer Terry O'Neill, with whom she had a son, Liam.
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