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Faye Dunaway

Biography

Faye Dunaway is an American actress who began her career on Broadway in the early 1960s before becoming one of the defining screen presences of the following decade. Born in Bascom, Florida, she made her film debut in 1967 and broke through the same year as the outlaw Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde, earning her first Academy Award nomination. Roles in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Chinatown (1974), which brought a second Oscar nomination, The Towering Inferno (1974) and Three Days of the Condor (1975) followed, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Network (1976). She moved into mature character parts, notably Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest (1981), and later appeared in Barfly (1987), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Don Juan DeMarco (1994) and The Rules of Attraction (2002). Her stage work includes A Streetcar Named Desire, and she won a Sarah Siddons Award for Master Class.

85years old

Turns 86 on January 14in 64 days

  • Born Bascom
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
52
Career span
57 years1967 to 2024

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  1. Beyond film

    In 1996, Dunaway went back to the stage as Maria Callas, the famous opera singer, in the U.S. national tour of Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play Master Class. The tour did well and brought her rave reviews and the Sarah Siddons Award.

  2. A role that slipped away

    After three weeks in Boston with the Huntington Theatre Company, Dunaway was released from Tea at Five, which had been planned as her return to Broadway, reportedly because of altercations with crewmembers.

Faye Dunaway movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Chinatown1974 Drama, Mystery, Thrilleras Evelyn Mulwray

    IMDb rating 8.1380K votes

  2. Network1976 Dramaas Diana Christensen

    IMDb rating 8.0188K votes

  3. Bonnie and Clyde1967as Bonnie Parker

    IMDb rating 7.7128K votes

  4. Three Days of the Condor1975as Kathy Hale

    IMDb rating 7.470K votes

  5. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc1999as Yolande of Aragon

    IMDb rating 6.474K votes

  6. The Thomas Crown Affair1999as The Psychiatrist

    IMDb rating 6.9111K votes

  7. Don Juan DeMarco1994as Marilyn Mickler

    IMDb rating 6.756K votes

  8. Little Big Man1970as Mrs. Pendrake

    IMDb rating 7.541K votes

Most often with

Arthur Penn directed two of these films, Richard Lester two and Frank Perry two. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Faye Dunaway's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$801 million

29 of the 52 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 52 films: 29 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.

  • 29Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 13Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 69% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Thomas Crown Affair1999as The Psychiatrist
    $124M15.5% of the total
  2. 2
    $116M14.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Bonnie and Clyde1967as Bonnie Parker
    $70M8.7% of the total
  4. 4
    Don Juan DeMarco1994as Marilyn Mickler
    $69M8.6% of the total
  5. 5
    $67M8.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Three Days of the Condor1975as Kathy Hale
    $42M5.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Little Big Man1970as Mrs. Pendrake
    $32M3.9% of the total
  8. 8
    The Champ1979as Annie
    $30M3.8% of the total
Chinatown (1974), $30.0 millionThe Bye Bye Man (2017), $26.7 millionNetwork (1976), $23.7 millionThe Chamber (1996), $22.5 millionThe Three Musketeers (1973), $22.0 millionEyes of Laura Mars (1978), $20.0 millionMommie Dearest (1981), $19.0 millionThe Case for Christ (2017), $18.2 millionSupergirl (1984), $14.3 millionThe Thomas Crown Affair (1968), $14.0 millionThe Rules of Attraction (2002), $11.8 millionThe Four Musketeers (1974), $8.8 millionHurry Sundown (1967), $8.1 millionThe Handmaid's Tale (1990), $5.0 millionBarfly (1987), $3.2 millionMidnight Crossing (1988), $1.3 million

$251 millionfrom the other 21 films with a worldwide figure, 31% of the total

Awards

Seven awards and honors from 1966 to 1994, two of them major.

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Faye Dunaway's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Academy Awards
1977Best ActressNetworkWon
Emmy Awards
1994Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama SeriesColumboWon
Other honors
1982Golden Raspberry Award for Worst ActressMommie DearestWon
1974Hasty Pudding Woman of the YearWon
1966Theatre World AwardWon
Officer of Arts and LettersWon
Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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