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Faye Dunaway at Cannes, 2001Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award-winning actress.

Christened Dorothy Faye Dunaway, the daughter of Grace, a homemaker, and John Dunaway, an Army sergeant (making Dunaway an "army brat"). Dorothy Faye Dunaway studied at the theater department of Boston University and graduated from the University of Florida. She dropped the "Dorothy" when she began acting.

She appeared on Broadway in 1962 as the daughter of Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons.

Her first screen role was in 1967 in Hurry Sundown, but that same year, she got the leading female role in Bonnie and Clyde (opposite Warren Beatty) which garnered her an Oscar nomination.

It was in the 1970s that she began to stretch her acting muscles in such films as Three Days of the Condor, Little Big Man, Chinatown, Eyes of Laura Mars, Network, for which she won her Oscar as the scheming, almost inhumanly cold-blooded TV executive Diana Christensen.

In the 1980s, although her performances did not waver, the parts grew less compelling. Dunaway would later blame Mommie Dearest (1980) for ruining her career as a leading lady. "I was too good at Crawford," she was often quoted as saying.

She played an alcoholic in Barfly (opposite Mickey Rourke). In a later movie, Don Juan DeMarco (1995), Dunaway co-starred with Johnny Depp and the late Marlon Brando.

Romantically linked to a series of men ranging from the comedian Lenny Bruce to actor Marcello Mastroianni, Dunaway has been married twice.

Her first husband, from 1974 until 1979, was Peter Wolf, the lead singer of the rock group the J. Geils Band. Her second, from 1984 until 1987, was Terry O'Neill, a celebrated British photographer; they had one child, Liam O'Neill (born 1980).

In 2003, however, O'Neill revealed that his son with Dunaway was adopted, not biological, though the actress had long maintained the opposite.

Dunaway is a convert to Roman Catholicism.

She served as a judge on the 2005 reality show The Starlet, which sought, American Idol-style, to find the next young actress with the potential to become a major star.

Dunaway has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard.

In March of 2006, a voice message left on a reporter's anwsering machine by Dunaway regarding a recent biographical article surfaced on the internet. Dunaway speaks about her desire to no longer talk about Mommie Dearest or "that Andrew Lloyd Webber stupidity", referring to her being fired from the L.A. production of his Sunset Boulevard musical (rumored to be because of her poor vocal performance). At the conclusion of the track, whomever uploaded the message also added her melodramatic version of the Donald Trump catch-phrase "You're fired!" from The Starlet : "Don't call us, we'll call you."

  Rain (2006) (post-production) .... Isabel hudson
Say It in Russian (2006) (post-production) .... Jacqueline de Rossy

The Gene Generation (2006) .... Josephine Hayden
Love Hollywood Style (2006) .... God
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
... aka CSI: Las Vegas (USA: syndication title)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
... aka Experts, Les (Canada: French title)
- Kiss Kiss, Bye Bye (2006) TV Episode .... Lois O'Neill
Stand by Your Man (2006) .... Marilyn Burton
Ghosts Never Sleep (2005) .... Kathleen Dolan
Back When We Were Grownups (2004) (TV) .... Tina
Anonymous Rex (2004) (TV) .... Shin
Jennifer's Shadow (2004) .... Mary Ellen Cassi
... aka Chronicle of the Raven (USA: DVD title)
Padrino, El (2004) .... Atty. Gen. Navarro
Last Goodbye (2004) .... Sean Winston
Blind Horizon (2003) .... Ms. K
"Alias"
- The Getaway (2003) TV Episode .... Ariana Kane
- A Higher Echelon (2003) TV Episode .... Ariana Kane
- The Abduction (2002) TV Episode .... Ariana Kane
The Calling (2002/I) .... Mae West
... aka Man of Faith (USA: video title)
The Rules of Attraction (2002) .... Mrs. Eve Denton
... aka Regeln des Spiels, Die (Germany)
The Biographer (2002) (TV) .... Amanda Washington
"Soul Food"
- Tonight at Noon (2002) TV Episode .... Katherine Burke
Changing Hearts (2002) .... Betty Miller
Mid-Century (2002) .... Blue/Mother
Yellow Bird (2001) .... Aurora Beavis
"Touched by an Angel"
- Shallow Water: Part 2 (2001) TV Episode .... Dr. Rebecca Markham
- Shallow Water: Part 1 (2001) TV Episode .... Dr. Rebecca Markham
Running Mates (2000) (TV) .... Meg Gable
Stanley's Gig (2000) .... Leila
The Yards (2000) .... Kitty Olchin

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) .... Yolande D'Aragon
... aka Joan of Arc (Australia) (UK)
... aka Jeanne d'Arc (France)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) .... The Psychiatrist
Love Lies Bleeding (1999) .... Josephine Butler
"A Will of Their Own" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Margaret Sanger
Gia (1998) (TV) .... Wilhelmina Cooper
En brazos de la mujer madura (1997) .... Condesa
... aka In Praise of Older Women (USA)
The Twilight of the Golds (1997) (TV) .... Phyllis Gold
Rebecca (1997/I) (TV) .... Mrs. Van Hopper
The Chamber (1996) .... Lee Cayhall Bowen
The People Next Door (1996) (TV) .... Ellen Morse
Albino Alligator (1996) .... Janet Boudreaux
... aka Albino Alligator (France)
Dunston Checks In (1996) .... Mrs. Dubrow
Drunks (1995) .... Becky
Don Juan DeMarco (1995) .... Marilyn Mickler
"Road to Avonlea"
... aka Avonlea
... aka Tales from Avonlea (USA: video title)
- What a Tangled Web We Weave (1995) TV Episode .... Countess Polenska
A Family Divided (1995) (TV) .... Karen Billingsley
Columbo: It's All In the Game (1993) (TV) .... Lauren Staton
"It Had to Be You" (1993) TV Series .... Laura Scofield
The Temp (1993) .... Charlene Towne
Arizona Dream (1993) .... Elaine Stalker
... aka Arizona Dream (France)
... aka The Arrowtooth Waltz
Lahav Hatzui (1992) .... Faye Milano
... aka Double Edge (USA)
... aka Shlosha Shavuot B'Yerushalaim (Israel: Hebrew title: alternative title)
... aka Three Weeks in Jerusalem
Scorchers (1991) .... Thais
Silhouette (1990) (TV) .... Samantha Kimball
The Two Jakes (1990) (voice) .... Evelyn Mulwray
The Handmaid's Tale (1990) .... Serena Joy

Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989) .... Mrs. Hildegarde
... aka Aspetta primavera Bandini (Italy)
... aka Bandini
... aka John Fante's Wait Until Spring, Bandini
... aka Ragioni del cuore, Le (Italy)
Cold Sassy Tree (1989) (TV) .... Love Simpson Blakeslee
In una notte di chiaro di luna (1989) .... Mrs. Colbert
... aka As Long as It's Love
... aka Clair (France)
... aka Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love
... aka On a Moonlit Night
Burning Secret (1988) .... Mrs. Sonya Tuchman
... aka Brennendes Geheimnis (West Germany)
Partita, La (1988) .... Countess Matilda Von Wallenstein
... aka The Gamble (USA)
Midnight Crossing (1988) .... Helen Barton
Barfly (1987) .... Wanda Wilcox
Casanova (1987) (TV) .... Madame D'Urfe
... aka Veneziano, vita e amori di Giacomo Casanova, Il
Beverly Hills Madam (1986) (TV) .... Lil Hutton
... aka Ladies of the Night (USA)
Raspberry Ripple (1986) (TV)
Thirteen at Dinner (1985) (TV) .... Jane Wilkinson/Carlotta Adams
... aka Agatha Christie's 'Thirteen at Dinner'
"Christopher Columbus" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Queen Isabella of Spain
... aka Cristoforo Colombo (Italy)
"Ellis Island" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Maud Charteris
Supergirl (1984) .... Selena
... aka Supergirl: The Movie
Ordeal by Innocence (1984) .... Rachel Argyle
The Wicked Lady (1983) .... Lady Barbara Skelton
The Country Girl (1982) (TV) .... Georgie Elgin
Mommie Dearest (1981) .... Joan Crawford
Evita Peron (1981) (TV) .... Eva 'Evita' Duarte Peron
The First Deadly Sin (1980) .... Barbara Delaney

The Champ (1979) .... Annie
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) .... Laura Mars
Voyage of the Damned (1976) .... Denise Kreisler
Network (1976) .... Diana Christensen
The Disappearance of Aimee (1976) (TV) .... Sister Aimee Semple McPherson
Three Days of the Condor (1975) .... Kathy Hale
The Four Musketeers (1974) .... Milady
... aka Cuatro mosqueteros, Los (Spain)
... aka The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (USA)
... aka The Return of the Three Musketeers (UK: video title)
... aka The Revenge of Milady
After the Fall (1974) (TV) .... Maggie
The Towering Inferno (1974) .... Susan Franklin
Chinatown (1974) .... Evelyn Cross Mulwray
The Three Musketeers (1973) .... Lady de Winter
... aka The Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds (USA)
Oklahoma Crude (1973) .... Lena Doyle
The Woman I Love (1972) (TV) .... Wallis Warfield Simpson
Hogan's Goat (1971) (TV) .... Kathleen Stanton
'Doc' (1971) .... Katie Elder
Maison sous les arbres, La (1971) .... Jill
... aka Death Scream
... aka The Deadly Trap (USA)
... aka The House Under the Trees
... aka Unico indizio: una sciarpa gialla (Italy)
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) .... Lou Andreas Sand
Little Big Man (1970) .... Mrs. Louise Pendrake

The Arrangement (1969) .... Gwen
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969) .... Jennifer Winslow
Amanti (1968) .... Julia
... aka A Place for Lovers (USA)
... aka Temps des amants, Le (France)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) .... Vicki Anderson
... aka The Crown Caper
... aka Thomas Crown and Company
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) .... Bonnie Parker
... aka Bonnie and Clyde... Were Killers! (UK)
The Happening (1967) .... Sandy
Hurry Sundown (1967) .... Lou McDowell
"The Trials of O'Brien"
- The 10-Foot, 6-Inch Pole (1966) TV Episode .... Myra
"Seaway"
- The 34th Man (1965) TV Episode .... Alexis Webster