Dunaway, Faye (1941–)
Dunaway, Faye (1941–)
American actress. Born Dorothy Faye Dunaway, Jan 14, 1941, in Bascom, Florida; dau. of John MacDowell Dunaway (army officer) and Grace April Smith; sister of Mac Dunaway (lawyer); attended University of Florida; Boston University, BFA (1962); trained at Lincoln Center Repertory Theater in NY; m. Peter Wolf (musician with J. Geils Band), 1974 (div. 1979); m. Terry O'Neill, 1983 (div. 1987); children: Liam O'Neill (model).
Leading actress, began career competing in beauty pageants, earning title "Sweetheart of Sigma Chi" at University of Florida; had 1st starring role in A Man For All Seasons (1962), just days after graduating from college; appeared in 1st film, The Happening (1966); became international film star after Oscar-nominated breakout role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967); went on to star in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Little Big Man (1970), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Chinatown, for which she was nominated for another Academy Award (1974); received an Oscar for role in Network (1976); other films include Mommy Dearest (1981), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993), Drunks (1996), remake of The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) and The Yards (2000); returned to Broadway in Master Class (1996); wrote, directed, produced and acted in well-received 19-minute The Yellow Bird (2001).
See also Faye Dunaway, Looking for Gatsby: My Life (Simon & Schuster, 1995).