Faye Dunaway was born Jan. 14, 1941, in Bascom, Fla. An Army brat, she lived throughout the United States and Europe before studying theater at Boston University and earning a degree from the University of Florida.In 1962, Dunaway joined the Lincoln Center Repertory Co., and from 1962 through 1967, she appeared in a number of prominent New York productions. Through this work, she met director Otto Preminger, who cast her in his 1967 film Hurry Sundown. In that same year, she also appeared in Bonnie and Clyde, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. Dunaway was nominated again for her work in Chinatown before finally winning the Academy Award for her TV mogul role in 1976's Network.
Dunaway also gave memorable performances in Little Big Man, The Eyes of Laura Mars, The Towering Inferno, The Thomas Crown Affair (the 1968 original) and Mommie Dearest (1981).
Mommie DearestBased on Christina Crawford's scandalous tell-all memoir, Mommie Dearest paints a portrait of a Joan Crawford the public never knew. The film portrays Crawford as a wicked, abusive mother who lives as though she's perpetually onscreen. Read More
Eyes of Laura MarsFashion photographer Laura Mars (Faye Dunaway) is surprised to learn that, through her camera's lens, she has the point of view of a grisly serial killer as he commits horrific murders. With the help of detective John Neville (Tommy Lee Jones), Laura tries to stop the madman. But she and John will... Read More
SupergirlWhen she loses her city's vital power supply, Kryptonian Kara (Helen Slater) follows it to Earth in the hopes of retrieving it. Although gifted with powers like her cousin Superman, Kara struggles to defeat the evil Selena (Faye Dunaway), who now controls the mighty object. To fit into her new... Read More
RainRain (Brooklyn Sudano), a young black musical prodigy, finds trouble and heartbreak when she witnesses her sister's murder by gangbangers. In order to protect her daughter, Rain's mother secretly contacts Rain's biological mother, and Rain learns the truth of her parentage: She is the daughter of a... Read More
