--- name: "Faye Dunaway" canonical: "https://film.one/person/faye-dunaway" fi1m_id: "faye-dunaway" imdb_id: "nm0001159" tmdb_id: 6450 wikidata_id: "Q168721" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 January 1941" reviewed_on_fi1m: 7 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 7 updated: "2026-09-26T17:08:29.391044+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Faye Dunaway ## Identity Faye Dunaway - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/faye-dunaway - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** faye-dunaway - **IMDb ID:** nm0001159 - **TMDB ID:** 6450 - **Wikidata ID:** Q168721 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faye_Dunaway, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168721, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6450 Actor. Born 14 January 1941 in Bascom, Florida, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 January 1941, Bascom, Florida, USA - **Active:** 1967–2001 - **Also known as:** Фей Данавей, Dorothy Faye Dunaway - **Frequently works with:** [Arthur Penn](https://film.one/person/arthur-penn.md), [William Holden](https://film.one/person/william-holden.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated) - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 7 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 88 (1), 1970s 80 (5), 2000s 74 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 74 across 6 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 5 of 6 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 5, Thriller 3, Crime 2, Mystery 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $313m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faye_Dunaway, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168721, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6450 ## Coming up - *Fate* (2027-02-14), as Tilly ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Chinatown*](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) (93) - **Pluto TV:** [*Three Days of the Condor*](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md) (80) - **Apple TV:** [*Little Big Man*](https://film.one/film/little-big-man.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Faye Dunaway > Faye Dunaway makes composure look like hard work, and determination need not make her characters secure. We rate her most highly in *Chinatown*, where she makes a guarded woman absorbing without explaining her away. In *Chinatown* (1974), Faye Dunaway makes Evelyn Cross Mulwray’s reserve something we want to watch. She lets us notice the effort it takes to stay composed, but does not tell us how to read it. We found that effort unsettling: she makes restraint look difficult to sustain. The performance holds our attention well before the detective has made sense of her. Bonnie Parker in *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967) was the breakthrough, with rebellion giving her determination an obvious purpose. Her major work of the 1970s found other uses for it. Alongside Evelyn sits Diana Christensen, the ruthless, ambitious television executive in *Network* (1976). These are strong-willed women, but Dunaway does not make strength look comfortable. Roman Polanski gives her a difficult task in *Chinatown*: she must hold our attention while the writing keeps Evelyn at a distance. At times, the character risks becoming another question for Gittes to answer. Dunaway supplies enough of the person to stop that happening. Beside Jack Nicholson’s persuasive confidence, her caution makes us pay closer attention to what an apparently assured man cannot settle. Their performances give us a reason to follow the crowded plotting beyond the pleasure of finding things out. Dunaway’s own account of acting fits this performance: “You don't become a character. You experience and illuminate her in some way. You may know things about her that she does not know.” Her small, considered gestures suit that approach. In Evelyn, they let us register strain without pretending we have already understood the woman. As Joan Crawford in *Mommie Dearest* (1981), the intensity becomes overbearing. That performance became a lasting reference point in her later career, but it need not determine where we begin. Start with *Chinatown*; there is plenty to follow in the plotting, but do not let it distract from Dunaway. ## Biography Faye Dunaway is an American actress. She was born Dorothy Faye Dunaway on 14 January 1941 in Bascom, Florida. She graduated from Boston University with a BFA in 1962 and began her career on Broadway in A Man for All Seasons that year. Dunaway made her screen debut in The Happening (1967) and rose to prominence with her role as Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). She appeared as Evelyn Cross Mulwray in Chinatown (1974) and won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Network (1976). Other notable films include The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Mommie Dearest (1981). *Sources: britannica.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (7) - *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, as Ariana Kane — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) - *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, as Diana Christensen — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md) - *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), Fi1m 80, as Kathy Hale — [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md) - *Chinatown* (1974), Fi1m 93, as Evelyn Cross Mulwray — [page](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) - *The Towering Inferno* (1974), Fi1m 68, as Susan — [page](https://film.one/film/the-towering-inferno.md) - *Little Big Man* (1970), Fi1m 72, as Mrs. Louise Pendrake — [page](https://film.one/film/little-big-man.md) - *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), Fi1m 88, as Bonnie Parker — [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md) ## Complete filmography (121) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fate* (2027), as Tilly - *The Man Who Drew God* (2023), as Tasha - *Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man* (2022), Actor - *Valerie* (2019), Actor - *Hollywood: No Sex, Please!* (2018), Actor - *Inconceivable* (2017), as Donna - *The Case for Christ* (2017), as Dr. Roberta Waters - *Faye Dunaway: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival* (2017), Actor - *The Bye Bye Man* (2017), as Widow Redmon - *Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films* (2014), as Selena (archive footage) (uncredited) - *A Family Thanksgiving* (2010), as Gina - *21 and a Wake-Up* (2009), as Major Rose Thorn - *The Bait* (2009), as Dr Ash - *The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi* (2009), as Detective Rowland - *Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou* (2009), as Odette Simone - *Flick* (2008), as Lt. McKenzie - *La rabbia* (2008), as Madre - *The Gene Generation* (2007), as Dr. Josephine Hayden - *Say It in Russian* (2007), Actor - *Pandemic* (2007), series, as Lillian Schaefer - *Cougar Club* (2007), as Edith Birnbaum - *Rain* (2006), as Isabel Hudson - *Love Hollywood Style* (2006), as God - *Cut Off* (2006), as Marilyn Burton - *Ghosts Never Sleep* (2005), as Kathleen Dolan - *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Dr. Margaret Campbell — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md) - *Back When We Were Grownups* (2004), as Tina - *Anonymous Rex* (2004), as Shin - *Jennifer's Shadow* (2004), as Mary Ellen Cassi - *El padrino: The Latin Godfather* (2004), as Atty. Gen. Navarro - *Last Goodbye* (2004), as Sean Winston - *Blind Horizon* (2003), as Ms. K - *The Calling* (2003), as Mae West - *The Rules of Attraction* (2002), as Mrs. Denton - *The Biographer* (2002), as Amanda Washington - *The Yellow Bird* (2002), as Aurora Beavis · Director, Screenplay - *Changing Hearts* (2002), as Betty Miller - *Alias* (2001), series, as Ariana Kane — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) - *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Lois O'Neill - *Running Mates* (2000), as Meg Gable - *Soul Food* (2000), series, as Katherine Burke - *Stanley's Gig* (2000), as Leila - *The Yards* (2000), as Kitty Olchin - *The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc* (1999), as Yolande of Aragon - *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1999), as Psychiatrist - *Love Lies Bleeding* (1999), as Josephine Butler - *A Will of their Own* (1998), series, as Margaret Sanger - *Gia* (1998), as Wilhelmina Cooper - *In Praise of Older Women* (1997), as Condesa - *Drunks* (1997), as Becky - *Albino Alligator* (1997), as Janet Boudreaux - *Rebecca* (1997), series, as Mrs. Van Hopper - *The Chamber* (1996), as Lee Cayhall Bowen - *The Twilight of the Golds* (1996), as Phyllis Gold - *The People Next Door* (1996), as Ellen Morse - *Dunston Checks In* (1996), as Mrs. Dubrow - *A Family Divided* (1995), as Karen Billingsley - *Don Juan DeMarco* (1994), as Marilyn Mickler - *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Dr. Rebecca Markham - *Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!* (1994), Actor - *It Had to Be You* (1993), series, as Laura Scofield - *The Temp* (1993), as Charlene Towne - *Arizona Dream* (1993), as Elaine Stalker - *Double Edge* (1992), as Faye Milano - *Scorchers* (1991), as Thais - *Silhouette* (1990), as Samantha Kimball · Co-Executive Producer - *The Two Jakes* (1990), as Evelyn Mulwray (voice) - *The Handmaid's Tale* (1990), as Serena Joy - *Wait Until Spring, Bandini* (1989), as Mrs. Hildegarde - *Cold Sassy Tree* (1989), as Love Simpson Blakeslee · Executive Producer - *On a Moonlit Night* (1989), as Mrs. Colbert - *Burning Secret* (1988), as Sonya - *The Gamble* (1988), as Contessa Matilda Von Wallenstein - *Midnight Crossing* (1988), as Helen Barton - *Barfly* (1987), as Wanda Wilcox - *Casanova* (1987), as Madame D'Urfe - *Beverly Hills Madam* (1986), as Lil Hutton - *Raspberry Ripple* (1986), as Matron and 'M' - *Thirteen at Dinner* (1985), as Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams - *Christopher Columbus* (1985), series, as Regina Isabella di Spagna - *Friday People* (1985), series, Actor - *Ellis Island* (1984), series, as Maud Charteris - *Supergirl* (1984), as Selena - *Ordeal by Innocence* (1984), as Rachel Argyle - *The Wicked Lady* (1983), as Lady Barbara Skelton - *The Country Girl* (1982), as Georgie Elgin - *Mommie Dearest* (1981), as Joan Crawford - *Evita Peron* (1981), as Eva 'Evita' Duarte Peron - *The First Deadly Sin* (1980), as Barbara Delaney - *Arthur Miller on Home Ground* (1979), Actor - *The Champ* (1979), as Annie - *Eyes of Laura Mars* (1978), as Laura Mars - *Voyage of the Damned* (1976), as Denise Kreisler - *Network* (1976), as Diana Christensen — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/network.md) - *The Disappearance of Aimee* (1976), as Sister Aimee Semple McPherson - *Three Days of the Condor* (1975), as Kathy Hale — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/three-days-of-the-condor.md) - *The Towering Inferno* (1974), as Susan — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-towering-inferno.md) - *After the Fall* (1974), as Maggie - *The Four Musketeers* (1974), as Milady de Winter - *Chinatown* (1974), as Evelyn Cross Mulwray — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/chinatown.md) - *The Three Musketeers* (1973), as Lady de Winter - *Oklahoma Crude* (1973), as Lena Doyle - *The Woman I Love* (1972), as Wallis Warfield Simpson - *Hogan's Goat* (1971), as Kathleen Stanton - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Lauren Staton — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) - *Doc* (1971), as Katie Elder - *The Deadly Trap* (1971), as Jill - *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Kathleen Stanton - *Little Big Man* (1970), as Mrs. Louise Pendrake — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/little-big-man.md) - *Puzzle of a Downfall Child* (1970), as Lou Andreas Sand - *The Arrangement* (1969), as Gwen - *The Extraordinary Seaman* (1969), as Jennifer Winslow - *A Place for Lovers* (1968), as Julia - *The Thomas Crown Affair* (1968), as Vicki Anderson - *The Movie Orgy* (1968), as Bonnie Parker (archive footage) - *Bonnie and Clyde* (1967), as Bonnie Parker — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/bonnie-and-clyde.md) - *The Happening* (1967), as Sandy - *Hurry Sundown* (1967), as Lou McDowell - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Aimee Semple McPherson, Tina - *The Evilry*, as Anastasia - *Prima*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Faye Dunaway](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-4b77cb459aac.jpg) Faye Dunaway — JacobsT21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Faye_Dunaway_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Stern und Handabdruck von Faye Dunaway im Straßenpflaster vor dem Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-49a3cbd323a7.jpg) Stern und Handabdruck von Faye Dunaway im Straßenpflaster vor dem Auditorio Alfredo Kraus, Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) (2013) — Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/1_Festival_Internacional_de_Cine.jpg/1280px-1_Festival_Internacional_de_Cine.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Window card poster to promote showings of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde at college campuses.](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-9fc6babe9f4d.jpg) Window card poster to promote showings of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde at college campuses. — Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Bonnie_and_Clyde_%281967_campus_poster%29.jpg/1280px-Bonnie_and_Clyde_%281967_campus_poster%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Main cast photo for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. From left to right: Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Michael J. Pollard.](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-178e27fde23f.jpg) Main cast photo for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. From left to right: Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Michael J. Pollard. — Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Bonnie_and_Clyde_%281967_cast_photo%29.jpg/1280px-Bonnie_and_Clyde_%281967_cast_photo%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Faye Dunaway](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-57f723ac0015.jpg) Faye Dunaway — Image via TMDB - ![Faye Dunaway](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-e65b328cb1d7.jpg) Faye Dunaway — Image via TMDB - ![Faye Dunaway](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-3b7a9fb2ac5b.jpg) Faye Dunaway — Image via TMDB - ![Promo photo of Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Elizabeth Parker in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Dunaway is emulating a famous photo of the real Bonnie Parker. Printed](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-806630f0f3b9.jpg) Promo photo of Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Elizabeth Parker in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Dunaway is emulating a famous photo of the real Bonnie Parker. Printed — Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Bonnie_and_Clyde_%281967_promo_photo_-_Dunaway%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Promo photo of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Printed as a color reversal film.](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-70368faedbb7.jpg) Promo photo of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Printed as a color reversal film. — Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Bonnie_and_Clyde_%281967_promo_photo_-_Dunaway_%26_Beatty%29.jpg/1280px-Bonnie_and_Clyde_%281967_promo_photo_-_Dunaway_%26_Beatty%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Faye Dunaway](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-c12de3fb35f2.jpg) Faye Dunaway — Image via TMDB - ![Faye Dunaway](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-ae9767f0fef0.jpg) Faye Dunaway — Image via TMDB - ![Faye Dunaway](https://film.one/media/person/59473/gallery-dcaafdc250a5.jpg) Faye Dunaway — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated - 1977: Best Actress (won), for *Network* - 1975: Best Actress (nominated), for *Chinatown* - 1968: Best Actress (nominated), for *Bonnie and Clyde* ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won - 1994: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Columbo* ### Other awards — 3 won, 3 nominated - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1985: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (nominated), for *Supergirl* - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1984: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (nominated), for *The Wicked Lady* - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1982: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (won), for *Mommie Dearest* - Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1981: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (nominated), for *The First Deadly Sin* - Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year 1974: Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (won) - Theatre World Award 1966: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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