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Faye Dunaway: Bonnie And Clyde
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Oscar winner Faye Dunaway portrays the sensual and spiritual struggle of Katherine Stanton, and the tensions in her marriage to an Irish immigrant whose years of political loyalty have finally made him the prime candidate for mayor of Brooklyn. This portrayal of an intense woman of good birth, convent-bred yet dominated by her senses, led directly to Dunaway's later instant stardom in Bonnie and Clyde.
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Born in Bascom Florida, Faye was the daughter of a career army man which resulted in her traveling constantly in her early life. She attended Boston University and gave up a Fulbright Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London to join the original training program at the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater in New York. She got her first starring role in "A Man For All Seasons" three years after graduating from college. She gained recognition in the off-Broadway play Hogan¹s Goat. Before the year's end she starred in Warren Beatty's Bonnie and Clyde which gained her the reputation of being difficult to work with, international recognition and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Dunaway was born in Bascom, Florida, the daughter of a career army officer. She attended schools in Texas, Arkansas, Utah and Germany before entering the University of Florida where she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in Theatre. After further studies at the Boston University of Fine Arts, she joined the Lincoln Center Repertory Company, appearing in Arthur Miller's After the Fall and Robert Bolt's A Man For All Seasons, among other works. Her performance in a lead role in an off-Broadway production of Hogan's Goat led to her first film role in The Happening, followed by a starring role in Otto Preminger's Hurry Sundown. The following year she received that first Oscar® nomination for her stunning portrayal of the outlaw Bonnie Parker opposite Warren Beatty in Bonnie and Clyde.
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While these days, Dunaway may need to fight a little bit harder for the roles, her early career is defined by the very history of American cinema that was groundbreaking at the time she came to the fore. As the co-star of the landmark Bonnie and Clyde, she helped usher in a new golden era in American filmmaking, going on to appear in several of the greatest films of the 1970s. Born January 14, 1941 in Florida, Dunaway was the daughter of an army officer. She studied theatre arts at the University of Boston and later joined the Lincoln Centre Repertory. Between 1962 and 1967 she appeared in a number of prominent stage productions, including A Man for All Seasons and Arthur Miller's After the Fall. Dunaway's breakthrough performance came in an off-Broadway production of Hogan's Goat, which resulted in a contract with director Otto Preminger.
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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 ... 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.
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Dunaway's makeup and hair shifted to fit the needs of various characters; for instance, in Chinatown, she wore red lips and drawn-on brows to mimic the style of 1930's Los Angeles. But the look she's best known for is the one she sported in Bonnie and Clyde. When the movie hit screens in 1967, Faye's version of Bonnie inspired countless women to mimic her hair, makeup and style. To get the look, try these tips:
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