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Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Dunaway was born Dorothy Faye Dunaway in Bascom, Florida to Grace April Smith, a homemaker, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr., a career army officer. She attended the University of Florida and Boston University, and joined the American National Theatre and Academy in 1962. Dunaway 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 earned 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, and Network, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress as the scheming TV executive Diana Christensen.
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Faye Dunaway (born Dorothy Faye Dunaway on January 14, 1941 in Bascom, Florida) is an Academy Award winning actress. Dunaway studied at the theater department of Boston University. Her first screen role was in 1967 in The Happening, but in the same year, she got a role in Bonnie and Clyde which garnered her an Oscar nomination. It was in the 1970s that she began to stretch her acting muscles in such films as Little Big Man, Chinatown, and Network, for which she won her Oscar.
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Dorothy Faye Dunaway is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She has appeared in theater, film and television productions. In 1962 she was in the Broadway show 'A Man for All Seasons'. She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in 'Bonnie and Clyde' in 1967 and nominated again for 'Chinatown' in 1977. In 1976 Dunaway won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role in 'Network'. One of her best known roles was in 'Mommie Dearest' in 1981.
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On January 14th, 1941, Dorothy Faye was born prematurely to Grace and John Dunaway in Bascom, Florida. After beginning studies in Education at the University of Florida, she changed course, and enrolled in the Applied Fine Arts Program at the University of Boston. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in 1962, and began performing with the Lincoln Center Repertory Company under the direction of Elia Kazan and David Whitehead.
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