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Name
Dorothy Faye Dunaway
Birthplace
Bascom, Florida, United States
Birth date
January 14, 1941
Occupation
Actresses
Active Years
1962–present
Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress, best known for her starring roles in films from the 1960s and the 1970s. She is known in such films such as The Thomas Crown Affair, Chinatown, The Towering Inferno, Three Days of the Condor and Network.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Faye Dunaway was born on a farm in Bascom, Florida in 1941, the daughter of Grace April (née Smith), a housewife, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr., an army officer. After high school she majored in education at the University of Florida, but switched to theatre arts and transferred to Boston University, earning her degree in 1962. She joined the American National Theatre and Academy in 1961 and did four plays on Broadway over the next three years.
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- 1941 births
- Actresses from Florida
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- American Roman Catholics
- BAFTA winners (people)
- Best Actress Academy Award winners
- Films featuring a Best Drama Actress Golden Globe winning performance
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- Living people
- People from Jackson County, Florida
- University of Florida alumni
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- American people of Scotch-Irish descent
- American people of English descent
- American people of German descent
- Roman Catholic entertainers
- Catholics
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