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Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Actor, also producer · Born January 14, 1941 (85) · Bascom, Florida, USA

Oscar winner · Primetime Emmy winner · 3 Golden Globes · 2 other major award bodies

Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress. She is the recipient of such accolades as an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, and a British Academy Film Award. Her career began in the early 1960s on Broadway. She made her screen debut in the 1967 film The Happening, and rose to fame that same year with her portrayal of outlaw Bonnie Parker in Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Her most notable films include the crime caper The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), the drama The Arrangement (1969), the revisionist western Little Big Man (1970), an adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic The Three Musketeers (1973), the neo-noir mystery Chinatown (1974), for which she earned her second Oscar nomination, the action-drama disaster The Towering Inferno (1974), the political thriller Three Days of the Condor (1975), the satire Network (1976), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, and the thriller Eyes of Laura Mars (1978). Her career evolved to more mature and character roles in subsequent years, often in independent films, beginning with her controversial portrayal of Joan Crawford in the 1981 film Mommie Dearest. Other notable films in which she has appeared include Barfly (1987), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Arizona Dream (1994), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), The Twilight of the Golds (1997), Gia (1998) and The Rules of Attraction (2002). Dunaway also performed on stage in several plays including A Man for All Seasons (1961–63), After the Fall (1964), Hogan's Goat (1965–67), A Streetcar Named Desire (1973) and was awarded the Sarah Siddons Award for her portrayal of opera singer Maria Callas in Master Class (1996). Description above from the Wikipedia article Faye Dunaway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
January 14, 1941 (85)
From
Bascom, Florida, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
80 on MovieCove · 123 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Faye Dunaway's films like?

Across their 74 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 73 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 20 · Serious 23 · Dark 30

A split, not a type: Grounded 34 · Stylized 27 · Heightened 12

Gentle 10 · Charged 35 · Intense 28

Steady 27 · Shifting 37 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced 45 · Some laughs 24 · Funny 4

Slow burn 32 · Even-paced 40 · Relentless 1

Casual 25 · Engaged 40 · Full focus 8

A split, not a type: Easy watch 22 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 29

Resolved 46 · Open-ended 18 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

49 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 12 of 49 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
12 of 49
Hero
10 of 49
Shadow
8 of 49
Mentor
8 of 49
Threshold guardian
6 of 49
Herald
3 of 49
Ally
2 of 49
Show the 49 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
47
Melancholic
38
Dread
17
Contemplative
13
Warm
13
Other
63

How their films end · 15 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet25
  • Tragic14
  • Ambiguous21
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Faye Dunaway's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 47 of their 80 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (23).

Subscription and free streaming for Faye Dunaway's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

123 credits, 80 with a MovieCove page; 35 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Fate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Tilly

  • Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • The Man Who Drew God(2022)

    as Tasha

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Valerie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Inconceivable(2017)

    as Donna

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • The Case for Christ(2017)

    Producer · as Dr. Roberta Waters

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Faye Dunaway: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • The Bye Bye Man(2017)

    as Widow Redmon

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(2014)

    as Selena (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • I Am Steve McQueen(2014)

    as Vicki Anderson

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • 21 and a Wake-Up(2009)

    as Major Rose Thorn

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • The Bait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Dr Ash

  • The Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Detective Rowland

  • Midnight Bayou(2009)

    as Odette Simone

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Flick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Lt. McKenzie

  • La rabbia(2008)

    as Madre

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • The Gene Generation(2007)

    as Dr. Josephine Hayden

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Pandemic(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lillian Schaefer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
  • Cougar Club(2007)

    as Edith Birnbaum

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Isabel Hudson

  • Love Hollywood Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as God

  • Cut Off(2006)

    as Marilyn Burton

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
  • Ghosts Never Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Kathleen Dolan

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Margaret Campbell

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • The Starlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 12 episodes · Actor

  • Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Anonymous Rex(2004)

    as Shin

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Jennifer's Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mary Ellen Cassi

  • El padrino(2004)

    as Atty. Gen. Navarro

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Last Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Sean Winston

  • Blind Horizon(2003)

    as Ms. K

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • The Calling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Mae West

  • The Rules of Attraction(2002)

    as Mrs. Denton

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • The Biographer(2002)

    as Amanda Washington

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Yellow Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Screenplay · as Aurora Beavis

  • Changing Hearts(2002)

    as Betty Miller

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Alias(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · as Ariana Kane

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Lois O'Neill

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Running Mates(2000)

    as Meg Gable

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Soul Food (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Katherine Burke

  • Stanley's Gig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Leila

  • The Yards(2000)

    as Kitty Olchin

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc(1999)

    as Yolande of Aragon

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • The Thomas Crown Affair(1999)

    as Psychiatrist

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Love Lies Bleeding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Josephine Butler

  • A Will of their Own (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Margaret Sanger

  • Gia(1998)

    as Wilhelmina Cooper

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • In Praise of Older Women(1997)

    as Condesa

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Drunks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Becky

  • Albino Alligator(1996)

    as Janet Boudreaux

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Rebecca(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mrs. Van Hopper

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
  • The Chamber(1996)

    as Lee Cayhall Bowen

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • The Twilight of the Golds(1996)

    as Phyllis Gold

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • The People Next Door(1996)

    as Ellen Morse

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Dunston Checks In(1996)

    as Mrs. Dubrow

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • A Family Divided(1995)

    as Karen Billingsley

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Don Juan DeMarco(1994)

    as Marilyn Mickler

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 2 episodes · as Dr. Rebecca Markham

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
  • Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • It Had to Be You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 9 episodes · as Laura Scofield

  • The Temp(1993)

    as Charlene Towne

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Arizona Dream(1993)

    as Elaine Stalker

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Double Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Faye Milano

  • Scorchers(1991)

    as Thais

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Silhouette (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Co-Executive Producer · as Samantha Kimball

  • The Two Jakes(1990)

    as Evelyn Mulwray (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The Handmaid's Tale(1990)

    as Serena Joy

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Wait Until Spring, Bandini(1989)

    as Mrs. Hildegarde

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Cold Sassy Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Executive Producer · as Love Simpson Blakeslee

  • Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Burning Secret(1988)

    as Sonya

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • The Gamble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Contessa Matilda Von Wallenstein

  • Midnight Crossing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Helen Barton

  • Barfly(1987)

    as Wanda Wilcox

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Casanova(1987)

    as Madame D'Urfe

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Beverly Hills Madam(1986)

    as Lil Hutton

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Raspberry Ripple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Matron and 'M'

  • Thirteen at Dinner(1985)

    as Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
  • Christopher Columbus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 4 episodes · as Regina Isabella di Spagna

  • Friday People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Ellis Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 3 episodes · as Maud Charteris

  • Supergirl(1984)

    as Selena

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • Ordeal by Innocence(1984)

    as Rachel Argyle

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • The Wicked Lady(1983)

    as Lady Barbara Skelton

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • The Country Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Georgie Elgin

  • Mommie Dearest(1981)

    as Joan Crawford

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Entertainment Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · as Evita Peron

  • Evita Peron(1981)

    as Eva 'Evita' Duarte Peron

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • The First Deadly Sin(1980)

    as Barbara Delaney

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • The Champ(1979)

    as Annie

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Eyes of Laura Mars(1978)

    as Laura Mars

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Voyage of the Damned(1976)

    as Denise Kreisler

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Network(1976)

    as Diana Christensen

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • The Disappearance of Aimee(1976)

    as Sister Aimee Semple McPherson

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Three Days of the Condor(1975)

    as Kathy Hale

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • The Towering Inferno(1974)

    as Susan

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • After the Fall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Maggie

  • The Four Musketeers(1974)

    as Milady de Winter

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Chinatown(1974)

    as Evelyn Cross Mulwray

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • The Three Musketeers(1973)

    as Lady de Winter

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Oklahoma Crude(1973)

    as Lena Doyle

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • The Woman I Love(1972)

    as Wallis Warfield Simpson

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Hogan's Goat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Kathleen Stanton

  • Columbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Lauren Staton

  • Doc(1971)

    as Katie Elder

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • The Deadly Trap(1971)

    as Jill

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Kathleen Stanton

  • Little Big Man(1970)

    as Mrs. Louise Pendrake

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Puzzle of a Downfall Child(1970)

    as Lou Andreas Sand

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • The Arrangement(1969)

    as Gwen

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • The Extraordinary Seaman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Jennifer Winslow

  • A Place for Lovers(1968)

    as Julia

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • The Thomas Crown Affair(1968)

    as Vicki Anderson

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • The Movie Orgy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Bonnie Parker (archive footage)

  • Bonnie and Clyde(1967)

    as Bonnie Parker

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Happening (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Sandy

  • Hurry Sundown(1967)

    as Lou McDowell

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Aimee Semple McPherson · as Tina

  • Prima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Evilry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Anastasia

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 122 titles, 119 of them dated from 1951 to 2023; peak year 1978.

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19512023

Peak 1978 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 31 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 3 more milestones
  • 1976Oscar win· Network
  • 1987Golden Globe nomination· Barfly
  • 1998Golden Globe win· Gia

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting122 of 122: 119 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score45thDirecting1 of 122: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 122: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 122: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

122 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1950s1 · acting1960s8 · acting1970s20 · acting1980s22 · 22 acting · 1 crew1990s25 · 25 acting · 1 crew2000s33 · 33 acting · 1 crew2010s8 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 17% of 48 roles
677277879702

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

an Oscar, a Primetime Emmy, 3 Golden Globes and a BAFTA Award from 19 major nominations, 1968–2001.

WinNomination
  1. 2001
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  2. 1999
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  3. 1998
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
  4. 1994
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  5. 1988
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  6. 1985
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  7. 1978
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actress
  8. 1977
    • Oscar, won · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 1976
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  2. 1975
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actress
  3. 1971
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  4. 1968
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Actress - Drama
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Most Promising Newcomer - Female
    • BAFTA Award, won · Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Faye Dunaway's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 74; across their 73 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 73

Approval · how many liked their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 73

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 73

Midcredits score across 80 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th30
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 80 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Universally Panned2
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed27

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 59 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Faye Dunaway's work okay for kids?

Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore19 titles27–74 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity25 titles22–62 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles27–69 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs19 titles27–66 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles25–76 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Faye Dunaway work with?

People who share at least 2 of Faye Dunaway's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Chamberlain shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles