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Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress, best known for her starring roles in films from the 1960s onwards. Dunaway’s 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 the gangster film ''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 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) and the satirical ''Network'' (1976), for which she received an Academy Award for Best Actress. Dunaway's 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 starred include the thriller ''Eyes of Laura Mars'' (1978), the drama ''Barfly'' (1987) and the surrealist comedy-drama ''Arizona Dream'' (1993). She won three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an Emmy, and was the first-ever recipient of a Leopard Club Award which honors film professionals whose work has left a mark on the collective imagination. In 2011, the government of France made her an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. == Early life == Dunaway was born in Bascom, Florida, the daughter of Grace April (née Smith) (1922-2004), a housewife, and John MacDowell Dunaway, Jr. (1920-1984), a career non-commissioned officer in the United States Army.〔(Faye Dunaway – biography ), Biography.com〕〔(''Faye Dunaway biography'' ). Film Reference.com.〕 She is of Scots-Irish, English, and German descent.〔("Dunaway Does Crawford" ) October 05, 1981, People Magazine〕〔'Current Biography Yearbook, Volume 33'. H. W. Wilson Co., 1973. Original from the University of Virginia〕〔Johns, Stephanie Bernardo. 'The Ethnic Almanac'. Stephanie Bernardo Johns. Doubleday, 1981 ISBN 0-385-14143-2, ISBN 978-0-385-14143-7. Page 445〕 She spent her childhood traveling throughout the United States and Europe. Dunaway took dance classes, tap, piano and singing, and then studied at Florida State University and University of Florida, and graduated from the Boston University with a degree in theatre. She spent the summer before her senior year in a summer stock company at Harvard's Loeb Drama Center, where one of her co-players was Jane Alexander, the actress and future head of the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1962, at the age of 21, she took acting classes at the American National Theater and Academy. She was spotted by Lloyd Richards while performing in a production of ''The Crucible'', and was recommended to director Elia Kazan, who was in search of young talent for his Lincoln Center Repertory Company.〔 Shortly after graduating from Boston University, Dunaway was already appearing on Broadway as a replacement in Robert Bolt's drama ''A Man for All Seasons''. She subsequently appeared in Arthur Miller's ''After the Fall'' and the award-winning ''Hogan's Goat'' by Harvard professor William Alfred. Alfred became her mentor and spiritual advisor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faye Dunaway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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