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Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

12 films · 840 frames · top-billed in 9 · 19672024

Born 14 January 1941 · Bascom, Florida, USA

Dorothy Faye Dunaway is a European-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.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 12 films · 840 frames · top-billed in 9 · 19672024

  • Academy Award for Best Actress1977
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series1994
  • Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress1982
  • Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year1974
  • Theatre World Award1966
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Officer of Arts and Letters

How their films are shot

Measured across 840 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Faye takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 12 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Faye takes.

Time of day

Day50%
Night38%
Interior9%

Lighting

Natural45%
Low key37%
High key16%

Shot size

Medium47%
Closeup25%
Wide17%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level90%
Low angle5%
High angle4%

Mood

Neutral71%
Tense15%
Lonely7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

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