BEAUTY ICON OF THE WEEK~ FAYE DUNAWAY

FAYE DUNAWAY

BEAUTY ICON OF THE WEEK

Date of Birth

14 January 1941, Bascom, Florida, USA 
Birth Name
Dorothy Faye Dunaway 

NicknameMiss Faye 

Faye Dunaway was born on a farm in Bascom, Florida; the daughter of an army officer and a housewife. She graduated high school in 1958, and after a stint as a beauty queen she intended to pursue education at the University of Florida, but switched to acting, earning her degree from Boston University in 1962. She was given the enviable task of choosing between a Fulbright Scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts or a role in the Broadway production of "A Man For All Seasons" as a member of the American National Theatre and Academy. She picked the latter, enjoying a fruitful stage career for the next two years. She made her screen debut on the television series "Seaway" (1965) and played small roles in a couple forgettable movies until landing the lead role of bank robber Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), one of the biggest blockbusters of all time. It was that film that made her an overnight superstar, and from then on she was in demand everywhere, holding her own against some of the biggest macho stars of the period, including Steve McQueen, Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford, and Paul Newman.

Trivia

She auditioned for the role of Daisy that went to Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby (1974). Her 1995 autobiography was titled "Looking for Gatsby: My Life."

Attended Boston University. Gave up a Fulbright Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London to join the original training program at the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater in New York. She got her first starring role in "A Man For All Seasons" just days after graduating from college. She was the daughter of a career army man which resulted in her traveling constantly in her early life.

Her son with ex-husband Terry O'Neill, Liam Walker Dunaway O'Neill, was born in the summer of 1980.

Her ex-husband, Peter Wolf, was with the J. Geils Band.

Converted to Catholicism while in Boston. [27 December 1996]

Has a connection with the James Bond - 007 franchise: was considered for the role of Domino Derval in Thunderball (1965), and Octopussy(1983) as the female lead (Maud Adams ended up with the part). Faye had a chance to co-star with Pierce Brosnan (the fifth 007) in the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).

Competing for beauty titles was considered de rigueur for Southern girls in the 1950s, and Dunaway remembers in her autobiography that she was somehow convinced that she could NOT leave Florida until she won one. She missed being crowned May Queen at Leon High School in Tallahassee by a mere six votes, and had another near-miss at a title when she was voted runner up for Miss University of Florida in 1959. Dunaway finally scored her beauty crown when she was named Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, and promptly transferred to Boston University.

Other actresses considered for Dunaway's breakthrough role of Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) included Natalie Wood, Sue Lyon,Carol Lynley, Leslie Caron, and even Warren Beatty's big sister Shirley MacLaine. Tuesday Weld actually turned down the role due to pregnancy.

The role of Evelyn Mulwray in Chinatown (1974) was originally marked for Ali MacGraw, wife of the film's producer, Robert Evans. By the time production started, MacGraw had left Evans for actor Steve McQueen and other actresses were considered for the part. Dunaway's main competition for the role was Jane Fonda.

By her own admission in a New York Times interview many years back, she and late comedian Lenny Bruce were briefly lovers and lived together for a week, circa 1963. She was also engaged to director Jerry Schatzberg in the late 1960s.

In order to be taken seriously as an actress, she turned down a regular role on "Guiding Light" (1952) in 1965.

Her real-life portrayal of actress Joan Crawford in the critically panned film Mommie Dearest (1981) was ranked #41 on the villains list of the 100 years of "The Greatest Screen Heroes and Legends."

Her portrayal of Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) was ranked #32 on the villains list of the 100 years of "The Greatest Screen Heroes and Villains." She shared this honor with Warren Beatty, who played Clyde Barrow.

Member of Pi Beta Phi sorority.

One of only four actresses, along with Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock and Liza Minnelli, to win both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Razzie Award for Worst Actress (Dunaway shared her award with Bo Derek).

Is only 14 years older than Diana Scarwid, who played her daughter in Mommie Dearest (1981).

Is the only actor/actress to have appeared in both the 1968 version (The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and 1999 version (The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) of "The Thomas Crown Affair".

According to the commentary by John Waters on the Mommie Dearest (1981) DVD, Dunaway feels the film's reception ruined her career, to an extent, and she refuses to discuss the film (hence her lack of participation in its release).

Mother of Liam Dunaway O'Neill from her marriage to renowned British photographer Terry O'Neill.

Was offered the role of Lillian Hellman in Julia (1977) but she turned it down and Jane Fonda

Got the lead role in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) after Natalie Wood turned it down.

She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

She presented the Palme d'Or to Wim Wenders for Paris, Texas (1984) at the 37th Cannes Film Festival in 1984.

Personal Quotes

I really hate talking about "Mommie Dearest"! It is like an obsession with people! Why do people need to focus so much on one film I made over 20 years ago? It was not a great time in my life and the film was not an experience I want to think about. Period!

Mykie's Note:
 I love Miss Faye Dunaway, I love her films, and her amazing beauty.  I even love the lore that surrounds her, it's as if she's a living Urban legend. Everyone has a story, but they just read like stories until you experience her for yourself. I have yet to work with her, and If any one's reading... I would love too, I don't care if she slaps me because I ask for her  undivided attention while applying eye lashes, I don't care.  She would be an entire chapter in my unwritten memoirs.   I did meet her one afternoon in Sherman Oaks, at a little deli type place, COOGIE BAY CAFE,  It was right around the corner from the photo studio i was working at. The woman who owned and ran the place was named Annamarie, she was from Finland? Holland? and she had this amazing accent and one day I was in there waiting for food, i remember they had a awesome black Forrest ham sandwich anyway, in walks this Glamazon, long wavy blond flowing hair, black trench coat, with a fitted belt and very dark movie star sunglasses. As I sit there, she walks over to the counter, and Annamarie being the loud thing that she was states, " hey you look like that movie star," as she's snapping her fingers as if to remember , and little ole me, looks up at the woman then to Annamarie and I say, " Annamarie, It's Faye Dunaway!" at this point the actress, lifts her sunglasses to her head and with both hands runs then under the sides of her hair and says, " Yes I am".
There you go, a brush with a Diva Deluxe. As a makeup artist who has worked in fashion, the looks that she presented us  in her film have been  burnt into mt brain, Chinatown, Thomas Crowne Affair, Eye's Of Laura Mars? Who  doesn't refer tho them for inspiration?  Maybe one day I will get the chance to do Faye's makeup and it will be an amazing thing or maybe I'll be right back here with a different story to tell.   There's Still a lot  that she's yet to tackle I can't wait!

Here is a list of films that I  personally Love, some of these film weather the look, the fashion, the performance, all have moved me in ways through my work That I  can pull up for  time to time in my own work and  personal styles.  Faye Dunaway get;s a bad wrap these days and look, it's got to be tough
being so beautiful so young and trying to grown gracefully in this town. I have to admire her perseverance and drive and let's not forget talent. I mean after all, she is FAYE DUNAWAY.
 Hope You enjoy!

xoxox Mykie

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

1967 - The Happening
           Bonnie & Clyde [Oscar For Best Actress]
1968 - The Thomas Crowne Affair
1969- The Arrangement
1970- Puzzle of A Downfall Child
1973- The Three Musketeers
1974- Chinatown
1975- Three Days of The Condor
1976- Network  [Oscar For Best Actress]
          The Disappearance Of Aimee
1978- The Eyes of Laura Mars
1981- Mommie Dearest
1984- Supergirl
1988- Burning Secret
1990- The Handmaid's Tale
1993- Arizona Dream
1995- Drunks
1997- Twilight Of The Golds
1998- GIA

BEAUTY ICON OF THE WEEK~ CLAUDIA CARDINDALE

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Date of Birth

15 April 1938, Tunis, French Protectorate Tunisia [now Tunisia] 

Birth Name

Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale 

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m) 

In 1957, Cardinale won the 'Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia' contest of the Italian embassy, which brought her to the traditional Venice Film Festival. Her feature film debut was Goha (1957), a French-Tunisian co-production. After attending the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome for two months, she signed a 7-year contract with the Vides studios. In 1958, she had a role in the major international success I soliti ignoti. Her early career was largely managed by producer Franco Cristaldi, a studio producer to whom Cardinale was married from 1966 until 1975.

Throughout the 1960s, she appeared in some of the most acclaimed Italian and European films of the period, including Luchino Visconti'sRocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers 1960) and Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963), Philippe de Broca's Cartouche (1963), Federico Fellini's Otto e mezzo (8½ 1963), and Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). In her early Italian films, another actordubbed for Cardinale, because her naturally deep voice (which later became one of the reasons of her success) contrasted with her feminine appearance. Not until 8½ was she allowed to dub her own dialogue.^[2]

Because Cardinale was not interested in leaving Europe for extended periods of time, she never made a real attempt to break into the American market. The list of her Hollywood films includes The Pink Panther (1963), Circus World (1964); Blindfold (1965); and The Professionals (1966).

A photograph of Cardinale was featured in the original gatefold artwork to Bob Dylan's album Blonde on Blonde (1966), but because it was used without Cardinale's permission, the photo was removed from the cover art in later pressings.^[3][4]

Her performance in Visconti's Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (known as Sandra in the United States and Of A Thousand Delights, 1965) is regarded as mesmerizing, playing a Holocaustsurvivor who has an incestuous relationship with her brother. In Comencini's heart-breaking La storia (from Elsa Morante's novel), Cardinale plays a widow raising a son during World War II, and gave another well-received performance. Other memorable performances include Valerio Zurlini's Girl with a Suitcase and Mauro Bolognini's Libera.

Cardinale, now considered an icon of European cinema, remains active. Her later films include Qui comincia l'avventura (1975), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Un homme amoureux (1987), Mayrig(1991), and And now... Ladies and Gentlemen (2002).

Cardinale was honored as a tributee at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival and was the guest of honor at the 47th Antalya "Golden Orange" International Film Festival.^[5] She won the Golden Orange Best Actress Award for the movie of Signora Enrica (2010) from Antalya Film Festival in Turkey.

Claudia Cardinale was married to Italian film producer Franco Cristaldi from 1966 until their divorce in 1975, and now lives with Pasquale Squitieri, an Italian film director who has been her companion since 1975.^[6]

She has two children: Patrizio, who was born out of wedlock to a Frenchman when she was 17 and later adopted by her longtime companion Pasquale Squitieri, and Claudia, whose biological father is Squitieri.^[7]

Claudia Cardinale lives in Paris. She is also reported to have had an affair with former French President Jacques Chirac.^[8]

Cardinale is a liberal with strong political convictions. She is involved in many humanitarian causes, including pro-women and pro-gay issues, and has frequently stated her pride in her Tunisian and Arab roots - as evidenced by her book 'Ma Tunisie' and her appearance as herself in the Tunisian film Un été à La Goulette ("A Summer in La Goulette").

She wrote an autobiography, Moi Claudia, Toi Claudia. In 2005, she also published a French-language book, Mes Etoiles, about her personal and professional relationships with many of her directors and co-stars through her nearly 50 years in show-business.

Cardinale has been a regular attendee of the Academy Awards. In 2002, she was awarded an honorary Golden Bear award of the Berlin Film Festival, and previously in 1993 she was awarded even an honorary Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Cardinale has been a UNESCO good will ambassador for the Defense of Women's Rights since 1999. In 2006 (World Water Year) she symbolically extended such a role for the Defense of the Rights of the Absolute Woman : Mother Earth while declaring her support forPowerstock, a sustainable electronic music festival that proposes a "water-consciousness" for youth culture and seeks to make sustainability an integral part of mainstream culture.

 

Trivia

She has two children: Patrizio, who was born out of wedlock to mysterious Frenchman when she was 17 and later adopted by her former husband Franco Cristaldi, and Claudia, whose biological father is her longtime companion Pasquale Squitieri.

1957: At the Italian Embassy in Tunis, she was voted the most beautiful Italian girl in Tunisia. Her prize was a trip to Venice during the Venice Film Festival. After the festival, she was offered movie roles, however she initially refused them and returned to Tunis. Six months later, a producer sold her on a career in movies, and she went to Rome with her parents, two brothers and sister, taking a home in Castel Giubileo, a small town outside the city.

She signed a contract forbidding her to cut her hair, marry or gain weight. Due to this contract, she told everyone that her new born son (out of wedlock) was her baby brother. She did not reveal to the child that he was her son, until he was 19 years old.

Measurements: 37C-23-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Vital statistics in August 1976: 38-24-37.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993

Has lived together with Pasquale Squitieri since 1975.

While her longtime companion lives in Rome, she calls Paris her home due to her popularity in France.

Has been UNESCO good will Ambassador for the Defense of Women's Rights since 1999.

As she had a deep voice and spoke Italian with a heavy French accent, her voice was dubbed in her early movies. The Pink Panther (1963) was meant to be her first English speaking film, however, in the end, her voice was again dubbed.

1965: Told a reporter she liked a dry martini before dinner, caviar for hors d'oeuvres, lobsters or oysters for seafood, or a steak alla Fiorentina. When it came to wine, her preference was for a rich, red wine.

Preferred to be called by her initials: CC.

Originally intended to become a teacher in Tunis, North Africa.

Her father was an Italian railroad worker. Despite having an Italian father, she grew up speaking French after her French mother.

Her mentor was her late husband Franco Cristaldi.

Speaks French, Italian, English, Spanish and Arabic (from having been raised in Tunisia).

Long considered one of the world's great beauties, she has appeared on more than 900 magazine covers in over 25 countries.

Good friends with 'Brigitte Bardot'.

Personal Quotes

never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I've never revealed myself or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

If you're not English, you're a foreigner - so you must be sexy. it's an old British cliché.

[on acting] But to do this kind of work, you have to be very strong, otherwise you lose your personality, your identity. You don't know who you are. It's fantastic because I've been living thousands of lives, not only my life.

I wasn't speaking a word of Italian until I was 18. They had to dub my voice in my first Italian picture!

Here is my selected films that I think you all will enjoy

8½ (1963) The Leopard (1963) The Pink Panther (1963) The Professionals (1966) Don't Make Waves (1967) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968 Conversation Piece (1974) Jesus Of Nazareth (1977) Fizcarraldo (1981