American actress who won an Academy Award for "Network" and starred in defining films of the New Hollywood era including "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Chinatown".
Background
Born in Bascom, Florida, Dunaway grew up on military bases as the daughter of a US Army officer. She trained at Boston University and the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater in New York.
Career
Arthur Penn’s “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967) made her an icon of the late-1960s counterculture. She worked with Roman Polanski on “Chinatown” (1974) and Sidney Lumet on “Network” (1976), among others.
Style
Dunaway is recognized for combining glamour and intensity, often in tightly wound contemporary dramas. She has continued to perform on stage and screen and is a published author of the memoir “Looking for Gatsby”.
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