Faye Dunaway read her accounts of her Oscar-nominated performances as the taut, sexy, neurotic femmes fatales of "Bonnie and Clyde", "Chinatown", and "Network" is to learn from an expert about the instincts, collaborations, and compromises that go into great film acting". The following year, Dunaway was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and starred in the family comedy "Dunston Checks In", the crime thriller "The Chamber", which reunited her with her "Bonnie and Clyde" co-star Gene Hackman, and the directorial debut of actor Kevin Spacey, "Albino Alligator". Also in 1996, Dunaway returned to the stage, playing famed opera singer
Faye Dunaway 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), "The Twilight of the Golds" (1997), "Gia" (1998), "The Rules of Attraction" (2002), and "The Bye Bye Man" (2017). 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