Faye Dunaway filmography in 1991 and Hill Zaini's "I Heard" in 2010. Faye Dunaway filmography Faye Dunaway is an American actress who appeared in over seventy films, thirty television shows, eleven plays and two music videos. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, she was one of the leading actresses during the golden age of New Hollywood. After her film debut "The Happening", she starred in the gangster film "Bonnie and Clyde", in which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She starred with Steve McQueen in "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) . In 1969, she co-starred
Bonnie and Clyde (film) possibility to play Bonnie, but when Beatty decided to play Clyde, obviously a different actress was needed. Those considered for the role were Jane Fonda, Tuesday Weld, Ann-Margret, Leslie Caron, Carol Lynley and Sue Lyon. Cher auditioned for the part, while Warren Beatty begged Natalie Wood to play the role. Wood declined the role to concentrate more on her therapy at the time, and acknowledged that working with Beatty before was "difficult." Faye Dunaway stated that she won the part "by the skin of her teeth!" The film is forthright in its handling of sexuality, but that theme was toned