Faye Dunaway list of the 100 best American movies ever made. Her roles as Bonnie Parker and Joan Crawford were respectively named 32nd and 41st on the AFI's list of the fifty greatest screen characters in the villain category. Elizabeth Snead wrote in her review for "USA Today" of Dunaway's memoirs that she was "the epitome of a modern, mature, sexy woman" and Mark Harris of "Entertainment Weekly" felt that "Faye Dunaway is a rarity in the land of stars (and star bios) — a tough, smart, committed pro". In 1994, Dunaway was ranked 27th by "People Magazine" on a list of
Faye Dunaway musical "Sunset Boulevard", a stage version of 1950 film of the same name. The composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber cast Dunaway in the famed role of Norma Desmond, and Dunaway began rehearsing to take over the LA engagement from Close when Close moved the show to Broadway. Tickets went on sale for Dunaway's engagement, but shortly after the rehearsals started, Webber and his associates announced that Dunaway was unable to sing to their desired standards. They announced that when Close finished her engagement, the show would shut down completely. Dunaway filed a lawsuit, claiming that Webber had damaged her