Faye Dunaway my career." The film was a critical and commercial failure but earned Dunaway a Golden Globe Award nomination, for Best New Star of the Year. Dunaway had tried to get an interview with director Arthur Penn when he was directing "The Chase" (1966), but was rebuffed by a casting director who didn't think she had the right face for the movies. When Penn saw her scenes from "The Happening" before its release, he decided to let her read for the role of the bank robber Bonnie Parker for his upcoming film, "Bonnie and Clyde". Casting for the role of Bonnie
Ned Beatty 1975. Beatty received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor category for the acclaimed film "Network" (1976), portraying a television network's bombastic but shrewd chairman of the board who convinces the mad Howard Beale character (portrayed by Peter Finch) that corporation-led global dehumanization is not only inevitable, but is also a good thing. Neither Beatty nor William Holden, who shared the lead role with Finch, won an Oscar. The other three acting awards besides best supporting actor were swept by "Network" performers: Best Actor for Peter Finch, Best Actress for Faye Dunaway, and Best Supporting Actress for Beatrice