Faye Dunaway in "The Happening," 1967. 🎥
source: Columbia Pictures
The 1960s brought a new style of filmmaking and a new aesthetic to the big screen, and along with it came a new kind of star that place realism over the fluff of the Golden Era. Faye Dunaway was able to embody both ideals while feelings without betraying the other.
After growing up in a poor family in Florida, Dunaway had a ruthless ambition and a face that put her directly in the spotlight. Where some actors and actresses were happy to skate by on their looks or hype, Dunaway says that she's always relished the work. She told Harper's Bazaar: