The diagnosis was shared in the Oscar-winning star's new documentary titled Faye which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.
'I don't mean to make an excuse about it, I am still responsible for my actions,' Dunaway also said in her film. Bonnie And Clyde with Warren Beatty and Dunaway in 1967; Jane Fonda was up for her role but didn't get it as the director wanted FayeChinatown with Jack Nicholson in 1974. Faye discussed working with Roman Polanski on his classic Chinatown.
In 1981 her career nosedive after portraying Joan Crawford as an abusive mother so successfully, fans started to believe Faye was abusive too or at least too much like Crawford to be comfortable with.In the 1990s, Dunaway made a cameo in the Pierce Brosnan version of The Thomas Crown Affair, and she was seen in Gia with Angelina Jolie, but her career slowed down.Johnny Carson asks Bette Davis if there was any co-star she couldn’t stand.
She was taught by method acting pioneer Elia Kazan at his Lincoln Center Repertory Company and is regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. She followed it up with a role in Norman Jewison’s The Thomas Crown Affair in 1968, for which she was once again praised.