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From 'Casanova' to 'Bonnie and Clyde': 15 Photos of Young Faye Dunaway in Film

For the actress' birthday, L'OFFICIEL recounts Hollywood star Faye Dunaway's captivating youth on screen.
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American movie icon Faye Dunaway turns 80 today. From time honored roles like lady bandit Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde to that of controversial screenstar Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest, and her darkly satirical Oscar-winning perfomrance in The Network, Dunaway has anchored her career in classic films. In celebration of the movie star's birthday this year, L'OFFICIEL flashes back with 15 favorite young Dunaway movies.

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Dunaway looks killer in her 1967, breakout role as Bonnie Parker in "Bonnie and Clyde."
The actress reversed roles here as a criminal investigator in 1968's "The Thomas Crown Affair."
Dunaway and Marcello Mastroianni get close in the 1969 tragic romance "A Place For Lovers."
A flirtatious and classically considered movie moment, Dunaway bathes Dustin Hoffman in the 1970 film "Little Big Man."
The “Three Musketeers," moment that sparked a million memes, Dunaway makes an unforgettable face as Milady in the 1973 movie.
Perhaps her most glamorous role, Dunaway plays opposite Paul Newman in the 1974 three-time Oscar nominated film "The Towering Inferno."
The 1974 movie "Chinatown" remade the actress’ image as an on-screen siren as serious as she was sexy.
The film star earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in "Three Days of the Condor."
Dunaway received an Academy Award win for Best Actress for her role in the 1976 satire “The Network.”
A vision of mid-1900s aristocracy, Dunaway plays Denise Kreisler in "A Voyage of The Damned."
A haunting 1978 performance, Dunaway plays the tortured fashion photographer Laura in "The Eyes of Laura Mars."
The actress is the wife of Jon Voight in the 1979 tearjerker "The Champ."
A controversial biographic role for Dunaway, the actress plays screen legend Joan Crawford in 1981's "Mommie Dearest."
Dunaway makes for a chic villainess in “Supergirl.”
The 1987 role that marked the actress' return to the U.S. from a number of years spent in London and that earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress, Dunaway plays Wanda Wilcox in "Barfly."

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