Idk what happened as I still can’t wrap my head around the fact Faye Dunaway was married to Peter Wolf . The lead singer of The J GEILS Band . They were married from 1974-1978 . I can only wonder to what extent the marriage played in her career.

Her career already surged after Bonnie & Clyde, and you can only have so many.

Yeah, it was her first win but her third nomination. She was nominated for Chinatown too. Her career was already in basically a decade long surge, 3 Best Actress noms from 68-77.

She was 35 at the time of The Network. Back then Hollywood wasn't inclined to give diverse and big roles to older actresses. They typically were pigeonholed into specific roles.

Think she had a rep for being difficult, but I could be mistaken.

Conflunce of things, probably. From her choices, it seems like she started looking for films where she was the main lead instead of co-lead or supporting actor. Those tend to be hard to find if you're a woman older than 35, especially in like 1978.

The kind of New Hollywood movies she was best in and best known for started to wind down post-Jaws and Star Wars.

She was also notoriously difficult to work with, and not in the euphemistic "she wouldn't fuck the producer" way that Weinstein used to brand actresses with. She was actually a right asshole that would just not show up on set sometimes or make the production remake her whole wardrobe on a whim.

For what it's worth I think she's the best American actress of the 70s and her Chinatown performance is top 10 all-time.

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I thought The Bye Bye Man was going to give her a resurgence a few years ago but it unfortunately never did

Because Meryl Streep came along.

As others have said, she was genuinely difficult to work with. Comedian Michael Macdonald (MadTV) has a story about being approached by her: https://youtu.be/rTpFqoS4hyY

She already had her career, Bonnie and Clyde, Thomas Crown Affair, Oklahoma Crude etc

Booze and the rumor is she was incredibly difficult to work with.

Yup, she was also in things like Three Days of the Condor. She's THE actress of the 70s in my opinion.

>Dick Van Dyke said she was a nightmare to work with

This is a big part of it. She was notoriously difficult. And getting older is never a benefit to an actress.

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As cringingly 80s as Eyes of Laura Mars is today,I love it

Yeah, yeah

Probably cause even though she's an icon of 70s cinema.. Faye Dunaway has always been known as a huge diva who is unprofessional and mean to everyone around her. Most of her costars will say this about her. There's clips of Bette Davis bashing her in multiple interviews for being unprofessional, never knowing her lines etc and that is surely what led to her career slowly declining over time.

I think she got in a car accident while drunk driving the directors car, but I could be mistaken.

Crazy that 35 was considered old.

I agree but you really understated the age issue. Only very recently have actresses around 40 years began to thrive. 35 used to be a career ender or the start of a 20 year long slump. And the rebound from the slump was never spectacular. It just meant you came back to some respect for having survived the desert. I think her lack of resurgence has to do with her not signing onto a show for the long term. She's done many 1 episode guest star bits but never committed to a show like Sally Field or Jane Fonda did. TV and streaming is fantastic for older actresses careers.

But the worst thing is: that Me, Fatty, Sideburns Lady, and the mutants over at Table 9, will never ever find a way to better the situation

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