European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The new Faye she s done away with her old image a nip Runny ii abhor look the family Sho studied drama at Florida by Bob Thomas associated press Lamour. Says actress Fayo Dunaway. Is an awful a Irdon but Sho s Only kidding she May look Tho glamorous Star Wilh her sculptured cheekbones and her ice Blond hair Bill she s nol Loach to poke fun a i her own image. She cd plainly annihilates in m Barlly in which she plays an enigmatic Lush among Ifie lowlifes of Easl Hollywood a part Lime Hooker who connects Wilh a poetic booze lighter. Mickey Rourke Why the image change if you be been on a certain terrain you Don t want to go there she said i would t want to play network again because i be done network. I Don 1 think the roles i be played Over the last live years have represented to in the right Way. For hotter or worse one is identified with one s Persona if i played one More Queen i d to in trouble. You know the larger than life Strong overbearing women without being Tambly wounded bul who can inflict pain where is Bonnie which is Tho part i be played that is the closest to Dorothy Faye my real name runaway s role As the 1930s desperado Bonnie Parker in Iho 1967 movie with Warren Beatty. Bonnie and Clyde remains her favorite role and she wants to do in again so badly thai she has formed her own production company to conduct a search for the part. Barfly came to her through an accidental encounter Wilh of Rourke in a chinese restaurant in London a year ago while she was dining Wilh her Ihen husband British photographer Terry o Neill. Said Rourke i be got something that would be Good Lor you " the something was an autobiographical scrip written by Charles Bukowski the poet laureate of los Angeles skid Row. I was a godsend Mickey was an Angel the actress said. She was being offered a role that broke her film image. Dunaway had l known of Bukowski by she underwent a crash course in his Complete works. She also had a memorable meeting Wilh the iconoclastic author for openers he derided Shakespeare in blistering language she stood right up to him and they got along beautifully alter that. She pumped Bukowski for details of the real file Wanda prototype of the role she plays in barfly she also did some research in a Lowdown bar on new York s ninth Avenue encountering an alcoholic whose own Lite paralleled Wanda s. Weren t the boozers astonished to find Faye Dunaway Silling among inem1 to drinkers there s Only one thing that s important Hal Glass in arc in front of them. I was Lucky in that 1hoy were in their own world towards the end of the evening i said i was doing a Mcvie. Bul in was t something mat Pul them Oil or thai they were Overly impressed Vilh " the actress had High Praise for her co Star calling him generous and completely spontaneous Rourke played his role Wilh mailed hair and bloated lace causing her to remark you look so bad and i look so Good what can i do he pooled to a Small scar above her Eye and recommended making in More noticeable. Other dim beauties might be repulsed by such a suggestion. Dunaway readily agreed she has resisted pigeonholing almost from the beginning other film career 20 years ago her co stars and directors have called her Dill cull. Tardy and in Naling Alson Llian her Mother. Grace Hartshom. Was the first to recognize her All the time i knew Fayo wanted to be the Best and the1 she recalled bom on a farm near Oas Corn in the Florida Panhandle Dunaway managed to Lake Ballet tap piano and voice lessons wherever her career Soldier Fialho e slip Chic l Szalc University. Ihen the ump noisily of Florida moving on to Lincoln Center and London s Roya Academy of dramatic arts. An off Broadway Success in Hogan s goal led to her 1967 film debut in the happening her i hid film Bonnie and Clyde brought an Academy nomination and durable stardom her films have ranged irom inc Good Chinatown. Three Days of the Condor to the bad Tho extraordinary. Seaman. Eyes of Lama Mars to the awful mommie Dearest. Network won her the 1976 Oscar As Besl actress bul she failed to follow up i finally was Able to find a Man. Aller looking for quite a Long Lime who wanted a child As much As i did. And that s the Bottom line that became my locus my life with Terry she said he deserves a Greal Deal of credit for his support in helping to through a rough period the Oscar is Lough even More Tough is the whole by slim i think you can l possibly make it without help i h a Good Man or Tols of friends children help Dunaway 46, lives with her r on. Am. In the same new Yore apartment she has had since Bonnie and Clyde. "1 focused on my private Hoo and i just said no la work she added i worked when i needed Money or when someone said you Vegol to do this. So Elimas you can l have the Besl of All a is style roles and my priority was nol working " Faye Dunaway plays a Lush and Hooker in Buntz and Sid Hollywood s new honeymooners by Jerry Buck associated Pressi n the eyes of then creator Norman Bulz and Sidney Thurston of Abc s new comedy Beverly Hills Buntz Are a kind of a scale Ralph Ramden and de Norton. These Are two Street Small characters said David Milch who developed the duo for Hill Street blues before spinning off the new half hour comedy Wilh co creator and co exo Culic producer Jeffrey Lewis. I think what you look Lor is a chemistry that i used to see Wilh Ramden and Norton on the honeymooners i think if you Laid Ramden and Norton Slones in a Lille More upscale atmosphere you d have Norman Buntz and a Ramdon. Played by Jackie Cleason. And Norton played by Art Carney were regularly involved in gel Rich Quick schemes on the Honey Moon cts in the 1950s their schemes like those of Bull and Sid. Always backfired. Dennis Frani who stars As Buntz. And Peter Jurasik playing Sidney thurs on created Tho roles on hid Street. Jurasik is a Snitch Lor Bulz. A police lieutenant Al the conclusion of the series Long run bunt slugs chief Daniels and is kicked of the police Force that t in of footage is in Iho bunt opening now Buntz has left the Middle Atlantic states it was deliberately left unclear where i Street took place and Sel up As a private Tyves Nitor in Beverly Hills Sid Means merely to hitch a do but ends up in a partnership of a kind w 1h bunt Bulz is a polyester Prince meeting Gucci his Muense. Macho style clashes in the Laid Back land of Palms and palatial Homes. Abc Wilh a Houseful of hits has been unable to find a regular spot for the show its one of the network s designated airing Only twice so far. The third showing was dec. 24 monday december 28. 1987 Milch said that at the end of Hill sited he and Lewis. Then producers of the show Weic Nul interested in doing something different. Sid and Bulz were chata Cleis we Hart created " he said. The show has a different eel it s nol really comedy some people Call in Darmedy i just can i imagine telling these kinds of stories about any other characters from Hill Street except maybe Duclo Cave Johnny Larue Unhul Buntz came along he Larue was the Otis reputable one in t to show " Milch a former College professor Whoso Ofui is Uriel won an emmy n writers Guild a 1010 every Man s idol Hill streets Dennis Imru Isgoohi Manila award a a Hal m the Nev ?-.v the world has cringed for Burn to f. Been disenfranchised since he c
