Faye Dunaway is an American star known for starring in many 1970s classics. Over a long career on stage, film, and television, she won awards ranging from an Academy Award to a BAFTA. She started out on Broadway in the early 1960s after training in theatre, then broke through on screen in 1967 with early film roles and her star-making performance as Bonnie Parker in Bonnie and Clyde, which earned her an Oscar nomination. A run of landmark films followed, including The Thomas Crown Affair, Little Big Man, Chinatown (another Oscar nomination), The Towering Inferno, Three Days of the Condor, and Network, where her portrayal of ruthless TV executive Diana Christensen won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she was a fiercely private individual, rarely stirring up controversy or speaking out publicly. Late in her career, Dunaway took on more polarizing roles, like her portrayal of Joan Crawford for Mommie Dearest, based on the controversial biography that resulted in Crawford’s daughters becoming embroiled in a 1998 defamation lawsuit. Other later films included Barfly, The Handmaid’s Tale, Arizona Dream, and The Rules of Attraction. The stage never stopped holding a place in her life. Her later theater work included Master Class, a role that earned her the Sarah Siddons Award for her portrayal of Maria Callas. Her legacy has been revisited recently through public moments like the 2017 Oscars Best Picture envelope mix-up and the 2024 documentary Faye, where she discussed her bipolar disorder diagnosis and a history of alcoholism. Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway – THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968) Faye Dunaway having breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the morning after her Oscar win for Network (1976). Faye Dunaway in the lens of photographer Albert Brenner on the set of Elliot Silverstein’s film “The Happening” in 1967. Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty (1967) Faye Dunaway (1967) Faye Dunaway in 1967 Faye Dunaway (1970s) Faye Dunaway (1970s) Faye Dunaway (1970s) Faye Dunaway (1970s) Faye Dunaway (1970s) Faye Dunaway & Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968 Faye Dunaway photographed by Richard Avedon for American Vogue, March 1973. Faye Dunaway photographed by Richard Avedon for American Vogue, March 1973. Jack Nicholson & Faye Dunaway in Chinatown 1974 Faye Dunaway (1967) Faye Dunaway (1970s) Faye Dunaway (‘Bonnie & Clyde’, 1967) Faye Dunaway, 1967 Faye Dunaway 1967 “The Happening” Faye Dunaway 1967 “The Happening” Faye Dunaway 1967 “The Happening” Faye Dunaway 1967 “The Happening” Faye Dunaway 1967 “The Happening”The post Faye Dunaway: Photos of the 1970s classic cinema starlet first appeared on History Defined.

Understanding the Northern Lights James Hoare Fri, 12/19/2025 - 09:04

One of only three British flags to survive the Battle of Trafalgar is at risk of the leaving the UK. Worn by RMS Royal Sovereign, the ship that led the British attack, it is the most historically significant of the three and the only complete example of a Union Jack from a 100-gun first-rate flagship. The Minister of Culture has placed a temporary export bar on the flag to give local institutions the chance to acquire it for the nation purchase price of £450,000 ($600,000) before it leaves the country. The Battle of Trafalgar took place on October 21, 1805, when the outnumbered British fleet under the command of then Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the combined fleet of Napoleonic France and Spain. Commanded by Admiral Collingwood, Royal Sovereign led one of the two columns of warships with Admiral Horatio Nelson’s Victory leading the other. Royal Sovereign moved faster under the day’s light winds than Victory and quickly pulled ahead of the other British ships, raking the Spanish three-decker ship Santa Ana. Royal Sovereign and Santa Ana fought each other for almost three hours until the latter surrendered. Royal Sovereign’s foremast was heavily damaged, but the Union Jack was still flying. By the end of the battle, Royal Sovereign had lost her mizzen, mainmasts and foremast. The rigging was shot to tatters and the ship had to be towed. The flag bears the scars of its pole-position role in the fight. There are holes, burn marks, gunpowder stains and wooden splinters from the ship embedded in the woven cloth. Unique among the surviving Trafalgar flags, this one was made and repairs by the sailors of the Royal Sovereign. They made it from hand-stitched wool bunting with a weighted edge. Charles Aubrey Antram, one of Royal Sovereign’s four master’s mates kept it after the action, indicating he may have been the signal mate. It remained in his family by descent until 2004 when it was sold at auction to a private collector. Culture Minister, Baroness Twycross said: Few symbols in our country are as evocative as the Union Flag, and this flag in particular is an extraordinary representation of Britain’s history and national identity. This flag was made by ordinary Britons and now epitomises a defining moment in our national history. I hope this profoundly important historical artefact can remain in Britain for the public to enjoy.”

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