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[Blind Gossip] This very famous and esteemed actor was recently spotted out doing a little shopping in Los Angeles.

They have starred in several classic films, and have been nominated for an Academy Award at least once.

Who is it?

BONUS CLUE! Those new clothes won’t get hung on wire hangers. Ever!

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Actor:

[Optional] How do they look?

faye dunaway black and whiteSOLVED!

It’s Faye Dunaway!

Yes, Faye Dunaway was fairly unrecognizable while shopping in Los Angeles a copule of weeks ago. Some of you didn’t even realize that she was a woman. “Mickey Rourke” seemed to be a popular guess.

Faye is a highly-esteemed actor in Hollywood. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1976 for her role in Network.

Dunaway has also won three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an Emmy.

In addition to Network, our favorite Faye Dunaway films include Bonnie and Clyde (opposite Warren Beatty), Chinatown (opposite Jack Nicholson), and, of course Mommie Dearest. In the latter film, she portrayed Joan Crawford and shouted the memorable line, “No wire hangers! Ever!”

Faye Dunaway, who is now 75,  may not have looked recognizable while out shopping, but she did clean up in time for the Vanity Fair party last night (see pic below). She preened for photos, hobnobbed with the Who’s Who of Hollywood, and then hurried off to do everyone’s dishes.

Congratulations to Thrillckr for being first with the correct answer, and to those of you who caught the “wire hangers” bonus clue!

faye dunaway vanity fair 2016

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  2. DonnaStarla says

    OMG! Granted, I didn’t have my glasses on but…when I first took a quick glance at this photo…I thought it was Pat Morita!!!

  4. Renee2 says

    Obviously Faye Dunaway. Note use of the word “they” to avoid gender. But I see obvious breasts.

  9. Raleigh says

    Faye Dunaway – clue Those new clothes won’t get hung on wire hangers. Ever! – Famous from the book/movie Mommie Dearest “… no wire hangers” Plus there is a picture out there where Faye is in a different outfit but is without makeup and in the hat.

  10. its not me says

    David Carradine from Kung fu, kill bill, and bird on a wire.

    Dude looks like a lady…but he looks good. Wish him the best!!

  19. mittenkitten says

    My first thought was that he looked like Alan Arkin. But I don’t know his films well enough to find the hanger connection.

  24. Brunettetalk says

    Faye Dunaway. Starred in Mommie Dearest about Joan Crawford who said,

    “No… wire… hangers. What’s wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER? I work and work ’till I’m half-dead, and I hear people saying, “She’s getting old.” And what do I get? A daughter… who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her… as she cares about me. What’s wire hangers doing in this closet? Answer me!”

    Faye won Oscars for Network and Bonnie and Clyde.

  30. Jillianne6 says

    It’s Faye Dunaway, but she looks like Mickey Rourke. (Not recent Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Mickey Rourke.)

  34. lovelylovely says

    It’s Faye Dunaway

    Gosh, for someone who used to be so beautiful, she really didn’t age well ;/

  35. heyheyhey98 says

    First answer ever for me!
    Absolute shot in the dark, but for some reason when I saw that picture I thought Robert Redford? Nominated for Best Actor for the sting?

    Yay, this was fun!

  39. carriebradshaw says

    I say Mickey Rourke . I’m probably wrong, this “wire hangers” have something o do with Mommies Dearest but I don’t know how it match together. Faye Dunaway in Bar Fly?

  40. Idontknowanything2 says

    Mrs.Faye Dunaway, first I thought mocked rourke because of the broad shoulders, and the hair and the lips but it has to be faye dunaway. Did she finally come out of her cave, huge advice, you go back in and stay there, all ezfemale sex symbols of the past want to walk around looking like weird mix of plastic surgery and expect respect, you should first respect the public and go into hiding and let us remember the past the way you were Bonnie.

  48. melrose71 says

    Faye Dunaway. She’s had a lot of work done on her face, which is obvious in this photo. Other than that, it looks like she’s shopping sans makeup. I find that refreshing from all the other Hollywood women with their layers of foundation, contouring, goopy eyes and glossy lips, ready for the paps to take their photo around town.

  51. La Lurker says

    OMG – it’s Faye Dunaway. I didn’t even get the gender correct in my first guess. Apparently Harvey Keitel doesn’t have moobs.

  58. cynicat says

    Damn. I spent an awful lot of time researching the male costars from “Mommie Dearest” before realising that that is Miss “NO WIRE HANGERS!” herself. Faye Dunaway.

  61. Jinkies says

    Actress: Faye Dunaway

    You tricked me using the term “actor” instead of “actress”

    At first it looked like Kirk Douglass had transitioned into a woman. She’s obviously had a lot of work done, but she looks like a lot of Simpsons’ TV Show female characters with her large lips. I don’t know what I’ll look like at her age, so I’ll reserve further judgement – I feel like a meanie about what I’ve already said.

  67. annabelle77 says

    Oh my God- is that Faye Dunaway (from Mommie Dearest movie about Joan Crawford…”no more wire hangers!!!”). ???
    Holy Crap!!!

  71. elliedee says

    Actor: I thought for sure it was Mickey Rourke but the bonus clue made me realize it’s Faye Dunaway

    [Optional] How do they look? Horrifying – this is what very bad plastic surgery ends up looking like.

  86. smileneyes says

    This is Faye Dunaway. There’s a very similar picture of her on the web, leaving a doctor’s office in Beverly Hills in August of last year.

    How does she look? To paraphrase a line from one of my favorite movies, “Time marches on…and sooner or later you realize that time marches across your face!”

  87. MerryB says

    Faye Dunaway. Really a beauty in her time. Look her up in Bonnie & Clyde. She’s probably close to 80 now.

  91. keeley123 says

    Richard Dreyfuss? He owned a coat hanger business in Down and Out in Beverly Hills I think? I have no idea why I know that… 🙂

  96. traherne says

    At first I thought it was Mickey Rourke, but then I saw the boobs.

    The clue makes it obvious: Faye Dunaway

    Aging sucks, but it must be particularly hard to the very beautiful. She was stunning in Bonnie & Clyde and Chinatown.

  97. algarve2016 says

    Actor: Faye Dunaway

    Optional: Hey, she’s walking under her own steam, she’s got money, she’s living her own life! That all looks good to me!

  100. lepidoteran says

    Faye Dunaway

    clue: wire hangers as in “No more wire hangers!” from Mommie Dearest

    Eh, she looks fine for 75 and dressed down, no makeup.

  101. JenLTX says

    When I first saw it, I thought, damn, that looks like a really awful version of Faye Dunaway. Now you’re saying it IS Faye Dunaway??? She clearly went to Mickey Rourke’s plastic surgeon and that was a HUGE mistake…

  104. lagally says

    Faye dunaway
    She looks great !
    Walking and shopping fit and trim
    She is almost 80!
    Kudos to her!,,

  105. Annabelle says

    Actor: Faye Dunaway

    Clue – Bonus Clue is alluding to Mommie Dearest quote, “No wire hangers ever!”

  111. truebritt says

    Without the wire hanger hint I honestly wouldn’t have had any idea but I guess it has to be Faye Dunaway!!

  120. OohMatron says

    Well, going by the clue I’m thinking Faye Dunaway, but the photo looks like Mickey Rourke had a boob job.

  127. Frizzle says

    Faye Dunaway

    Clue: Wire hangers (“Mommy Dearest”)

    She looks like the 75 year old that she is. At least she’s not trying to dress like a twenty year old.

  139. lahteb says

    Faye Dunaway

    The use of “actor” confused me. I thought Mickey Rourke grew boobs or something.

  141. KatarinaJ says

    Faye Dunaway. I thought it was Mickey Rourke or similar but she has a purse and the clue nods to her playing in MOMMY DEAREST. I think she looks….. well her age.

  143. jennycee says

    I think it is Faye Dunaway – although she has won an Academy Award (for Network).

    The clothes hanger clue – she was Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest

  146. FlowerGirl says

    Faye Dunaway.
    Doesn’t even look human anymore.
    These types of plastic surgeons should be prosecuted as criminals. They must really hate women to do this to them…

  150. meemo506 says

    Faye Dunaway (played Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest)

    She looks like a 75 year old woman who left the house without make up. Which is what she is, so looks fine to me.

  151. bbcgirl says

    Oh Faye Dunaway… You threw me off Ace by not specifying the sex in the first one. Well played.

  156. Mia444 says

    I thought at first it was Mickey Rourke (with moobs) but the bonus clue points towards Faye Dunaway.

  161. iheartkoko says

    Actor: Faye Dunaway

    [Optional] How do they look? Wow, I’m a little speechless. She was the first person that popped into my head when I saw the pic & the bonus clue confirmed my guess.

  162. iamahere says

    Faye Dunaway. And it looks like she has done away with a mirror. Such bad plastic surgery. So sad.

    • Amy123 says

      Ugh, I just saw the bonus clue. I don’t think I was first, but I hope I guessed before that dead giveaway was posted. That clue really kinda spoiled it.

  175. ToadKisser says

    Faye Dunaway
    Not aging gracefully… still great bone structure, but looks like she has had a bad facelift and/or way too much Botox.

  181. Jester says

    Looking at this on my phone and from the wording “Actor – they”, I can’t be sure if this is a man or woman, tbh. I’ll say it’s a woman, so maybe Shirley Maclaine??? Not looking too good if it’s her, but I doubt it. Should have viewed this on my laptop…ugh! ?

  183. triggerua says

    Whoa, this one is hard..Is that Joel Grey? Is it woman? This person has a large chest and is carrying a bag that I would call a purse. I am anxious to hear who this is.

  184. rorythedragon says

    Something about the face reminds me of Faye Dunaway. If that’s her then she didn’t intend to be photographed so I won’t say she looks bad. Just a bad photo, which we all can relate to.

  193. throwsumshade says

    Looks like a dude with boobs. You did not say he or she (“they” refers to more than one person, so is this someone in transition maybe?).

  194. kapper says

    Faye Dunaway.

    Given she’s 75, she doesn’t look bad, and at this point, I don’t think she gives a sh*t.

  203. good2know says

    Faye Dunaway

    If it is her, she looks great. She’s 75 years old. Stop the obsession with having to look young at every age.

  208. SouthJerseyGirl says

    This is definitely a woman and looks like Mary Tyler Moore to me.

    For being in her 70s, she looks pretty good.

    • bhakti says

      Could this be Mickey Rourke? Or my last guess is Kathleen Turner. I noticed you didn’t specify if it’s a male or a female and it’s honestly hard for me to tell which one it is.

  225. bigjinla says

    Actor: it kind of looks like Mickey Rourke but I’m going to guess Frank Langella.

    He looks blurry.

  231. Oliver Tweets says

    Either Mary Tyler Moore, or Mickey Rourke. Never thought I’d get the two of them confused for the other.

  233. Mom2acm says

    Mickey Rourke. Such a shame – he was so handsome back in the day. Plastic surgery always looks awful – stop chasing the fountain of youth.

    • mamacita3 says

      I saw him on the streets of Greenwich Village a couple of years ago. He looks worse in person! But he sure loves getting attention!

  234. pinkmarie says

    Mickey Rourke. He used to be handsome when he first started his career. He is a victim of bad genes and even worse plastic surgery!

    • katheryn says

      I thought it was Kirk Douglas at first but there are breasts and I don’t think Kirk would carry a purse. Pretty sure it’s Faye Dunaway- she has had some bad plastic surgery and she’s just plainly getting older, so your face changes.

    • mamacita3 says

      I think you are right too but boy, does she look like a dude here! I thought it was Mickey Rourke at first.

    • boyjack4 says

      Yes and reference to Mommy Dearest! Her film about Joan Crawford! It’s very sad getting old you know! I’m there with no resources for plastic surgery but perhaps that’s a good thing?

    • Mixtape says

      I think you’re right. She played Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest, hence the “wire hangers” clue. This is not a flattering picture due to the hat and the fact that her hair is not visible in the shot. Other than that, I think she’s looking just fine for a 75-year old out shopping!

    • JennyJustice says

      First I thought it was a man in a mustache. Then I thought it was Faye with a fake mustache. Now I realize it’s Faye and there is no frickin’ mustache – it just looks like it – some kind of optical illusion.

    • ashleyyy22589 says

      I’d have to agree with your guess. The bonus clue about “no wire hangers” is a nod to her film Mommy Dearest. Who could forget that scene? Haha!