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- Brenda Vaccaro speaks about her experience working with Faye Dunaway on the 1984 film, "Supergirl."
#shorts #fayedunaway #supergirl #brendavaccaro
This fun interview is from "Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast! With Frank Santopadre," released in May 2022, following Mr. Gottfried's passing.
The full two-part interview is absolutely excellent -- you should look for it on your podcast player.
"Supergirl" (1984)
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Stars: Brenda Vaccaro, Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow
Costume: Emma Porteous
Interview by: Frank Santopadre, Gilbert Gottfried
Why don't more people interview Brenda? She's still around and has been in some terrific roles.
Yes. I bet she has enough stories to easily fill up a couple of hours
She got fat. Hollywood is not very interested in fat women.
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Ikr? Brenda Vaccaro was brilliant in the series "Paper Dolls" in 1984.
Well, does she have any more interesting Dunaway stories?
Brenda Vaccaro is quite the down to earth broad who calls them as she sees them. What an actress!
Agree, and I think that Brenda never really got the credit she deserved. But then again, I suspect her work and life both made her happy, and in the end, that's what matters most--she was happy.
Brenda vaccaro was a great friend of the late Peter Cook.
@@markdaly1648 it went all the way to the establishing of the Establishment club in New york city. cook was a big deal. Vaccaro got to know him very well and saw the devastation of his alcoholism it was brenda vaccaro, who was in his corner as a friend and she was devastated when died.
I remember seeing Brenda Vaccaro for the first time in Midnight Cowboy. I thought she was magnificent. Wonderful character actress. It's a pity about Faye Dunaway. Diva behavior never pays off.
Brenda Vaccaro is a very underrated actress.
She's one of those actresses that you're always pleased to see in a movie.
@@zacmumblethunder7466and on Golden Girls 🥹
She really is! She lifts anything she’s in. Probably the reason why FD felt… “challenged”!
She is more of an entertainer, and this interview proves it.
I love Brenda in "Midnight Cowboy": "Hey Fella! You fell!" : )
That was such an excellent line, and it only stands out because of her particular and unique way with a line, even one only four words long. She gave it with a mix of shock, a little confusion, a bit of "what did I just see?" and even a touch of concerned compassion.
Vaccaro is always a delight.
Mrs. Tribbiani.
Brenda was great in Zorro the Gay Blade. I also loved when she was on The Golden Girls, as Sophia's daughter-in-law Angela.
Brenda has been fantastic in every thing she has ever been in. A real pro.
Doug's aunt on King Of Queens.
Friends, Columbo, Murder she wrote
There's a reason Faye doesn't get work anymore, and it's because she's "totally impossible," as Bette Davis once said on Johnny Carson. She did it to herself, and has no one to blame but herself. It's too bad, because she could be quite wonderful on screen.
That is not accurate at all. Faye went on to act in many movies after working with Bette Davis. Remember, right now she is 80 years of age so maybe she would Iike to take it easy and enjoy the fruits of her labor for once. You make it sound like we are currently in the 1970's. 😅. Look at Faye's movie roster on the internet; she has made tons of movies since working with Bette
Also, Bette Davis was also known to be very difficult to work with.
Read some biographies or listen to some video interviews from actresses of that time period . Bette Davis was no joke. Crawford was the most difficult.
@@SunsetBoulevard111 There's a difference between working and getting good work. Faye never managed to recover from Mommie Dearest and no one in the industry cared to help her, if she has been nicer she likely would have been given more of a shot but they didn't need her anymore and Faye was too impossible to deal with for it to be worth it. Bette did suffer the same fate. She got lucky with Baby Jane but though she worked until her death, her career was largely done by 1950 when Eve came out.
@@SunsetBoulevard111 take a look and read how awful she was during the run of " tea at 5:00". She got fired from the production for being extremely volatile to people. Throwing things, calling people offensive obscenities, Just downright unacceptable. I adore Faye as an actress, and she's one of my ultimate favorites, but that kind of behavior is not okay. She has a history of that.
So she was Dunawaywith?😂
@@nektekket852She was Fayezed out? 😊
Faye was a Beautiful actress.
In Bonnie and Clyde, Arthur Penn must have been in love with Faye, never has an actress received as many stunning close ups.
Who wasn't in love with her back then? She was incredible
@@harty4653interesting story… I saw her being interviewed and one of the first casting directors that worked with her told her that she was a great theatre actress but she wasn’t pretty enough to make it in Hollywood. He must have had cataracts.
Stunningly shot movie in its entirety. A true modern classic.
FD was obviously a great actor. Mommie Dearest did not ruin her career. By all accounts she was a meschugge and completely impossible to work with.
Same director did "Somewhere in Time". WONDERFUL DIRECTOR makes the great better and the difficult compliant.
Faye is still in Mommy Dearest mode in this movie.
So right. I think Barfly was the movie that broke the spell (or ended the possession or whatever that was).
2:26 Brenda's scream 😂😂😂
That's what I said I'm staying I'm staying!! 😂
Love Brenda Vaccaro.
Brenda is a Doll.
Love Brenda in that Golden Girl's episode where Dorothy's brother dies. She's very moving.
Two good actresses, I do believe every word Brenda said about Faye and I do believe Faye is without a dought one of the best. Especially her performance in China Town.
I ADORE Brenda Vaccaro!
Faye Dunaway is talented, no doubt, but she sure as hell isn't worthy of her ridiculous behavior. Brenda Vaccaro is a treasure!
I USED TO BE proud that my middle name was Faye. Due to the fame of Faye Dunaway. UNTIL I realized mommie dearest was just as much about her as it was about Joan Crawford! Now, I'm still proud because it was my Irish grandmother's middle name and mine. ❤
It's never a good idea to name a baby after a celebrity, or after anyone. You don't know what you'll find out later. Let everyone start fresh, unique.
@@akrenwinkle true. But I was actually named with my grandmother's middle name. I USED to think it was cool that it was also the name of 2 movie stars.(Faye Wray and Faye Dunaway )Then went back to just being happy that it was my Irish Grammas' name. 😉
@@kayleenkrolikowski7442 Fay Wray. But what if you found out something bad about Gramma? I think it's best, begin from scratch, a new being, a new name. But that's just me.
@@akrenwinkle yes ur definitely entitled to think that 100% . I'm no nubbie to life. I'm 60! and, as for my grandmother, she was born in 1914, and I knew her and EVERYTHING about her. Plus I'm heavy into genealogy. No secrets or bad stuff there. And her stories about our shared middle name and it's background... I will treasure forever. As I will the memories of my name sake.
@@kayleenkrolikowski7442 Unless someone is famous enough to be covered by professional biographers, all we know about our ancestors is the folklore they pass down. Unless someone is truly dull and one dimensional- which is sometimes the case- it's impossible to know EVERYTHING, although it's nice to think so. For example, I didn't learn until very late that I had a sibling who was aborted. Also a grandparent who committed suicide. There are things people don't talk about. There are topics, even now, when nobody, it seems, has any manners or decorum, that are taboo, and so not discussed. And so, I feel, start fresh, new... look ahead, not backward. People who dwell on genealogy, I've found, seem to think that just being born into a "good family" is an accomplishment, something to boast about. I think it's silly and divisive, but that's just me.
Faye was giving face in Supergirl though!!
Brenda and Faye had nice rapport in this movie though...it was a nice approximation of Lex and Otis in Superman; like the distaff version
I will forever love this film ... I quote from it ALL the time ... ❤
no one would do faye's hair/makeup when she toured in frisco with callas : huge grouch.
Selena is only Joan Crawford but with magic
Joan Crawford had magic.
her Joan Crawford impersonation in Mommy Dearest was a hoot. I wonder how long before the director realized the movie was going to be pure camp.
It wasn't camp. She was portraying Joan, who did behave and act in a campy way.
That being said I am a fan of Joan too.
I love it. I mean...it's a horror film kind of like "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer", a lurid caricature to cash in on the frenzy of interest in Christina Crawford's book. I wish Faye had just OWNED it instead of caving to criticism. Christina certainly has.
I’m glad Hollywood has Dunaway with Faye.
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When Bette Davis says you’re a nightmare to work with, believe it.
Because she was the same
@@pimpharold1Exactly. She's the pot calling the Kettle black 😂
Thank you for this gem!! Brenda is phenomenal.
I will never understand how anyone can have an ego when they are essentially standing where they are told to stand whilst merely remembering the words of another?
Peace 🇬🇧🎬🇺🇲
Faye is beautiful, and so is Brenda, she didn't put up with that diva shit from Faye.
love her voice
Imo, FD was a great actress and beautiful. She was also a diva.
IS! She aint dead yet!
Acting and indeed performing arts in any medium can easily create neurotic behaviors. It is not easy for every talent to manage. Some breeze through it all. Others become total hell to work with. Not everyone is Angela Lansbury or a Sally Field type. Many leading ladies especially back then lost the ability to de stress. Consequently thier livers became a mess spouting rage and/or feeding into addictions. The biz also last century chose people based more on the entirety of the performers skill set . Nowadays in film its all what ever is easiest in the role where the dialogue could be managed by virtually anyone and the look more generic. In one way then we got incredible performances with unique faces and equally mesmeric vocal quality with strong acting chips full of variation and delivery. Sadly now its serviceable, hyper trendy even just an unfinished raw style. Dunaway was very theatrical and could command the winds. As Selena in "Supergirl" she was disturbingly believable as she was utterly camp. No small feat frankly. An incredible American actress. A true legend.
Both in Columbo episodes too
There was a time when Brenda was the hottest property in Hollywood for television actresses, they wanted her for the spin off Mrs Colombo but she had scheduling issues and the role ultimately went to Kate Mulgrew. I’d love to her Brenda talk about that experience and what she thought of Kates performance in the show which was finally changed to “Kate loves a mystery” still playing Mrs Colombo. It was a great show but would have been vastly different with Brenda in the role.
No wonder she played the part of joan crawford in mommy dearest so well as the witch.
I have worked for people similar to Faye. They usually like me working for them because I made them feel superior and appreciated by using reverse psychology. It worked all the time.
My father was on the crew of Mommy Dearest and QUIT because of her! He refused to put up with her BS. And Brenda - my favorite Golden Girls guest star ever!
People often say that " *Mommy Dearest* " ended Faye's career, but it was actually " *Supergirl* " that did it, it was the nail in the coffin for her.
Joey’s mom!!
When I started working in production, one of the stories I always heard from the makeup and hair departments was that they would NEVER work with Dunaway. And it would always take 3 hours or more to get hair and make up to her satisfaction as she insulted the crew. If you get a reputation for being difficult, plenty of good people will always so no because they don't want the headache.
I liked Brenda as Joey's mom on Friends.
[Smacks Joey upside the head] Ow! Three rings!
Biancaaa!
i understand the reference 👍
My father was Dorothy Fayes mothers insurance agent in the 1980s. Around Bascomb and Two Egg several miles away from Tallahassee Fl.My dad said there were many photos of her daughter Dorothy Faye everywhere. Dorothy Faye must be bipolar because she is very kind and sweet one moment and a real B another. Dorothy Faye always wanted to be the center of attention and was in high school plays and was quite good I heard. She attended Leon High School and was also a cheerleader. I've seeen photos of Dorothy Faye from her high school yearbook.
Dorothy Faye?🤔
John Ritter's mother???🤷♂️🤷♀️🤷???
@@brt5273Faye Dunaway’s first name is Dorothy. She goes by her middle name professionally.
I think you nailed it. She recently admitted to being bipolar.
I DONT THINK FAYE GETS NEARLY THE CREDIT SHE DESERVES FOR HER BODY OF WORK ,SEEMS LIKE SHE IS A VERY INTENSE ECCENTRIC PERSON BUT SHE REALLY IS ONE OF THE LAST GREAT FACES /BEAUTIES OF THE SILVER SCREAN LIKE WE WILL NEVER SEE AGAIN ,BUT ALSO VERY MUCH AN ACTRESS WITH POWER AND RANGE
Maybe she didn't sleep with enough directors and producers to be popular in their eyes
@@Ran-33 possably lol
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Faye was a very fine actress, but you can tell a person who acts like that has a ton of insecurity.
Didn't want her face in the shot oh my word....
Fine Fay...
Do I have to leave the building or can i stay and hang from the rafters???
Great video!
Supergirl was a true story
There was Dark Phoenix in the comic books (not the movie)….
Then.. there was Dark Joan.
"Brenda, could you leave, please?! You're right in my eye line!"
Watching Supergirl, it was so obvious there was tension between them. But Brenda Vaccaro is such a pro and good soul…she would never let on during an interview.
I have read enough in the comments below to abandon my thought that Faye was 'method acting' and in character... 😁
Brenda’s the best!
I think that actresses as good as Faye Dunaway, Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor have every right to be difficult. They're the ones who actually took acting seriously.
How can you say to Faye that it's "just a film"? That should get you fired!
At the end of the day film is a business.
Never thought Elizabeth Taylor could act her way out of a paper bag.
So Faye really was playing herself in Mommie Dearest...I always thought so!
Dunaway's REAL NAME IS DAYE FUNAWAY. If I was an actor and and had the HORRIBLE bad luck to have to work with her, I WOULD NOT HAVE. I'm amazed that no one ever beat the sh!t outta' her.
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Faye Dunaway became a real witch
I always thought Faye was over rated as an actress. She definitely had star quality in her youth but a limited range as an actor. The actress whose most impresses me is Cate Blanchett.
Bianca should've married Otis when he got out of jail.
Vacarro was really good in the Jim Jones TV movie. Actually, everyone was.
I'm in the minority, but I liked Selena as a villain, a sorceress in training....
Faye Dunaway had to realize that after the villain in Supergirl, the next stop was a guest shot on Dynasty. For an Academy Award winner this had to be embarrassing.
You cannot pour perfectly all that cosmic energy into a body like Fayes and expect total ego control she has to put everyone into place or Hollyweird will flatten you
So now we're all supposed to feel sorry for her because she bi polar. I've known a few people through the years including my sister and they don't treat people like garbage. No excuse Miss Dunaway. Bi polar means periods of manic behavior and depression not being a b#$@ch to people.
Just finished reading the book on the making of Mommie Dearest and, oh boy...
IKR!!!!
Remember the Brenda Vaccaro tampon commercials
Such a diva.
I’ve yet to hear ONE person say Faye was kind, nice , pleasant, easy to work with.. Just a Twit with an A & Witch with a B.. I’ll take Brenda over Faye any day!
So many male actors are nightmares and no one says anything, they don't get called names.
Incorrect. That is a sexist comment.
@@dermotosullivan3065 right , the woman are also be the victim card
But we're not talking generally about male actors here. We're talking about a specific person.
Marlon Brando is often said to be difficult to work with.
Val Kilmer was also known to be difficult.
Read all the drama that happened on the set of "The Island Of Dr Moreau", when the two of them starred in it.
You are VERY wrong. You are only hearing what you want to hear.
Faye Dunaway was a descent actress,but I would have considered myself flattered for Brenda Vaccaro to look my direction.
That's why she was good playing Joan Crawford.
Faye used to live down the street from me and she is grade a nuts.
What would she do? I’ve heard stories of her screaming mad drunk on the front lawn at 3 AM.
so basically, when Dunaway was playing Crawford in Mommy Dearest, I'm going to assume she was just playing herself? :D
Faye: sits
colleagues: jesus christ
It's so sad to hear these countless rude outbursts from Faye Dunaway to fellow colleagues. Mental illness is no excuse for poor behaviour and it's the sheer consistency of them all that paints a pretty bleak picture about her. I have always been a fan of her work, but as a person, not so much.
Both charismatic ladies but I don’t care what they say about Ms Dunaway she’ll always be a favorite performer.Her acting grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let you go.
Big Sally 🩵
Faye’s first round of fake chompers
Mommy dearest
She was breathless.... LOL!!!!
A talented beach is better than a talentless angel.
Faye is a beautiful train wreck.
She doesn't work because of Sooo Much plastic surgery ... she looks like someone else..... just my opinion 😊😅
Brenda Vacarro is the mother of Joey Tribbiani and Johhny Bravo
Faye should have been fired from the film. Who wants to deal with that?
Faye Dunaway is a great actress and the last of the Great Movie Stars. I always liked Vaccaro but she was never in the same category as Dunaway. Who cares what Dunaway had to do in order to deliver brilliant performances. When you look at a painting by Picasso or Rembrandt do you care if he was rude to his wife or maid? Judge the art and not the artist.
YES, we freakin' care! There's no reason to treat people loke crap because you feel that's what you "need" to do to deliver a great performance.
@@JloveLamar No one said she treated people like crap. Unless you know the whole story or heard both sides and points of view it is uneducated, ignorant and judgmental of you to say anything negative about her.
Oh honey, literally everybody in the world knows that Faye Dunaway treated every staff from every single film she was in, bad. Faye is an amazing actress, absolutely amazing and fabulous! But yes, it was a very well known thing that Faye had a lot of issues when it came to treating people who was simply doing their work. I'm saying this because yes, we do care (people HAS to care about this, in fact) and your point is kinda invalid since it's also known that Faye was backlisted in Hollywood exactly because of her behavior. So… do your research, lol
You can be the greatest talent in the whole world. And that doesn't give you the right to treat people like crap and being a freaking disrespectful person. Everyone in a set is doing their job and EVERYONE is important. And there are two types of DIVA's. The one who are talented, gorgeous and professionals. And the ones who are talented, gorgeous and rude, behaving like spoiled brat kids! NO JUSTIFICATION for treating people badly, not being on time, and not knowing their lines. Talent by itself cannot make a career.
Faye Dunaway used to abuse and even hit make up and wardrobe people. How is that justified to get a good acting performance? Method actors are just assholes, its an excuse to act like a dick and then say you were "in character." Any other job where you behaved like that and you'd be fired and never work again. What an embarrassing comment.
Hate Faye.
Often times the best actors are the biggest a'holes in life. I just say...Entertain me.
Not sure why they used those 2 in Supergirl anyways??? Could of used something or someone better😂
dunaway is a classic prototypical narc issist
Yes, she operates from a place of fear and insecurity. Her demons make her a talented actress but also a very problematic individual. No excuses, rudeness is rudeness.
Dang...i think faye is re incarnation of joan crawford
Sadly- she melted her own legacy, if she's remembered at all outside of Mommy Dearest, & BONNIE AND CLYDE, CHINATOWN . Everything else is GHOSTED. 🦖☄️
Wasn't she also in Network?
@mainstreetsaint36 she was / incredible talent--- but she was / is/ a Sociopathic Egomaniacal Craven actress. ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️
@@mainstreetsaint36Yes! She won the academy award for that one.
Faye seems like a difficult person to work with 😂
Faye sounds *very* insecure .... never cared much for her .... kind of like Kathrine Hepburn .... yuck. I can tell you if I were on set with her she would not treat me like that. I would tell her "Get *over* yourself, you are an actress, not anything special." I, however, love Brenda.
Interestingly, Faye played Katherine Hepburn in a play in Boston a few years ago. It was supposed to go Broadway but well….Faye was Faye
Narcissists never change or never learn.
She must have stayed out of her eye line.
I HOPE FAYE EMBRACED BEING A DIVA...WEAR IT LIKE A BADGE
Ehh no. Being a dick is never cool.
So, she was worse than Joan Crawford.