Oscar-winning “Network” legend Faye Dunaway had a spectacular meltdown in the lobby of Hollywood celebrity favorite Sunset Tower Hotel after she was shown a series of luxury suites, including one fitted for the disabled.
Guests watched in disbelief as Dunaway, 70, once named as the world’s most beautiful woman, complained that she was horrified to be shown a suite fitted for the disabled.
In a scene that could have been out of “Mommie Dearest,” where she played a monstrous Joan Crawford, Dunaway screamed at managers before storming out.
One witness told us, “She came out of the elevator cursing. She was screaming at the top of her voice at the bellman: ‘Do I look handicapped to you?’ The bellman replied, ‘No, Miss Dunaway, you do not.’ Then she stormed up to the manager’s desk and pointed at a card listing the suite numbers she had seen, and shouted, ‘The bellman told me this was the handicapped room. Do I look [bleep]ing handicapped?’ ”
“She saw the bellman smile, and said, ‘Do you think this is [bleep]ing funny? I need a room for two months!’ After being told there was no longer any room, she then ripped the card with the room numbers out of the manager’s hand, refused his business card, stormed outside and got into her little white car. She started to screech off, then changed her mind and slammed on the brakes, demanding the manager’s business card, snatching it out of his hand and drove off down Sunset.”
The spy added, “She had a baseball cap on, no makeup and a black sweater, but you could tell it was her. After she left, the guests were joking she was still in character from ‘Mommie Dearest.’ ”
It is not known why Dunaway, who has a house in Woodland Hills, needs a room for two months at the Sunset Tower, site of Vanity Fair’s glamorous Oscar party. Recent reports said the star, who won an Oscar for “Network” in 1976 but has recently faded from the spotlight, is about to start on “Master Class,” which stars her as Maria Callas. Her agent, Ben Press, wouldn’t speak to us apart from a “No comment.”