Faye Dunaway thought telling everything about bipolar disorder was ‘Catholic’

Dunaway went public with her mental health struggles in a new HBO documentary Faye and explained how she was given medication after being examined by doctors.

She added in a chat with The independent she now speaks publicly about the condition, as sharing has helped her ‘overcome’ and ‘understand’.

Her fellow acting veteran Bette Davis, who died in 1989 at the age of 81, told chat show veteran Johnny Carson that Dunaway was “impossible” and “uncooperative” on set.

Speaking to her Faye film, the Oscar winner said about her temperament: “I don’t mean to make an excuse for it, I am still responsible for my actions. But this is what I came to understand: this was the reason for them. It’s something you have to be aware of, you have to try to do the right thing to take care of it.”