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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-06-30

Day of Death

1975-03-14 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Сьюзен Хэйуорд

Edythe Marrenner

Susan Hayward

Biography

Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress. After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 when open auditions were held for the leading role in Gone With the Wind (1939). Although she was not selected, she secured a film contract, and played several small supporting roles over the next few years. By the late 1940s the quality of her film roles had improved, and she achieved recognition for her dramatic abilities with the first of five Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her performance as an alcoholic in Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947). Her career continued successfully through the 1950s and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of death row inmate Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! (1958). By this time, Hayward was married and living in Georgia and her film appearances became infrequent, although she continued acting in film and television until 1972. She died in 1975 following a long battle with brain cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Susan Hayward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Valley of the Dolls

1967

Valley of the Dolls

as

Helen Lawson

House of Strangers

1949

House of Strangers

as

Irene Bennett

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as

Helen Street

Tap Roots

1948

Tap Roots

as

Morna Dabney

The Fighting Seabees

1944

The Fighting Seabees

as

Constance Chesley

Jack London

1943

Jack London

as

Charmian Kittredge

The Conqueror

1956

The Conqueror

as

Bortai

I Married a Witch

1942

I Married a Witch

as

Estelle Masterson

They Won't Believe Me

1947

They Won't Believe Me

as

Verna Carlson

Deadline at Dawn

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as

June Goffe

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955

I'll Cry Tomorrow

as

Lillian Roth

I Want to Live!

1958

I Want to Live!

as

Barbara Graham

Garden of Evil

1954

Garden of Evil

as

Leah Fuller

David and Bathsheba

1951

David and Bathsheba

as

Bathsheba

Beau Geste

1939

Beau Geste

as

Isobel Rivers

Among the Living

1941

Among the Living

as

Millie Pickens

Back Street

1961

Back Street

as

Rae Smith

Canyon Passage

1946

Canyon Passage

as

Lucy Overmire

Rawhide

1951

Rawhide

as

Vinnie Holt

The Lusty Men

1952

The Lusty Men

as

Louise Merritt

The Honey Pot

1967

The Honey Pot

as

Mrs. Sheridan

Hollywood Hotel

1938

Hollywood Hotel

as

Starlet at Table (uncredited)

Soldier of Fortune

1955

Soldier of Fortune

as

Mrs. Jane Hoyt

Reap the Wild Wind

1942

Reap the Wild Wind

as

Drusilla Alston

Untamed

1955

Untamed

as

Katie O'Neill

With a Song in My Heart

1952

With a Song in My Heart

as

Jane Froman

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

1951

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

as

Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson

The Lost Moment

1947

The Lost Moment

as

Tina Bordereau

Where Love Has Gone

1964

Where Love Has Gone

as

Valerie Hayden Miller

The President's Lady

1953

The President's Lady

as

Rachel Donaldson

I Thank a Fool

1962

I Thank a Fool

as

Christine Allison

Tulsa

1949

Tulsa

as

Cherokee Lansing

Adam Had Four Sons

1941

Adam Had Four Sons

as

Hester Stoddard

Young and Willing

1943

Young and Willing

as

Kate Benson

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

as

Genevieve in Priorities Skit

My Foolish Heart

1950

My Foolish Heart

as

Eloise Winters

The Marriage-Go-Round

1961

The Marriage-Go-Round

as

Content Delville

Uncertain Verification

1965

Uncertain Verification

as

(archive footage)

The Hairy Ape

1944

The Hairy Ape

as

Mildred Douglas

And Now Tomorrow

1944

And Now Tomorrow

as

Janice Blair

White Witch Doctor

1953

White Witch Doctor

as

Ellen Burton

Thunder in the Sun

1959

Thunder in the Sun

as

Gabrielle Dauphin

The Saxon Charm

1948

The Saxon Charm

as

Janet Busch

Ada

1961

Ada

as

Ada Gillis

Top Secret Affair

1957

Top Secret Affair

as

Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale

Sis Hopkins

1941

Sis Hopkins

as

Carol Hopkins

Girls on Probation

1938

Girls on Probation

as

Gloria Adams

Woman Obsessed

1959

Woman Obsessed

as

Mary Sharron

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

1972

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

as

Dr. Maggie Cole

Stolen Hours

1963

Stolen Hours

as

Laura Pember

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as

'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)

Skirmish on the Home Front

1944

Skirmish on the Home Front

as

Molly Miller

The Forest Rangers

1942

The Forest Rangers

as

Tana 'Butch' Mason

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

as

Self (archive footage)

The Sisters

1938

The Sisters

as

Telephone operator

A Letter From Bataan

1942

A Letter From Bataan

as

Mrs. Mary Lewis

$1,000 a Touchdown

1939

$1,000 a Touchdown

as

Betty McGlen

Comet Over Broadway

1938

Comet Over Broadway

as

Amateur Actress (uncredited)

Hit Parade of 1943

1943

Hit Parade of 1943

as

Jill Wright

Our Leading Citizen

1939

Our Leading Citizen

as

Judith Schofield

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as

Self (archive footage)

The Revengers

1972

The Revengers

as

Elizabeth Reilly

Heat of Anger

1972

Heat of Anger

as

Jessie Fitzgerald

Storm in My Heart

2018

Storm in My Heart

as

Self (archive footage)

Bride of Trailer Camp

2001

Bride of Trailer Camp

as

(Archival)

Production

Crew

Directing