Susan Hayward
Acting
Born: 1917-06-30 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Oscars
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MGM Parade
MGM Parade
Self
Valley of the Dolls
Helen Lawson
House of Strangers
Irene Bennett
Beau Geste
Isobel Rivers
Tap Roots
Morna Dabney
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Messalina
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Helen Street
I Married a Witch
Estelle Masterson
David and Bathsheba
Bathsheba
The Lusty Men
Louise Merritt
Woman Obsessed
Mary Sharron
Back Street
Rae Smith
The Conqueror
Bortai
My Foolish Heart
Eloise Winters
Reap the Wild Wind
Drusilla Alston
The Honey Pot
Mrs. Sheridan
The Fighting Seabees
Constance Chesley
Soldier of Fortune
Mrs. Jane Hoyt
Canyon Passage
Lucy Overmire
Untamed
Katie O'Neill
The Revengers
Elizabeth Reilly
Rawhide
Vinnie Holt
The President's Lady
Rachel Donaldson
Sis Hopkins
Carol Hopkins
I Want to Live!
Barbara Graham
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
The Lost Moment
Tina Bordereau
Deadline at Dawn
June Goffe
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Lillian Roth
Hollywood Hotel
Starlet at Table (uncredited)
Garden of Evil
Leah Fuller
Top Secret Affair
Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
The Forest Rangers
Tana 'Butch' Mason
Tulsa
Cherokee Lansing
They Won't Believe Me
Verna Carlson
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)