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Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Birthday: 1917-06-30 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

as    Self (archive footage)

1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as    Self (archive footage)

1972
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

as    Dr. Maggie Cole

1972
The Revengers

as    Elizabeth Reilly

1972
Heat of Anger

as    Jessie Fitzgerald

1967
Valley of the Dolls

as    Helen Lawson

1967
The Honey Pot

as    Mrs. Sheridan

1965
Uncertain Verification

as    (archive footage)

1964
Where Love Has Gone

as    Valerie Hayden Miller

1963
Stolen Hours

as    Laura Pember

1962
I Thank a Fool

as    Christine Allison

1961
Ada

as    Ada Gillis

1961
The Marriage-Go-Round

as    Content Delville

1959
Thunder in the Sun

as    Gabrielle Dauphin

1959
Woman Obsessed

as    Mary Sharron

1958
I Want to Live!

as    Barbara Graham

1957
Top Secret Affair

as    Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale

1956
The Conqueror

as    Bortai

1955
Untamed

as    Katie O'Neill

1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow

as    Lillian Roth

1955
Soldier of Fortune

as    Mrs. Jane Hoyt

1954
Garden of Evil

as    Leah Fuller

1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators

as    Messalina

1953
White Witch Doctor

as    Ellen Burton

1953
The President's Lady

as    Rachel Donaldson

1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as    Helen Street

1952
The Lusty Men

as    Louise Merritt