Susan Hayward
Acting
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
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movieFilme Algarve
2025
Lucy Overmire (archive footage)
movieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Self (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Self (archive)
movieGotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
Helen Lawson (archive footage)
The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Dish on Dolls
2006
Helen Lawson (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
(archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Self (archive footage)
movieSay Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
Dr. Maggie Cole
movieThe Revengers
1972
Elizabeth Reilly
movieHeat of Anger
1972
Jessie Fitzgerald
movieValley of the Dolls
1967
Helen Lawson
movieThe Honey Pot
1967
Mrs. Sheridan
movieUncertain Verification
1965
(archive footage)
movieWhere Love Has Gone
1964
Valerie Hayden Miller
movieStolen Hours
1963
Laura Pember
movieI Thank a Fool
1962
Christine Allison
movieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBack Street
1961
Rae Smith
movieAda
1961
Ada Gillis
movieThe Marriage-Go-Round
1961
Content Delville
movieWoman Obsessed
1959
Mary Sharron
movieThunder in the Sun
1959
Gabrielle Dauphin
movieI Want to Live!
1958
Barbara Graham
movieTop Secret Affair
1957
Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
movieThe Conqueror
1956
Bortai
movieI'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
Lillian Roth
tvMGM Parade
1955
Self
movieSoldier of Fortune
1955
Mrs. Jane Hoyt
movieUntamed
1955
Katie O'Neill
movieGarden of Evil
1954
Leah Fuller
movieWhite Witch Doctor
1953
Ellen Burton
movieThe President's Lady
1953
Rachel Donaldson
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieThe Lusty Men
1952
Louise Merritt
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
Helen Street
movieWith a Song in My Heart
1952
Jane Froman
movieDavid and Bathsheba
1951
Bathsheba
movieI Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
Harriet Boyd
movieRawhide
1951
Vinnie Holt
movieI'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
movieMy Foolish Heart
1950
Eloise Winters
movieHouse of Strangers
1949
Irene Bennett
movieTulsa
1949
Cherokee Lansing
movieThe Saxon Charm
1948
Janet Busch
movieTap Roots
1948
Morna Dabney
movieThe Lost Moment
1947
Tina Bordereau
movieThey Won't Believe Me
1947
Verna Carlson
movieSmash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
Angie Evans
movieCanyon Passage
1946
Lucy Overmire
movieDeadline at Dawn
1946
June Goffe
movieAnd Now Tomorrow
1944
Janice Blair
movieThe Hairy Ape
1944
Mildred Douglas
movieThe Fighting Seabees
1944
Constance Chesley
movieJack London
1943
Charmian Kittredge
movieHit Parade of 1943
1943
Jill Wright
movieYoung and Willing
1943
Kate Benson
movieI Married a Witch
1942
Estelle Masterson
movieThe Forest Rangers
1942
Tana 'Butch' Mason
movieA Letter From Bataan
1942
Mrs. Mary Lewis
movieReap the Wild Wind
1942
Drusilla Alston
movieStar Spangled Rhythm
1942
Genevieve in Priorities Skit
movieAmong the Living
1941
Millie Pickens
movieSis Hopkins
1941
Carol Hopkins
movieAdam Had Four Sons
1941
Hester Stoddard
movie$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
Betty McGlen
movieOur Leading Citizen
1939
Judith Schofield
movieBeau Geste
1939
Isobel Rivers
movieComet Over Broadway
1938
Amateur Actress (uncredited)
movieGirls on Probation
1938
Gloria Adams
movieThe Sisters
1938
Telephone operator
movieHollywood Hotel
1938
Starlet at Table (uncredited)