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Susan Hayward

​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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Born:
Jun 30, 1917 In Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
65
First Appeared:
In the movie Hollywood Hotel 1938-01-15
Latest Project:
Movie Radium Girls 2020-10-23
Known For
Filmography
Movie Radium Girls Etta 2020-10-23
Movie The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Self (archive footage) 1988-10-01
Movie The Revengers Elizabeth Reilly 1972-06-21
Movie Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole Dr. Maggie Cole 1972-09-27
Movie The Honey Pot Mrs. Sheridan 1967-05-21
Movie Valley of the Dolls Helen Lawson 1967-12-27
Movie Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage Herself 1967-12-20
Movie Uncertain Verification (archive footage) 1965-04-30
Movie Hollywood My Home Town Self (archive footage) 1965-12-31
Movie Where Love Has Gone Valerie Hayden Miller 1964-11-02
Movie Stolen Hours Laura Pember 1963-10-02
Movie I Thank a Fool Christine Allison 1962-09-14
Movie The Marriage-Go-Round Content Delville 1961-01-06
Movie Ada Ada Gillis 1961-08-25
Movie Hollywood: The Selznick Years 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) 1961-12-31
Movie Back Street Rae Smith 1961-10-11
Movie Thunder in the Sun Gabrielle Dauphin 1959-04-08
Movie Woman Obsessed Mary Sharron 1959-05-27
Movie I Want to Live! Barbara Graham 1958-11-18
Movie Top Secret Affair Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale 1957-01-30
Movie The Conqueror Bortai 1956-03-28
Movie Untamed Katie O'Neill 1955-03-01
Movie Soldier of Fortune Mrs. Jane Hoyt 1955-05-24
Movie I'll Cry Tomorrow Lillian Roth 1955-12-25
Movie Demetrius and the Gladiators Messalina 1954-06-16
Movie Garden of Evil Leah Fuller 1954-07-09
Movie The President's Lady Rachel Donaldson 1953-05-21
Movie White Witch Doctor Ellen Burton 1953-07-01
Movie With a Song in My Heart Jane Froman 1952-04-03
Movie The Lusty Men Louise Merritt 1952-10-24
Movie The Snows of Kilimanjaro Helen Street 1952-10-08
Movie Rawhide Vinnie Holt 1951-03-25
Movie I'd Climb the Highest Mountain Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson 1951-02-17
Movie I Can Get It for You Wholesale Harriet Boyd 1951-04-05
Movie David and Bathsheba Bathsheba 1951-08-10
Movie My Foolish Heart Eloise Winters 1950-01-19
Movie Tulsa Cherokee Lansing 1949-04-13
Movie House of Strangers Irene Bennett 1949-07-01
Movie Tap Roots Morna Dabney 1948-08-25
Movie The Saxon Charm Janet Busch 1948-09-28
Movie Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Angie Evans 1947-03-01
Movie They Won't Believe Me Verna Carlson 1947-07-16
Movie The Lost Moment Tina Bordereau 1947-11-21
Movie Deadline at Dawn June Goffe 1946-03-18
Movie Canyon Passage Lucy Overmire 1946-07-17
Movie The Fighting Seabees Constance Chesley 1944-01-27
Movie And Now Tomorrow Janice Blair 1944-11-22
Movie The Hairy Ape Mildred Douglas 1944-07-02
Movie Young and Willing Kate Benson 1943-02-05
Movie Hit Parade of 1943 Jill Wright 1943-03-26
Movie Jack London Charmian Kittredge 1943-12-24
Movie Star Spangled Rhythm Genevieve in Priorities Skit 1942-03-05
Movie Reap the Wild Wind Drusilla Alston 1942-03-26
Movie The Forest Rangers Tana 'Butch' Mason 1942-10-21
Movie I Married a Witch Estelle Masterson 1942-10-30
Movie Sis Hopkins Carol Hopkins 1941-04-12
Movie Adam Had Four Sons Hester Stoddard 1941-03-27
Movie Among the Living Millie Pickens 1941-12-12
Movie Our Leading Citizen Judith Schofield 1939-08-23
Movie Beau Geste Isobel Rivers 1939-07-24
Movie $1,000 a Touchdown Betty McGlen 1939-10-04
Movie Hollywood Hotel Starlet at Table (uncredited) 1938-01-15
Movie The Sisters Telephone operator 1938-10-14
Movie Girls on Probation Gloria Adams 1938-10-22
Movie Comet Over Broadway Amateur Actress (uncredited) 1938-12-03