Susan Hayward
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1917-06-30
- Died
- 1975-03-14
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Сьюзен Хэйуорд · Edythe Marrenner
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (73)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Drusilla Alston
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Helen Street
Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Helen Lawson
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
as Messalina
Tulsa
1949
as Cherokee Lansing
The Conqueror
1956
as Bortai
I Married a Witch
1942
as Estelle Masterson
I Want to Live!
1958
as Barbara Graham
Garden of Evil
1954
as Leah Fuller
Beau Geste
1939
as Isobel Rivers
Untamed
1955
as Katie O'Neill
Canyon Passage
1946
as Lucy Overmire
The Lusty Men
1952
as Louise Merritt
Rawhide
1951
as Vinnie Holt
The Revengers
1972
as Elizabeth Reilly
Adam Had Four Sons
1941
as Hester Stoddard
House of Strangers
1949
as Irene Bennett
Soldier of Fortune
1955
as Mrs. Jane Hoyt
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
as Angie Evans
David and Bathsheba
1951
as Bathsheba
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Constance Chesley
Tap Roots
1948
as Morna Dabney
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as June Goffe
Among the Living
1941
as Millie Pickens
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Verna Carlson
Woman Obsessed
1959
as Mary Sharron
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
as Lillian Roth
Where Love Has Gone
1964
as Valerie Hayden Miller
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
as Dr. Maggie Cole
Ada
1961
as Ada Gillis
White Witch Doctor
1953
as Ellen Burton
The Sisters
1938
as Telephone operator
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Starlet at Table (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Genevieve in Priorities Skit
And Now Tomorrow
1944
as Janice Blair
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
Young and Willing
1943
as Kate Benson
The Honey Pot
1967
as Mrs. Sheridan
Thunder in the Sun
1959
as Gabrielle Dauphin
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Christine Allison
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Tana 'Butch' Mason
Top Secret Affair
1957
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
Back Street
1961
as Rae Smith
Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Amateur Actress (uncredited)
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Jane Froman
The Hairy Ape
1944
as Mildred Douglas
The Saxon Charm
1948
as Janet Busch
The President's Lady
1953
as Rachel Donaldson
My Foolish Heart
1950
as Eloise Winters
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
as Jill Wright
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as Judith Schofield
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
as Herself
The Lost Moment
1947
as Tina Bordereau
Stolen Hours
1963
as Laura Pember
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
as Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Mrs. Mary Lewis
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
as Self (archive footage)
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
as Betty McGlen
Jack London
1943
as Charmian Kittredge
Heat of Anger
1972
as Jessie Fitzgerald
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
as Harriet Boyd
Sis Hopkins
1941
as Carol Hopkins
Girls on Probation
1938
as Gloria Adams
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
as Molly Miller
Storm in My Heart
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
as (archive footage)
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961
as Content Delville
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
The Dish on Dolls
2006
as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Filme Algarve
2025
as Lucy Overmire (archive footage)
About Susan Hayward
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… With 76 credits spanning from 1938 to 2025, Susan Hayward has appeared in 73 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Susan Hayward Movies
- Reap the Wild Wind (1942) — as Drusilla Alston
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) — as Helen Street
- Valley of the Dolls (1967) — as Helen Lawson
- Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) — as Messalina
- Tulsa (1949) — as Cherokee Lansing
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