Susan Hayward

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.

Most Known For

The Oscars

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

as Self

Back Street

as Rae Smith

Sis Hopkins

as Carol Hopkins

Woman Obsessed

as Mary Sharron

Tap Roots

as Morna Dabney

Valley of the Dolls

as Helen Lawson

I Want to Live!

as Barbara Graham

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

as Helen Street

I Married a Witch

as Estelle Masterson

Demetrius and the Gladiators

as Messalina

The Revengers

as Elizabeth Reilly

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Self (archive footage)

Reap the Wild Wind

as Drusilla Alston

Beau Geste

as Isobel Rivers

House of Strangers

as Irene Bennett

The Conqueror

as Bortai

Untamed

as Katie O'Neill