About

Known credits:
69
Birthday:
1917-06-30
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Susan Hayward

Overview

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

Acting
2024 The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2018 Storm in My Heart Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical Actor Self (archive) N/A
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1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1972 Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole Actor Dr. Maggie Cole 59
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1972 The Revengers Actor Elizabeth Reilly 58
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1972 Heat of Anger Actor Jessie Fitzgerald N/A
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1967 Valley of the Dolls Actor Helen Lawson 59
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1967 Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage Actor Herself 59
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1967 The Honey Pot Actor Mrs. Sheridan 59
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1965 Uncertain Verification Actor (archive footage) 59
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1964 Where Love Has Gone Actor Valerie Hayden Miller 58
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1963 Stolen Hours Actor Laura Pember 58
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1962 I Thank a Fool Actor Christine Allison 59
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1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years Actor 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) 58
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1961 Back Street Actor Rae Smith 59
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1961 Ada Actor Ada Gillis 59
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1961 The Marriage-Go-Round Actor Content Delville 58
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1959 Woman Obsessed Actor Mary Sharron 59
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1959 Thunder in the Sun Actor Gabrielle Dauphin 58
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1958 I Want to Live! Actor Barbara Graham 60
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1957 Top Secret Affair Actor Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale 58
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1956 The Conqueror Actor Bortai 56
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1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow Actor Lillian Roth 59
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1955 Soldier of Fortune Actor Mrs. Jane Hoyt 59
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1955 Untamed Actor Katie O'Neill 59
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1954 Garden of Evil Actor Leah Fuller 59
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1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators Actor Messalina 59
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1953 White Witch Doctor Actor Ellen Burton 59
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1953 The President's Lady Actor Rachel Donaldson 59
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1952 The Lusty Men Actor Louise Merritt 60
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1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro Actor Helen Street 59
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1952 With a Song in My Heart Actor Jane Froman 58
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1951 David and Bathsheba Actor Bathsheba 58
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1951 I Can Get It for You Wholesale Actor Harriet Boyd 59
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1951 Rawhide Actor Vinnie Holt 59
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1951 I'd Climb the Highest Mountain Actor Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson 59
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1950 My Foolish Heart Actor Eloise Winters 59
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1949 House of Strangers Actor Irene Bennett 60
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1949 Tulsa Actor Cherokee Lansing 59
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1948 The Saxon Charm Actor Janet Busch 58
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1948 Tap Roots Actor Morna Dabney 59
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1947 The Lost Moment Actor Tina Bordereau 59
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1947 They Won't Believe Me Actor Verna Carlson 59
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1947 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Actor Angie Evans 59
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1946 Canyon Passage Actor Lucy Overmire 59
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1946 Deadline at Dawn Actor June Goffe 59
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1944 And Now Tomorrow Actor Janice Blair 59
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1944 The Hairy Ape Actor Mildred Douglas 59
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1944 Skirmish on the Home Front Actor Molly Miller N/A
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1944 The Fighting Seabees Actor Constance Chesley 59
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1943 Jack London Actor Charmian Kittredge 59
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1943 Hit Parade of 1943 Actor Jill Wright 58
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1943 Young and Willing Actor Kate Benson N/A
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1942 I Married a Witch Actor Estelle Masterson 61
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1942 The Forest Rangers Actor Tana 'Butch' Mason N/A
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1942 A Letter From Bataan Actor Mrs. Mary Lewis 58
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1942 Reap the Wild Wind Actor Drusilla Alston 59
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1942 Star Spangled Rhythm Actor Genevieve in Priorities Skit 59
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1941 Among the Living Actor Millie Pickens 59
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1941 Sis Hopkins Actor Carol Hopkins 59
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1941 Adam Had Four Sons Actor Hester Stoddard 58
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1939 $1,000 a Touchdown Actor Betty McGlen 58
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1939 Our Leading Citizen Actor Judith Schofield N/A
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1939 Beau Geste Actor Isobel Rivers 60
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1938 Comet Over Broadway Actor Amateur Actress (uncredited) 59
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1938 Girls on Probation Actor Gloria Adams 59
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1938 The Sisters Actor Telephone operator 58
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1938 Hollywood Hotel Actor Starlet at Table (uncredited) 58
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