Susan Hayward
Acting
1917-06-30 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
movieFilme Algarve
as Lucy Overmire (archive footage) · 2025 · 0.0
movieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage) · 2024 · 5.3
movieStorm in My Heart
as Self (archive footage) · 2018 · 0.0
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive) · 2009 · 0.0
movieGotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Helen Lawson (archive footage) · 2006 · 0.0
movieThe Divine Ms. Susann
as Self (archive footage) · 2006 · 0.0
movieThe Dish on Dolls
as Helen Lawson (archive footage) · 2006 · 0.0
movieBride of Trailer Camp
as (archive footage) · 2001 · 0.0
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage) · 1988 · 8.2
movieSay Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Maggie Cole · 1972 · 7.1
movieThe Revengers
as Elizabeth Reilly · 1972 · 5.7
movieHeat of Anger
as Jessie Fitzgerald · 1972 · 10.0
movieValley of the Dolls
as Helen Lawson · 1967 · 6.0
movieValley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
as Herself · 1967 · 5.0
movieThe Honey Pot
as Mrs. Sheridan · 1967 · 6.4
movieUncertain Verification
as (archive footage) · 1965 · 6.6
movieWhere Love Has Gone
as Valerie Hayden Miller · 1964 · 6.1
movieStolen Hours
as Laura Pember · 1963 · 5.9
movieI Thank a Fool
as Christine Allison · 1962 · 6.1
movieBack Street
as Rae Smith · 1961 · 5.6
movieAda
as Ada Gillis · 1961 · 6.5
movieThe Marriage-Go-Round
as Content Delville · 1961 · 4.4
movieWoman Obsessed
as Mary Sharron · 1959 · 6.6
movieThunder in the Sun
as Gabrielle Dauphin · 1959 · 5.6