Susan Hayward
Acting
Born June 30, 1917 · 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.
Films (73)
Filme Algarve
2025
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Storm in My Heart
2018
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
The Dish on Dolls
2006
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
The Revengers
1972
Heat of Anger
1972
Valley of the Dolls
1967
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
The Honey Pot
1967
Uncertain Verification
1965
Where Love Has Gone
1964
Stolen Hours
1963
I Thank a Fool
1962
Back Street
1961
Ada
1961
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961
Woman Obsessed
1959
Thunder in the Sun
1959
I Want to Live!
1958
Top Secret Affair
1957
The Conqueror
1956
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
Soldier of Fortune
1955
Untamed
1955
Garden of Evil
1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
White Witch Doctor
1953
The President's Lady
1953
The Lusty Men
1952
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
With a Song in My Heart
1952
David and Bathsheba
1951
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
Rawhide
1951
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
My Foolish Heart
1950
House of Strangers
1949
Tulsa
1949
The Saxon Charm
1948
Tap Roots
1948
The Lost Moment
1947
They Won't Believe Me
1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
Canyon Passage
1946
Deadline at Dawn
1946
And Now Tomorrow
1944
The Hairy Ape
1944
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
The Fighting Seabees
1944
Jack London
1943
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
Young and Willing
1943
I Married a Witch
1942
The Forest Rangers
1942
A Letter From Bataan
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
Among the Living
1941
Sis Hopkins
1941
Adam Had Four Sons
1941
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
Our Leading Citizen
1939
Beau Geste
1939
Comet Over Broadway
1938
Girls on Probation
1938
The Sisters
1938
Hollywood Hotel
1938