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 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.
Filmography (77 titles)
MovieFilme Algarve
Lucy Overmire (archive footage) · 2025
5.3MovieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage) · 2024
Storm in My Heart
Self (archive footage) · 2018
MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive) · 2009
MovieGotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Helen Lawson (archive footage) · 2006
The Divine Ms. Susann
Self (archive footage) · 2006
MovieThe Dish on Dolls
Helen Lawson (archive footage) · 2006
Bride of Trailer Camp
(archive footage) · 2001
8.2MovieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage) · 1988
7.1MovieSay Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Maggie Cole · 1972
5.7MovieThe Revengers
Elizabeth Reilly · 1972
10.0MovieHeat of Anger
Jessie Fitzgerald · 1972
6.0MovieValley of the Dolls
Helen Lawson · 1967
5.0MovieValley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Herself · 1967
6.4MovieThe Honey Pot
Mrs. Sheridan · 1967
6.6MovieUncertain Verification
(archive footage) · 1965
6.1MovieWhere Love Has Gone
Valerie Hayden Miller · 1964
5.9MovieStolen Hours
Laura Pember · 1963
6.1MovieI Thank a Fool
Christine Allison · 1962
4.4MovieHollywood: The Selznick Years
Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1961
5.6MovieBack Street
Rae Smith · 1961
6.5MovieAda
Ada Gillis · 1961
4.4MovieThe Marriage-Go-Round
Content Delville · 1961
6.6MovieWoman Obsessed
Mary Sharron · 1959
5.6MovieThunder in the Sun
Gabrielle Dauphin · 1959
6.9MovieI Want to Live!
Barbara Graham · 1958
4.9MovieTop Secret Affair
Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale · 1957
3.6MovieThe Conqueror
Bortai · 1956
6.2MovieI'll Cry Tomorrow
Lillian Roth · 1955
7.5ShowMGM Parade
1955