Susan Hayward
Known for: Acting
Born: June 30, 1917
Died: March 14, 1975
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
76 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
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Filme Algarve
2025
5.3
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
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Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
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Storm in My Heart
2018
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
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Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
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The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
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The Dish on Dolls
2006NR
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
7.1
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
5.7
The Revengers
1972
10.0
Heat of Anger
1972
6.0
Valley of the Dolls
1967
5.0
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
6.5
The Honey Pot
1967
6.6
Uncertain Verification
1965
6.1
Where Love Has Gone
1964
5.9
Stolen Hours
1963
6.1
I Thank a Fool
1962
4.4
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
5.6
Back Street
1961
6.5
Ada
1961
4.4
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961
6.6
Woman Obsessed
1959
5.6
Thunder in the Sun
1959
7.0
I Want to Live!
1958
4.9
Top Secret Affair
1957
3.6
The Conqueror
1956
6.2
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955
6.0
Soldier of Fortune
1955
6.0
Untamed
1955
6.3
Garden of Evil
1954
6.5
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
6.5
White Witch Doctor
1953
6.9
The President's Lady
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.7
The Lusty Men
1952
5.9
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
6.1
With a Song in My Heart
1952
5.8
David and Bathsheba
1951
6.0
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
6.8
Rawhide
1951
6.7
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
6.6
My Foolish Heart
1950
7.0
House of Strangers
1949
6.3
Tulsa
1949
4.6
The Saxon Charm
1948
6.9
Tap Roots
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
6.2
The Lost Moment
1947
6.5
They Won't Believe Me
1947
6.4
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
6.7
Canyon Passage
1946
6.2
Deadline at Dawn
1946
6.0
And Now Tomorrow
1944
6.3
The Hairy Ape
194410.0
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
6.2
The Fighting Seabees
1944
6.1
Jack London
1943
5.7
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
5.8
Young and Willing
1943
6.9
I Married a Witch
1942
9.0
The Forest Rangers
1942
5.2
A Letter From Bataan
1942
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
6.2
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
6.1
Among the Living
1941
6.3
Sis Hopkins
1941
5.9
Adam Had Four Sons
1941
3.7
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
8.0
Our Leading Citizen
1939
7.0
Beau Geste
1939
5.7
Comet Over Broadway
1938
6.2
Girls on Probation
1938
6.1
The Sisters
1938
6.0
Campus Cinderella
1938
5.8
Hollywood Hotel
1938