- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 30, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- March 14, 1975
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 infr…
Filmography
movieFilme Algarve
2025 · Lucy Overmire (archive footage)
movieThe Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
movieStorm in My Heart
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Self (archive)
movieGotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006 · Helen Lawson (archive footage)
The Divine Ms. Susann
movieThe Divine Ms. Susann
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Dish on Dolls
2006 · Helen Lawson (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
movieBride of Trailer Camp
2001 · (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieSay Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972 · Dr. Maggie Cole
movieThe Revengers
1972 · Elizabeth Reilly
movieHeat of Anger
1972 · Jessie Fitzgerald
movieValley of the Dolls
1967 · Helen Lawson
movieValley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967 · Herself
movieThe Honey Pot
1967 · Mrs. Sheridan
movieUncertain Verification
1965 · (archive footage)
movieWhere Love Has Gone
1964 · Valerie Hayden Miller
movieStolen Hours
1963 · Laura Pember
movieI Thank a Fool
1962 · Christine Allison
movieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBack Street
1961 · Rae Smith
movieAda
1961 · Ada Gillis
movieThe Marriage-Go-Round
1961 · Content Delville
movieWoman Obsessed
1959 · Mary Sharron
movieThunder in the Sun
1959 · Gabrielle Dauphin
movieI Want to Live!
1958 · Barbara Graham
movieTop Secret Affair
1957 · Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
movieThe Conqueror
1956 · Bortai
movieI'll Cry Tomorrow
1955 · Lillian Roth
tvMGM Parade
1955 · , Self
movieSoldier of Fortune
1955 · Mrs. Jane Hoyt
movieUntamed
1955 · Katie O'Neill
movieGarden of Evil
1954 · Leah Fuller
movieDemetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · Messalina
movieWhite Witch Doctor
1953 · Ellen Burton
movieThe President's Lady
1953 · Rachel Donaldson
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieThe Lusty Men
1952 · Louise Merritt
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952 · Helen Street
movieWith a Song in My Heart
1952 · Jane Froman
movieDavid and Bathsheba
1951 · Bathsheba
movieI Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951 · Harriet Boyd
movieRawhide
1951 · Vinnie Holt
movieI'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951 · Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
movieMy Foolish Heart
1950 · Eloise Winters
movieHouse of Strangers
1949 · Irene Bennett
movieTulsa
1949 · Cherokee Lansing
movieThe Saxon Charm
1948 · Janet Busch
movieTap Roots
1948 · Morna Dabney
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieThe Lost Moment
1947 · Tina Bordereau
movieThey Won't Believe Me
1947 · Verna Carlson
movieSmash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947 · Angie Evans
movieCanyon Passage
1946 · Lucy Overmire
movieDeadline at Dawn
1946 · June Goffe
movieAnd Now Tomorrow
1944 · Janice Blair
movieThe Hairy Ape
1944 · Mildred Douglas
Skirmish on the Home Front
movieSkirmish on the Home Front
1944 · Molly Miller
movieThe Fighting Seabees
1944 · Constance Chesley
movieJack London
1943 · Charmian Kittredge
movieHit Parade of 1943
1943 · Jill Wright
movieYoung and Willing
1943 · Kate Benson
movieI Married a Witch
1942 · Estelle Masterson
movieThe Forest Rangers
1942 · Tana 'Butch' Mason
movieA Letter From Bataan
1942 · Mrs. Mary Lewis
movieReap the Wild Wind
1942 · Drusilla Alston
movieStar Spangled Rhythm
1942 · Genevieve in Priorities Skit
movieAmong the Living
1941 · Millie Pickens
movieSis Hopkins
1941 · Carol Hopkins
movieAdam Had Four Sons
1941 · Hester Stoddard
movie$1,000 a Touchdown
1939 · Betty McGlen
movieOur Leading Citizen
1939 · Judith Schofield
movieBeau Geste
1939 · Isobel Rivers
movieComet Over Broadway
1938 · Amateur Actress (uncredited)
movieGirls on Probation
1938 · Gloria Adams
movieThe Sisters
1938 · Telephone operator
movieHollywood Hotel
1938 · Starlet at Table (uncredited)