Susan Hayward
Biography
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.
Known For
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Oscars
1953
MGM Parade
1955
MGM Parade
1955
Valley of the Dolls
1967
I Want to Live!
1958
I Married a Witch
1942
Garden of Evil
1954
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
Tap Roots
1948
Filmography
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
MGM Parade
· 1955
MGM Parade
as Self · 1955
Valley of the Dolls
as Helen Lawson · 1967
I Want to Live!
as Barbara Graham · 1958
I Married a Witch
as Estelle Masterson · 1942
Garden of Evil
as Leah Fuller · 1954
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
as Helen Street · 1952
Demetrius and the Gladiators
as Messalina · 1954
Reap the Wild Wind
as Drusilla Alston · 1942
Tap Roots
as Morna Dabney · 1948
Beau Geste
as Isobel Rivers · 1939
House of Strangers
as Irene Bennett · 1949
Our Leading Citizen
as Judith Schofield · 1939
David and Bathsheba
as Bathsheba · 1951
The Conqueror
as Bortai · 1956
The Lusty Men
as Louise Merritt · 1952
The Fighting Seabees
as Constance Chesley · 1944
They Won't Believe Me
as Verna Carlson · 1947
The Honey Pot
as Mrs. Sheridan · 1967
Canyon Passage
as Lucy Overmire · 1946
I'll Cry Tomorrow
as Lillian Roth · 1955
Back Street
as Rae Smith · 1961
Woman Obsessed
as Mary Sharron · 1959
Soldier of Fortune
as Mrs. Jane Hoyt · 1955
Where Love Has Gone
as Valerie Hayden Miller · 1964
The Revengers
as Elizabeth Reilly · 1972
The Lost Moment
as Tina Bordereau · 1947
Adam Had Four Sons
as Hester Stoddard · 1941
Rawhide
as Vinnie Holt · 1951
The President's Lady
as Rachel Donaldson · 1953
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1961
Thunder in the Sun
as Gabrielle Dauphin · 1959
Young and Willing
as Kate Benson · 1943
Sis Hopkins
as Carol Hopkins · 1941
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Angie Evans · 1947
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
as Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson · 1951
The Marriage-Go-Round
as Content Delville · 1961
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
as Dr. Maggie Cole · 1972
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
as Self (archive footage) · 2024
With a Song in My Heart
as Jane Froman · 1952
My Foolish Heart
as Eloise Winters · 1950
White Witch Doctor
as Ellen Burton · 1953
Untamed
as Katie O'Neill · 1955
The Dish on Dolls
as Helen Lawson (archive footage) · 2006
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive) · 2009
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage) · 1988
The Forest Rangers
as Tana 'Butch' Mason · 1942
Top Secret Affair
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale · 1957
Star Spangled Rhythm
as Genevieve in Priorities Skit · 1942
I Thank a Fool
as Christine Allison · 1962
The Sisters
as Telephone operator · 1938
And Now Tomorrow
as Janice Blair · 1944
Deadline at Dawn
as June Goffe · 1946
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
as Harriet Boyd · 1951
Ada
as Ada Gillis · 1961
Bride of Trailer Camp
as (archive footage) · 2001
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Betty McGlen · 1939
Skirmish on the Home Front
as Molly Miller · 1944
The Hairy Ape
as Mildred Douglas · 1944
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
as Helen Lawson (archive footage) · 2006
Tulsa
as Cherokee Lansing · 1949
Hit Parade of 1943
as Jill Wright · 1943
The Divine Ms. Susann
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. Mary Lewis · 1942
Jack London
as Charmian Kittredge · 1943
Hollywood Hotel
as Starlet at Table (uncredited) · 1938
Heat of Anger
as Jessie Fitzgerald · 1972
The Saxon Charm
as Janet Busch · 1948
Comet Over Broadway
as Amateur Actress (uncredited) · 1938
Among the Living
as Millie Pickens · 1941
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
as Herself · 1967
Girls on Probation
as Gloria Adams · 1938
Stolen Hours
as Laura Pember · 1963
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage) · 1965
Storm in My Heart
as Self (archive footage) · 2018
Campus Cinderella
as Co-Ed · 1938
Filme Algarve
as Lucy Overmire (archive footage) · 2025