Susan Hayward
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 30, 1917
- Died
- March 14, 1975
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Filme Algarve 2025
as Lucy Overmire (archive footage)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout 2024
as Self (archive footage)
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests 2020
as Self (archive footage)
- Storm in My Heart
Storm in My Heart 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical 2009
as Self (archive)
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls' 2006
as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
The Dish on Dolls 2006
as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
- The Divine Ms. Susann
The Divine Ms. Susann 2006
as Self (archive footage)
- Bride of Trailer Camp
Bride of Trailer Camp 2001
as (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988
as Self (archive footage)
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole 1972
as Dr. Maggie Cole
The Revengers 1972
as Elizabeth Reilly
Heat of Anger 1972
as Jessie Fitzgerald
Valley of the Dolls 1967
as Helen Lawson
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage 1967
as Herself
The Honey Pot 1967
as Mrs. Sheridan
Uncertain Verification 1965
as (archive footage)
Where Love Has Gone 1964
as Valerie Hayden Miller
Stolen Hours 1963
as Laura Pember
I Thank a Fool 1962
as Christine Allison
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 1961
as Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Back Street 1961
as Rae Smith
Ada 1961
as Ada Gillis
The Marriage-Go-Round 1961
as Content Delville
Woman Obsessed 1959
as Mary Sharron
Thunder in the Sun 1959
as Gabrielle Dauphin
I Want to Live! 1958
as Barbara Graham
Top Secret Affair 1957
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
The Conqueror 1956
as Bortai
I'll Cry Tomorrow 1955
as Lillian Roth
Soldier of Fortune 1955
as Mrs. Jane Hoyt
Untamed 1955
as Katie O'Neill
Garden of Evil 1954
as Leah Fuller
Demetrius and the Gladiators 1954
as Messalina
White Witch Doctor 1953
as Ellen Burton
The President's Lady 1953
as Rachel Donaldson
The Lusty Men 1952
as Louise Merritt
The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952
as Helen Street
With a Song in My Heart 1952
as Jane Froman
David and Bathsheba 1951
as Bathsheba
I Can Get It for You Wholesale 1951
as Harriet Boyd
Rawhide 1951
as Vinnie Holt
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain 1951
as Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
My Foolish Heart 1950
as Eloise Winters
House of Strangers 1949
as Irene Bennett
Tulsa 1949
as Cherokee Lansing
The Saxon Charm 1948
as Janet Busch
Tap Roots 1948
as Morna Dabney
The Lost Moment 1947
as Tina Bordereau
They Won't Believe Me 1947
as Verna Carlson
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 1947
as Angie Evans
Canyon Passage 1946
as Lucy Overmire
Deadline at Dawn 1946
as June Goffe
And Now Tomorrow 1944
as Janice Blair
The Hairy Ape 1944
as Mildred Douglas
- Skirmish on the Home Front
Skirmish on the Home Front 1944
as Molly Miller
The Fighting Seabees 1944
as Constance Chesley
Jack London 1943
as Charmian Kittredge
Hit Parade of 1943 1943
as Jill Wright
Young and Willing 1943
as Kate Benson
I Married a Witch 1942
as Estelle Masterson
The Forest Rangers 1942
as Tana 'Butch' Mason
A Letter From Bataan 1942
as Mrs. Mary Lewis
Reap the Wild Wind 1942
as Drusilla Alston
Star Spangled Rhythm 1942
as Genevieve in Priorities Skit
Among the Living 1941
as Millie Pickens
Sis Hopkins 1941
as Carol Hopkins
Adam Had Four Sons 1941
as Hester Stoddard
$1,000 a Touchdown 1939
as Betty McGlen
Our Leading Citizen 1939
as Judith Schofield
Beau Geste 1939
as Isobel Rivers
Comet Over Broadway 1938
as Amateur Actress (uncredited)
Girls on Probation 1938
as Gloria Adams
The Sisters 1938
as Telephone operator
Campus Cinderella 1938
as Co-Ed
Hollywood Hotel 1938
as Starlet at Table (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.