Susan Hayward

Acting Jun 30, 1917 Mar 14, 1975 (aged 58) 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.

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77 Acting Credits

Susan Hayward

Acting

I Married a Witch

Valley of the Dolls

I Want to Live!

Beau Geste

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Lusty Men

Garden of Evil

Demetrius and the Gladiators

House of Strangers

The Oscars

David and Bathsheba

Canyon Passage

The Honey Pot

Rawhide

Reap the Wild Wind

The Conqueror

The Fighting Seabees

They Won't Believe Me

The Revengers

Deadline at Dawn

Soldier of Fortune

Among the Living

I'll Cry Tomorrow

Tulsa