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

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

The Oscars

Valley of the Dolls

Beau Geste

I Married a Witch

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

All Movies (73)

• Filme Algarve2025 · as Lucy Overmire (archive footage)
• The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Storm in My Heart2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical2009 · as Self (archive)
• Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'2006 · as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
• The Divine Ms. Susann2006 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Dish on Dolls2006 · as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
• Bride of Trailer Camp2001 · as (archive footage)
• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole1972 · as Dr. Maggie Cole
• The Revengers1972 · as Elizabeth Reilly
• Heat of Anger1972 · as Jessie Fitzgerald
• Valley of the Dolls1967 · as Helen Lawson
• Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage1967 · as Herself
• The Honey Pot1967 · as Mrs. Sheridan
• Uncertain Verification1965 · as (archive footage)
• Where Love Has Gone1964 · as Valerie Hayden Miller
• Stolen Hours1963 · as Laura Pember
• I Thank a Fool1962 · as Christine Allison
• Back Street1961 · as Rae Smith
• Ada1961 · as Ada Gillis
• The Marriage-Go-Round1961 · as Content Delville
• Woman Obsessed1959 · as Mary Sharron
• Thunder in the Sun1959 · as Gabrielle Dauphin
• I Want to Live!1958 · as Barbara Graham
• Top Secret Affair1957 · as Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
• The Conqueror1956 · as Bortai
• I'll Cry Tomorrow1955 · as Lillian Roth
• Soldier of Fortune1955 · as Mrs. Jane Hoyt
• Untamed1955 · as Katie O'Neill
• Garden of Evil1954 · as Leah Fuller
• Demetrius and the Gladiators1954 · as Messalina
• White Witch Doctor1953 · as Ellen Burton
• The President's Lady1953 · as Rachel Donaldson
• The Lusty Men1952 · as Louise Merritt
• The Snows of Kilimanjaro1952 · as Helen Street
• With a Song in My Heart1952 · as Jane Froman
• David and Bathsheba1951 · as Bathsheba
• I Can Get It for You Wholesale1951 · as Harriet Boyd
• Rawhide1951 · as Vinnie Holt
• I'd Climb the Highest Mountain1951 · as Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
• My Foolish Heart1950 · as Eloise Winters
• House of Strangers1949 · as Irene Bennett
• Tulsa1949 · as Cherokee Lansing
• The Saxon Charm1948 · as Janet Busch
• Tap Roots1948 · as Morna Dabney
• The Lost Moment1947 · as Tina Bordereau
• They Won't Believe Me1947 · as Verna Carlson
• Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman1947 · as Angie Evans
• Canyon Passage1946 · as Lucy Overmire
• Deadline at Dawn1946 · as June Goffe
• And Now Tomorrow1944 · as Janice Blair
• The Hairy Ape1944 · as Mildred Douglas
• Skirmish on the Home Front1944 · as Molly Miller
• The Fighting Seabees1944 · as Constance Chesley
• Jack London1943 · as Charmian Kittredge
• Hit Parade of 19431943 · as Jill Wright
• Young and Willing1943 · as Kate Benson
• I Married a Witch1942 · as Estelle Masterson
• The Forest Rangers1942 · as Tana 'Butch' Mason
• A Letter From Bataan1942 · as Mrs. Mary Lewis
• Reap the Wild Wind1942 · as Drusilla Alston
• Star Spangled Rhythm1942 · as Genevieve in Priorities Skit
• Among the Living1941 · as Millie Pickens
• Sis Hopkins1941 · as Carol Hopkins
• Adam Had Four Sons1941 · as Hester Stoddard
• $1,000 a Touchdown1939 · as Betty McGlen
• Our Leading Citizen1939 · as Judith Schofield
• Beau Geste1939 · as Isobel Rivers
• Comet Over Broadway1938 · as Amateur Actress (uncredited)
• Girls on Probation1938 · as Gloria Adams
• The Sisters1938 · as Telephone operator
• Hollywood Hotel1938 · as Starlet at Table (uncredited)

All TV Shows (4)

• MGM Parade1955
• MGM Parade1955 · as Self
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self