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Susan Hayward

Cast & creator

Susan Hayward

1917-06-30 (died at 57) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USAIMDb

Best known for The Ed Sullivan Show, The Oscars, MGM Parade

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.

Also known as: Сьюзен Хэйуорд, Edythe Marrenner

Movies

76

film credits

Series

4

television credits

Career

80

1938–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

6.3

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · 1948

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self · 1953

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Acting · 1955

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Self · 1955

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

Helen Lawson · 1967

Across film & television

Filmography (80)

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The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

MGM Parade

Self

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

Helen Lawson

Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen

Judith Schofield

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

Estelle Masterson

I Want to Live!

I Want to Live!

Barbara Graham

Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

Drusilla Alston

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Helen Street

Garden of Evil

Garden of Evil

Leah Fuller

Tap Roots

Tap Roots

Morna Dabney

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Messalina

House of Strangers

House of Strangers

Irene Bennett

David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

Bathsheba

They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me

Verna Carlson

Woman Obsessed

Woman Obsessed

Mary Sharron

Back Street

Back Street

Rae Smith

I'll Cry Tomorrow

I'll Cry Tomorrow

Lillian Roth

The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

Louise Merritt

The President's Lady

The President's Lady

Rachel Donaldson

Beau Geste

Beau Geste

Isobel Rivers

Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

Lucy Overmire

The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

Mrs. Sheridan

Adam Had Four Sons

Adam Had Four Sons

Hester Stoddard

Sis Hopkins

Sis Hopkins

Carol Hopkins

Where Love Has Gone

Where Love Has Gone

Valerie Hayden Miller

The Conqueror

The Conqueror

Bortai

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

Mrs. Jane Hoyt

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Dr. Maggie Cole

With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

Jane Froman

Rawhide

Rawhide

Vinnie Holt

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Angie Evans

The Lost Moment

The Lost Moment

Tina Bordereau

Thunder in the Sun

Thunder in the Sun

Gabrielle Dauphin

Tulsa

Tulsa

Cherokee Lansing

I Thank a Fool

I Thank a Fool

Christine Allison

Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

Self (archive footage)

Untamed

Untamed

Katie O'Neill

The Sisters

The Sisters

Telephone operator

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

Self (archive footage)

Top Secret Affair

Top Secret Affair

Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Self - Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Harriet Boyd

The Revengers

The Revengers

Elizabeth Reilly

And Now Tomorrow

And Now Tomorrow

Janice Blair

Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

Genevieve in Priorities Skit

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

Eloise Winters

The Dish on Dolls

The Dish on Dolls

Helen Lawson (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical

Self (archive)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Self (archive footage)

$1,000 a Touchdown

$1,000 a Touchdown

Betty McGlen

The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees

Constance Chesley

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson

Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'

Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'

Helen Lawson (archive footage)

Ada

Ada

Ada Gillis

The Marriage-Go-Round

The Marriage-Go-Round

Content Delville

The Divine Ms. Susann

Self (archive footage)

White Witch Doctor

White Witch Doctor

Ellen Burton

Young and Willing

Young and Willing

Kate Benson

Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn

June Goffe

Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

Starlet at Table (uncredited)

The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers

Tana 'Butch' Mason

Heat of Anger

Heat of Anger

Jessie Fitzgerald

Bride of Trailer Camp

(archive footage)

Skirmish on the Home Front

Molly Miller

A Letter From Bataan

A Letter From Bataan

Mrs. Mary Lewis

Among the Living

Among the Living

Millie Pickens

Girls on Probation

Girls on Probation

Gloria Adams

Stolen Hours

Stolen Hours

Laura Pember

Hit Parade of 1943

Hit Parade of 1943

Jill Wright

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

Herself

Comet Over Broadway

Comet Over Broadway

Amateur Actress (uncredited)

The Saxon Charm

The Saxon Charm

Janet Busch

The Hairy Ape

The Hairy Ape

Mildred Douglas

Uncertain Verification

Uncertain Verification

(archive footage)

Jack London

Jack London

Charmian Kittredge

Storm in My Heart

Self (archive footage)

Campus Cinderella

Campus Cinderella

Co-Ed

Filme Algarve

Filme Algarve

Lucy Overmire (archive footage)