About
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...
Known for
MGM ParadeSeries • 1955
The Snows of KilimanjaroMovie • 1952
Beau GesteMovie • 1939
I Married a WitchMovie • 1942
Demetrius and the GladiatorsMovie • 1954
Valley of the DollsMovie • 1967
Garden of EvilMovie • 1954
I Want to Live!Movie • 1958
David and BathshebaMovie • 1951
House of StrangersMovie • 1949
RawhideMovie • 1951
Soldier of FortuneMovie • 1955
They Won't Believe MeMovie • 1947
The ConquerorMovie • 1956
Reap the Wild WindMovie • 1942
Canyon PassageMovie • 1946
Where Love Has GoneMovie • 1964
The Fighting SeabeesMovie • 1944
I'll Cry TomorrowMovie • 1955
TulsaMovie • 1949
The Honey PotMovie • 1967
The RevengersMovie • 1972
The Lusty MenMovie • 1952
Adam Had Four SonsMovie • 1941