Actor

Susan Hayward

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Very extensive acting filmography.

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Movies: 70Series: 3

TMDB ID: 30124

IMDb ID: nm0001333

Known for: Acting

Born: June 30, 1917

Died: March 14, 1975

Age: 57

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1938 - 2025

Years active: 88

Average TMDB rating: 6.3

Wikidata: Q248837

Also known as

Сьюзен Хэйуорд • Edythe Marrenner

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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.