Susan Hayward
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA — Jun 30 1917• Died Mar 14 1975
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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 pe…
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The Oscars
Self
MGM Parade
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Messalina
Reap the Wild Wind
Drusilla Alston
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
The Conqueror
Bortai
Tulsa
Cherokee Lansing
Valley of the Dolls
Helen Lawson
The Lusty Men
Louise Merritt
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Lillian Roth
I Married a Witch
Estelle Masterson
The Honey Pot
Mrs. Sheridan
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Helen Street
Soldier of Fortune
Mrs. Jane Hoyt
I Want to Live!
Barbara Graham
House of Strangers
Irene Bennett
Ada
Ada Gillis
Tap Roots
Morna Dabney
Untamed
Katie O'Neill
Rawhide
Vinnie Holt
Woman Obsessed
Mary Sharron
Beau Geste
Isobel Rivers
White Witch Doctor
Ellen Burton
Among the Living
Millie Pickens
Back Street
Rae Smith
Hollywood Hotel
Starlet at Table (uncredited)
I Thank a Fool
Christine Allison
David and Bathsheba
Bathsheba
Stolen Hours
Laura Pember
The Hairy Ape
Mildred Douglas
Hit Parade of 1943
Jill Wright
The Saxon Charm
Janet Busch
The Forest Rangers
Tana 'Butch' Mason
The President's Lady
Rachel Donaldson
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
Garden of Evil
Leah Fuller
Deadline at Dawn
June Goffe
Star Spangled Rhythm
Genevieve in Priorities Skit
Girls on Probation
Gloria Adams
The Lost Moment
Tina Bordereau
Where Love Has Gone
Valerie Hayden Miller
The Fighting Seabees
Constance Chesley
The Sisters
Telephone operator
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Harriet Boyd
Canyon Passage
Lucy Overmire
Comet Over Broadway
Amateur Actress (uncredited)
The Revengers
Elizabeth Reilly
The Marriage-Go-Round
Content Delville
Adam Had Four Sons
Hester Stoddard
They Won't Believe Me
Verna Carlson
$1,000 a Touchdown
Betty McGlen
With a Song in My Heart
Jane Froman
And Now Tomorrow
Janice Blair
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Dr. Maggie Cole
My Foolish Heart
Eloise Winters
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
Heat of Anger
Jessie Fitzgerald
Thunder in the Sun
Gabrielle Dauphin
Sis Hopkins
Carol Hopkins
Our Leading Citizen
Judith Schofield
Young and Willing
Kate Benson
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Herself
Bride of Trailer Camp
(archive footage)
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
Self (archive footage)
Jack London
Charmian Kittredge
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Angie Evans
Top Secret Affair
Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
A Letter From Bataan
Mrs. Mary Lewis
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
Helen Lawson (archive footage)
Skirmish on the Home Front
Molly Miller
Storm in My Heart
Self (archive footage)
The Dish on Dolls
Helen Lawson (archive footage)
The Divine Ms. Susann
Self (archive footage)
Filme Algarve
Lucy Overmire (archive footage)