Susan Hayward
Born June 30, 1917 (Age: 108)
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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
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as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
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Age: 89
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The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 88
The Dish on Dolls
2006
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as Helen Lawson (archive footage)
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Age: 88
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Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 83
Back Street
1961
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as Rae Smith
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Age: 44
Ada
1961
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as Ada Gillis
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Age: 44
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961
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as Content Delville
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Age: 43
Woman Obsessed
1959
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as Mary Sharron
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Age: 41
Thunder in the Sun
1959
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as Gabrielle Dauphin
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Age: 41
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
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as Messalina
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Age: 36
The Forest Rangers
1942
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as Tana 'Butch' Mason
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Age: 25
A Letter From Bataan
1942
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as Mrs. Mary Lewis
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Age: 25
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
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as Drusilla Alston
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Age: 24
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
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as Genevieve in Priorities Skit
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Age: 24
Among the Living
1941
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as Millie Pickens
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Age: 24
Sis Hopkins
1941
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as Carol Hopkins
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Age: 23
Adam Had Four Sons
1941
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as Hester Stoddard
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Age: 23