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Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Actor Jun 30 (died age 57) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 1938–2025 (87 year career)
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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 o…

Known For

I Married a Witch
Film

I Married a Witch

Estelle Masterson
I Want to Live!
Film

I Want to Live!

Barbara Graham
Beau Geste
Film

Beau Geste

Isobel Rivers
House of Strangers
Film

House of Strangers

Irene Bennett
The Lusty Men
Film

The Lusty Men

Louise Merritt
Valley of the Dolls
Film

Valley of the Dolls

Helen Lawson
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Film

Demetrius and the Gladiators

Messalina
Canyon Passage
Film

Canyon Passage

Lucy Overmire

Filmography

Acting (76)

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Movies (73)

Filme Algarve

Filme Algarve

2025

as Lucy Overmire (archive footage)

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024

as Self (archive footage)

5.3
Storm in My Heart

Storm in My Heart

2018

as Self (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

2009

as Self (archive)

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

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

2006

as Helen Lawson (archive footage)

The Dish on Dolls

The Dish on Dolls

2006

as Helen Lawson (archive footage)

The Divine Ms. Susann

The Divine Ms. Susann

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Bride of Trailer Camp

Bride of Trailer Camp

2001

as (archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Heat of Anger

Heat of Anger

1972

as Jessie Fitzgerald

The Revengers

The Revengers

1972

as Elizabeth Reilly

5.7
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

1972

as Dr. Maggie Cole

6.8
Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

1967

as Helen Lawson

6.0
The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

1967

as Mrs. Sheridan

6.4
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage

1967

as Herself

5.0
Uncertain Verification

Uncertain Verification

1965

as (archive footage)

6.6
Where Love Has Gone

Where Love Has Gone

1964

as Valerie Hayden Miller

5.9
Stolen Hours

Stolen Hours

1963

as Laura Pember

5.6
I Thank a Fool

I Thank a Fool

1962

as Christine Allison

5.5
Back Street

Back Street

1961

as Rae Smith

5.5
Ada

Ada

1961

as Ada Gillis

6.4
The Marriage-Go-Round

The Marriage-Go-Round

1961

as Content Delville

3.8
Woman Obsessed

Woman Obsessed

1959

as Mary Sharron

6.3
Thunder in the Sun

Thunder in the Sun

1959

as Gabrielle Dauphin

5.5
I Want to Live!

I Want to Live!

1958

as Barbara Graham

6.9
Top Secret Affair

Top Secret Affair

1957

as Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale

4.3
The Conqueror

The Conqueror

1956

as Bortai

3.5
Untamed

Untamed

1955

as Katie O'Neill

5.5
I'll Cry Tomorrow

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955

as Lillian Roth

6.1
Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

1955

as Mrs. Jane Hoyt

5.9
Garden of Evil

Garden of Evil

1954

as Leah Fuller

6.1
Demetrius and the Gladiators

Demetrius and the Gladiators

1954

as Messalina

6.4
White Witch Doctor

White Witch Doctor

1953

as Ellen Burton

6.3
The President's Lady

The President's Lady

1953

as Rachel Donaldson

6.8
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952

as Louise Merritt

6.7
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

as Helen Street

5.9
With a Song in My Heart

With a Song in My Heart

1952

as Jane Froman

5.9
David and Bathsheba

David and Bathsheba

1951

as Bathsheba

5.7
Rawhide

Rawhide

1951

as Vinnie Holt

6.7
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

1951

as Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson

6.6
I Can Get It for You Wholesale

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

1951

as Harriet Boyd

5.8
My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

1950

as Eloise Winters

6.4
House of Strangers

House of Strangers

1949

as Irene Bennett

7.0
Tulsa

Tulsa

1949

as Cherokee Lansing

6.3
Tap Roots

Tap Roots

1948

as Morna Dabney

6.7
The Saxon Charm

The Saxon Charm

1948

as Janet Busch

3.8
The Lost Moment

The Lost Moment

1947

as Tina Bordereau

6.1
They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me

1947

as Verna Carlson

6.5
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

1947

as Angie Evans

6.1
Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn

1946

as June Goffe

6.3
Canyon Passage

Canyon Passage

1946

as Lucy Overmire

6.6
And Now Tomorrow

And Now Tomorrow

1944

as Janice Blair

5.7
Skirmish on the Home Front

Skirmish on the Home Front

1944

as Molly Miller

The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees

1944

as Constance Chesley

6.2
The Hairy Ape

The Hairy Ape

1944

as Mildred Douglas

5.6
Jack London

Jack London

1943

as Charmian Kittredge

5.7
Young and Willing

Young and Willing

1943

as Kate Benson

4.8
Hit Parade of 1943

Hit Parade of 1943

1943

as Jill Wright

5.2
The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers

1942

as Tana 'Butch' Mason

Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

1942

as Drusilla Alston

6.4
I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

1942

as Estelle Masterson

6.8
Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

as Genevieve in Priorities Skit

6.0
A Letter From Bataan

A Letter From Bataan

1942

as Mrs. Mary Lewis

4.5
Sis Hopkins

Sis Hopkins

1941

as Carol Hopkins

6.0
Among the Living

Among the Living

1941

as Millie Pickens

6.0
Adam Had Four Sons

Adam Had Four Sons

1941

as Hester Stoddard

5.8
Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939

as Isobel Rivers

6.9
$1,000 a Touchdown

$1,000 a Touchdown

1939

as Betty McGlen

2.0
Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen

1939

as Judith Schofield

6.0
Comet Over Broadway

Comet Over Broadway

1938

as Amateur Actress (uncredited)

5.0
The Sisters

The Sisters

1938

as Telephone operator

5.8
Girls on Probation

Girls on Probation

1938

as Gloria Adams

5.9
Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

1938

as Starlet at Table (uncredited)

5.4