
Susan Hayward
Acting
Born: 1917-06-30 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1975-03-14
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
🎬 Movies (30)

Filme Algarve
2025
Lucy Overmire (archive footage)

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
Self (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
2018
Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
Self (archive)

Gotta Get Off This Merry-Go-Round: 'Valley of the Dolls'
2006
Helen Lawson (archive footage)
The Divine Ms. Susann
2006
Self (archive footage)

The Dish on Dolls
2006
Helen Lawson (archive footage)
Bride of Trailer Camp
2001
(archive footage)

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
Self (archive footage)

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
Dr. Maggie Cole

The Revengers
1972
Elizabeth Reilly

Heat of Anger
1972
Jessie Fitzgerald

Valley of the Dolls
1967
Helen Lawson

The Honey Pot
1967
Mrs. Sheridan

Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
Herself

Uncertain Verification
1965
(archive footage)

Where Love Has Gone
1964
Valerie Hayden Miller

Stolen Hours
1963
Laura Pember

I Thank a Fool
1962
Christine Allison

Back Street
1961
Rae Smith

The Marriage-Go-Round
1961
Content Delville

Ada
1961
Ada Gillis

Thunder in the Sun
1959
Gabrielle Dauphin

Woman Obsessed
1959
Mary Sharron

I Want to Live!
1958
Barbara Graham

Top Secret Affair
1957
Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale

The Conqueror
1956
Bortai

I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
Lillian Roth

Soldier of Fortune
1955
Mrs. Jane Hoyt

Untamed
1955
Katie O'Neill


