Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Acting
🎂 1917-06-30 (57 years old at death)
✝️ 1975-03-14
📍 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
👤 Female
🎬 70 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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 ...
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Filmography (70 movies)

Filme Algarve
Filme Algarve
2025
as Lucy Overmire (archive footage)
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
2024
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 Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
1972
as Dr. Maggie Cole
The Revengers
The Revengers
1972
as Elizabeth Reilly
Heat of Anger
Heat of Anger
1972
as Jessie Fitzgerald
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
1967
as Helen Lawson
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
Valley of the Dolls: A World Premiere Voyage
1967
as Herself
The Honey Pot
The Honey Pot
1967
as Mrs. Sheridan
Uncertain Verification
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
Where Love Has Gone
Where Love Has Gone
1964
as Valerie Hayden Miller
Stolen Hours
Stolen Hours
1963
as Laura Pember
I Thank a Fool
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Christine Allison
Back Street
Back Street
1961
as Rae Smith
Ada
Ada
1961
as Ada Gillis
The Marriage-Go-Round
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961
as Content Delville
Woman Obsessed
Woman Obsessed
1959
as Mary Sharron
Thunder in the Sun
Thunder in the Sun
1959
as Gabrielle Dauphin
I Want to Live!
I Want to Live!
1958
as Barbara Graham
Top Secret Affair
Top Secret Affair
1957
as Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
The Conqueror
The Conqueror
1956
as Bortai
I'll Cry Tomorrow
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955
as Lillian Roth
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
1955
as Mrs. Jane Hoyt
Untamed
Untamed
1955
as Katie O'Neill
Garden of Evil
Garden of Evil
1954
as Leah Fuller
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954
as Messalina
White Witch Doctor
White Witch Doctor
1953
as Ellen Burton
The President's Lady
The President's Lady
1953
as Rachel Donaldson
The Lusty Men
The Lusty Men
1952
as Louise Merritt
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Helen Street
With a Song in My Heart
With a Song in My Heart
1952
as Jane Froman
David and Bathsheba
David and Bathsheba
1951
as Bathsheba
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
1951
as Harriet Boyd
Rawhide
Rawhide
1951
as Vinnie Holt
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
1951
as Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson
My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart
1950
as Eloise Winters
House of Strangers
House of Strangers
1949
as Irene Bennett
Tulsa
Tulsa
1949
as Cherokee Lansing
The Saxon Charm
The Saxon Charm
1948
as Janet Busch
Tap Roots
Tap Roots
1948
as Morna Dabney
The Lost Moment
The Lost Moment
1947
as Tina Bordereau
They Won't Believe Me
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Verna Carlson
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1947
as Angie Evans
Canyon Passage
Canyon Passage
1946
as Lucy Overmire
Deadline at Dawn
Deadline at Dawn
1946
as June Goffe
And Now Tomorrow
And Now Tomorrow
1944
as Janice Blair
The Hairy Ape
The Hairy Ape
1944
as Mildred Douglas
Skirmish on the Home Front
Skirmish on the Home Front
1944
as Molly Miller
The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Constance Chesley
Jack London
Jack London
1943
as Charmian Kittredge
Hit Parade of 1943
Hit Parade of 1943
1943
as Jill Wright
Young and Willing
Young and Willing
1943
as Kate Benson
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch
1942
as Estelle Masterson
The Forest Rangers
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Tana 'Butch' Mason
A Letter From Bataan
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Mrs. Mary Lewis
Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Drusilla Alston
Star Spangled Rhythm
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Genevieve in Priorities Skit
Among the Living
Among the Living
1941
as Millie Pickens
Sis Hopkins
Sis Hopkins
1941
as Carol Hopkins
Adam Had Four Sons
Adam Had Four Sons
1941
as Hester Stoddard
$1,000 a Touchdown
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939
as Betty McGlen
Our Leading Citizen
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as Judith Schofield
Beau Geste
Beau Geste
1939
as Isobel Rivers
Comet Over Broadway
Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Amateur Actress (uncredited)
Girls on Probation
Girls on Probation
1938
as Gloria Adams
The Sisters
The Sisters
1938
as Telephone operator
Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as Starlet at Table (uncredited)