Susan Hayward (Actor)

Reviews of Susan Hayward Movies

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Movies starring Susan Hayward have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 60%.

Beau Geste - released in 1939 - is Susan Hayward's highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 46 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Susan Hayward is The Conqueror - released in 1956 - with a score of 27% based on 42 reviews.

Actor 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.

Susan Hayward has acted in films with Robert Preston, John George, Keith Richards and John Wayne.

Susan Hayward has worked with these film directors: Henry King, Henry Hathaway, Stuart Heisler and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.