Susan Hayward

Hayward has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6251 Hollywood Blvd. Glynis Johns is regarded as one of the most beautiful women of all time and has been the subject of countless magazine covers and pin-up posters throughout her career. The brain cancer which took her life is traced by some back to her work in The Conqueror, filmed about 100 miles downwind of active Nevadan nuclear-weapon test sites, and in sets dressed with truckloads of dirt from the area. She has been married four times, including a marriage to Anthony Forwood, father of her son Gareth and the former manager to Sir Dirk Bogarde. Other major films included I'll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live!, for which she won the Oscar. Able to undertake any role and with a career spanning seven decades, Glynis Johns is often cited as the "complete actress". In 1947 Hayward received the first of her five Academy Award nominations for Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. She also is a trained pianist and singer.

She played a dramatic role in Among the Living, and a Southern belle in Reap the Wild Wind. Glynis Johns is an accomplished dancer, and was actually qualified to teach ballet at the age of ten. Although she didn't get that role, she won the role of the female lead in Beau Geste. The song, "Send in the Clowns", was written with her in mind, and in 1973 she won a Tony award for her role in the musical. She went to Hollywood in 1939, aiming to become the unknown who won the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. She has also appeared on television and on stage, most memorably in Stephen Sondheim's musical, A Little Night Music. Born Edythe Marrenner in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a photographer's model. Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins.

Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was an American actress. Another of her best known film roles was that of Mrs. 1948 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. She successfully made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in The Court Jester (1956) as Danny Kaye's love interest. 1950 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - My Foolish Heart. In 1944 she appeared opposite her father in Halfway House, and in 1948 starred as a mermaid in Miranda (film). 1953 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - With a Song in My Heart. She made her film debut in 1938, in the movie version of Winifred Holtby's novel, South Riding.

1956 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - I'll Cry Tomorrow. Her mother, Alys Steele, was a concert pianist and her son, Gareth Forwood, is an actor. 1959 - Won Best Actress in a Leading Role - I Want to Live!. She is the daughter of the actor, Mervyn Johns, and her roots are in west Wales, although she happened to be born in Pretoria, South Africa, while her parents were on tour there. Glynis Johns (born October 5, 1923) is a British stage and film actress and dancer.