Susan HaywardSusan Hayward (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was an American actress. Susan HaywardBorn Edythe Marrenner in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a photographer's model. She went to Hollywood in 1939, aiming to become the unknown who won the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Although she didn't get that role, she won the role of the female lead in Beau Geste. She played a dramatic role in Among the Living, and a Southern belle in Reap the Wild Wind. In 1947 Hayward received the first of her five Academy Award nominations for Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. Other major films included I'll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live!, for which she won the Oscar. 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. Academy Awards and Nominations
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Hayward has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6251 Hollywood Blvd. She is a registered Republican who appeared at the 1988 Republican Convention and sang the National Anthem. 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. Despite several separations (she filed then withdrew a divorce petition in 2002), they remain married. Other major films included I'll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live!, for which she won the Oscar. Divorcing Cassidy, she married one-time comic Marty Ingels on November 13, 1977. In 1947 Hayward received the first of her five Academy Award nominations for Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. Shirley and David both starred in The Partridge Family. She played a dramatic role in Among the Living, and a Southern belle in Reap the Wild Wind. She married actor Jack Cassidy on August 5, 1956, with whom she had 3 sons, Shaun, Patrick and Ryan; David Cassidy became her stepson. Although she didn't get that role, she won the role of the female lead in Beau Geste. She starred in several movies such as Oklahoma!, Carousel, The Music Man, and won an Academy Award as a girl corrupted by Burt Lancaster, who then takes revenge upon him in Elmer Gantry. She went to Hollywood in 1939, aiming to become the unknown who won the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Before starring in The Partridge Family, Shirley was already a famous singer and actress. Born Edythe Marrenner in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a photographer's model. An only child, she was named after Shirley Temple. Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was an American actress. Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania) is an actress who starred in the television series The Partridge Family. 1948 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. 1950 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - My Foolish Heart. 1953 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - With a Song in My Heart. 1956 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - I'll Cry Tomorrow. 1959 - Won Best Actress in a Leading Role - I Want to Live!. |