Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was an American actress.

Susan Hayward

Born 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

  • 1959 - Won Best Actress in a Leading Role - I Want to Live!
  • 1956 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - I'll Cry Tomorrow
  • 1953 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - With a Song in My Heart
  • 1950 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - My Foolish Heart
  • 1948 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman

Hayward has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6251 Hollywood Blvd.


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Hayward has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6251 Hollywood Blvd. Married four times with three children, Hutton as of 2004 lives in Palm Springs. 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. However, after regaining control of her life, she went on to teach acting. Other major films included I'll Cry Tomorrow and I Want to Live!, for which she won the Oscar. Afterwards, Hutton had trouble with alcohol abuse, eventually attempting suicide, and had a nervous breakdown. In 1947 Hayward received the first of her five Academy Award nominations for Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. In 1967, she was signed for starring roles in Paramount westerns, but was fired shortly after the projects began.

She played a dramatic role in Among the Living, and a Southern belle in Reap the Wild Wind. Hutton worked in radio and toured in nightclubs, then appeared ontelevision through the 1960s. Although she didn't get that role, she won the role of the female lead in Beau Geste. Her status as a Hollywood star ended during contract disagreements with Paramount. She went to Hollywood in 1939, aiming to become the unknown who won the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. In 1942, she signed with Capitol Records, one of the first artists to do so, but was unhappy with their management, and signed with RCA. Born Edythe Marrenner in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career as a photographer's model. She made 14 films in 11 years during the 1940s and 1950s.

Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975) was an American actress. When DeSylva became a producer at Paramount Studios, Hutton acquired a starting role in Let's Face It in 1943. 1948 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman. DeSylva. 1950 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - My Foolish Heart. In 1939 she appeared in several muscial shorts, and appeared on Broadway in Panama Hattie and Two for the Show, produced by B.G. 1953 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - With a Song in My Heart. A few years later, she was scouted by orchestra leader Vincent Lopez, who gave Hutton her entre into entertainment.

1956 - Nominated Best Actress in a Leading Role - I'll Cry Tomorrow. As a teenager, she sang in several local bands, and at one point visited New York hoping to perform in Broadway, where she was rejected. 1959 - Won Best Actress in a Leading Role - I Want to Live!. Related troubles with the police kept the family on the move; eventually they moved to Detroit. Raised by a single mother, Hutton (along with her sister, Marion Hutton) started singing in the family's speakeasy at age 3. Betty Hutton, (born Elizabeth June Thornburg on February 26, 1921 in Battle Creek, Michigan) is an American actor, musician and comedienne.

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