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Aug 9, 2021 · PUBLISHED: June 23, 1985 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 9, 2021 at 12:31 p.m. Of the thousands of still photographs taken of Susan Hayward during her long movie career, one particularly...
Apr 9, 2024 · This stellar career was nearly undone by a particularly nasty and public divorce in 1955 from the actor Jess Barker, who she had been married to since 1944. Hayward testified to Barker’s abusive...
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- She Was An Imposter
- Her Life Was Exciting from Day One
- She Had A Bad Accident
- She Had Her Own “Twist”
- She Made The News
- She Was A Plus-Size Model
- She Loved The Movies
- Her Older Sister Was A Spotlight Hog
- She Was Naughty, Not Nice
- She Was The Most Dramatic
Susan Hayward wasn’t always, well, Susan Hayward. She was born in June 1917 as far away from the glitz and glam of Hollywood as one could get. Her birth name was actually Edythe Marrenner and her parents, Ellen and Walter Marrenner, were low-income laborers in New York City. Although she came from humble beginnings, Hayward was destined for so much...
Hayward’s life was pretty dramatic right from the get-go. It was full of unexpected twists and turns—some of them happy and some of them horrifying. Perhaps the most traumatic event of her childhood was when seven-year-old Hayward tried to innocently cross Snyder Avenue in New York City. In a split second, her life took a very unexpected turn... Fl...
While she was crossing the street, a vehicle appeared out of nowhere and struck Hayward with its full force. The consequences were unspeakable: Hayward suffered two broken legs and a fractured hip. But you know what they say, what doesn’t put you in the grave only makes you great. Or, more accurately, leaves you with a scar and a story for the rest...
Hayward spent months in a partial body cast, recovering at home, and afterward, emerged like a butterfly from a cocoon. But something had gone terribly wrong:Her bones had healed and resettled abnormally, leaving her with the distinctive “hip swivel” that made her so appealing on camera. Hayward made the best of the hand she'd been dealt—but fate w...
While most people would have been happy to collect disability for the rest of their life, Hayward never saw herself as a victim. She didn’t let her distinct walk keep her down. In fact, if anything, it encouraged her to walk more. At the age of 12, she got a paper route to help supplement the family income. But all of that exercise wasn’t working. ...
Delivering papers to her neighbors didn’t deliver the kind of drama that Hayward liked. So, she got another job that was a little more exciting—modeling. But it wasn’t all glamor.In fact, there wasn’t any glamor at all. In her own blunt words, Hayward modeled “dresses for fat 14-years-olds.” While the job wasn't exactly a dream come true, the aspir...
Hayward found the drama and excitement that she had always been looking for on the big screen. For as long as she could remember, she loved the movies. She would go to see double features at the local theater after school with her older brother, Walter Jr. But, where she was close with her brother, she wasn’t too keen on her older sister. Getty Ima...
Hayward recalled later in her life how her older sister stole all of her mother’s love and attention—and, worst of all, beat her to Broadway. She recalled that her mother never gave her any encouragement in her professional pursuits and how she always played second fiddle to her older sister, Florence. “Florence is pretty, Florence is the one,” she...
If Hayward thought that her mother showed more affection to her older, more beautiful sister, then she was probably right. Although, it doesn’t seem like their mother showed much affection at all. Allegedly, during the Great Depression, Hayward’s mother did something despicable:She gave her gift-wrapped lumps of coal. Thankfully, her days of playin...
Hayward found her own way to step out of her sister’s shadow and shine brightly. She acted in school plays and vaudeville acts and showed quite a bit of promise. Not surprisingly, her classmates gave her the distinction of “Most Dramatic” in the graduation yearbook. And there’s only one place for super dramatic people. Getty Images
Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, Hayward traveled to Hollywood in 1937 to audition for the role of Scarlett O'Hara.
LOS ANGELES, March 14 (AP)—Susan Hayward, the redhaired actress who won a 1958 Academy Award for her role in “I Want to Live,” died today at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 55 years...
Susan Hayward is a senior adviser for religion and inclusive societies at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Hayward leads the Institute’s efforts to understand religious dimensions of conflict and advance efforts engaging religious actors and organizations in peacebuilding.
Jan 1, 1986 · Based on ten years of exhaustive research and personal interviews with intimate sources including Hayward's older sister and close family friends - "Red" uncovers the dramatic details of Hayward's rise to stardom, her feverish romances, and the bitter sibling rivalry that destroyed her relationship with her family, and profoundly affected her ...
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