Search results
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.
Mar 15, 1975 · 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 old....
Mar 15, 1975 · Susan Hayward, the flame-haired Oscar-winning actress who was in more than 50 motion pictures, died Friday in her Beverly Hills home. She was 57. Miss Hayward died of a seizure due to a malignant...
Jun 27, 2024 · Hayward’s death from cancer was attributed by several writers to her having acted in the 1956 film The Conqueror, which was filmed close to the atomic testing range at Yucca Flat, Nevada; 91 members of that cast and crew later got cancer, including costar John Wayne and director Dick Powell.
On 14 March 1975, after a three year struggle against the disease, Susan died at her Hollywood home. Susan Hayward was laid to rest in a grave adjacent that of her husband Eaton Chalkley in the peace of Carrollton, Georgia where they had spent several happy years together in life.
Hayward, Susan (c. 1917–1975) American actress who, after four Academy Award nominations, finally won an Oscar for her performance in I Want to Live! Born Edythe Marrener in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917 (also seen as 1918 and 1919); died in Los Angeles, California, on March 14, 1975; second daughter and third child of Walter (a ...
May 18, 2006 · Susan Hayward received an Academy Award for her portrayal of convicted murderer Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! (1958). Hayward, a native of New York, moved to Carrollton with her husband in the late 1950s and remained until her death in 1975.
Apr 9, 2024 · Soon after recovering. Hayward was found in the bedroom of another actor, Donald Barry, by Barry’s girlfriend Jil Jarmyn. Hayward attacked Jarmyn after a row broke out and she was insulted.
Was diagnosed with brain cancer, allegedly the result of being exposed to dangerous radioactive toxins on location in Utah while making The Conqueror (1956). All the leads; John Wayne, Agnes Moorehead, John Hoyt, Pedro Armendáriz, Hayward, and director Dick Powell, died of cancer. The case is still a scandal. Quotes.
Hayward, Susan (1918-1975) After some years of apprenticeship, stardom and the first of five Oscar nominations came to former photographer's model Susan Hayward with Smash-Up—The Story of a Woman (1947).