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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.
Cause of Death: Seizure. City: Brooklyn, New York City. U.S. State: New Yorkers. You wanted to know. 1. What were some of Susan Hayward's most famous movies? Some of Susan Hayward's most famous movies include "I Want to Live!", "With a Song in My Heart", and "My Foolish Heart". 2.
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 transit worker) and Ellen (Pearson ...
On March 14 1975 actress Susan Hayward died a few months shy of her 58th birthday; the cause of death was multiple cancerous and inoperable brain tumors. She was buried about 40 miles west of Atlanta (20 miles from the Alabama state line) in Carrollton Georgia with her second husband Floyd Eaton Chalkley a wealthy lawyer and businessman who’d ...
By this time, Hayward was married and living in Georgia and her film appearances became infrequent, although she continued acting in film and television until 1972. She died in 1975 following a long battle with brain cancer.
Susan Hayward was diagnosed with multiple brain tumors in 1973 -- some say as a result of filming The Conqueror (1956, starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan) near a nuclear test site in Utah -- and died in 1975.
