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      • Hayward had her first breakthrough in the part of Isobel in Beau Geste (1939) opposite Gary Cooper and Ray Milland.
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  1. 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.

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  3. Susan Hayward was the American actress best known for her passionate fictional portrayals of the dramatic lives of real people. But, given the dramatics of her own life, Hayward made for a compelling character herself—and her life would have made for a great movie. Read these facts and find out how Hayward claimed her crown as Hollywood’s ...

  4. May 18, 2006 · Hayward earned her first Academy Award nomination in 1947 for Smash-up: The Story of a Woman and a second in 1949 for My Foolish Heart. In 1950 she visited Georgia for the first time to film an adaptation of Corra Harris’s autobiographical novel, The Circuit Rider’s Wife (1910).

  5. Jul 11, 2017 · Hayward was Oscar nominated for that performance in 1955 — her fourth nomination — but she wouldn’t win the prize until 1958, for an equally intense portrayal of another real-life woman,...

  6. Susan Hayward was an American actress who started as a fashion model and then moved to Hollywood to act in films. This biography profiles her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline.

  7. In 1958 she gave the performance of her lifetime as real-life California killer Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! (1958) , who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the gas chamber. Susan was absolutely riveting in her portrayal of the doomed woman.

  8. Classic cinema has its fair share of captivating redheads and Susan Hayward is certainly one of them. Remembered today for her strong dramatic performances, Susan’s career in Hollywood almost came to an end after a failed audition for Gone with the Wind (1939).

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