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Susan Hayward was an American actress and model. She was best known for her work in films that were based on true stories.
Birth Name
Edythe Marrenner
Born
Saturday, 30 June 1917
Died
Friday, 14 March 1975
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Sunset Over Mulholland Drive | Ada Gillis | 2019 |
| The Green Fog | Valerie Hayden Miller | 2018 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Bathsheba | 2005 |
| Isn't She Great | Helen Lawson in 'Valley of the Dolls' | 2000 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Unzipped | Helen Lawson | 1995 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Jill Wright (clip from Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)) | 1991 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Sunset Over Mulholland Drive | Ada Gillis | 2019 |
| The Green Fog | Valerie Hayden Miller | 2018 |
| The Naked Archaeologist | Bathsheba | 2005 |
| Isn't She Great | Helen Lawson in 'Valley of the Dolls' | 2000 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Unzipped | Helen Lawson | 1995 |
| The Republic Pictures Story | Jill Wright (clip from Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)) | 1991 |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self / (archive footage) | 1988 |
| Biography | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Sixty Years of Seduction | Self | 1981 |
| Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole | Dr. Maggie Cole | 1972 |
| The Revengers | Elizabeth Reilly | 1972 |
| Valley of the Dolls | Helen Lawson | 1968 |
| The Honey Pot | Mrs. Sheridan | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase | (archive footage) | 1965 |
| Where Love Has Gone | Valerie Hayden Miller | 1964 |
| Stolen Hours | Laura Pember | 1963 |
| I Thank a Fool | Christine Allison aka Garden / Christine Allison | 1962 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test | 1961 |
| Back Street | Rae Smith | 1961 |
| Ada | Ada Gillis | 1961 |
| The Marriage-Go-Round | Content Delville | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Woman Obsessed | Mary Sharron | 1959 |
| Thunder in the Sun | Gabrielle Dauphin | 1959 |
| I Want to Live! | Barbara Graham | 1958 |
| Top Secret Affair | Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale | 1957 |
| The Conqueror | Bortai | 1956 |
| I'll Cry Tomorrow | Lillian Roth | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | Lillian Roth / Lillian Roth in 'I'll Cry Tomorrow' / Self - Guest | 1955 |
| Untamed | Katie O'Neill / Katie O'Neill Kildare | 1955 |
| Soldier of Fortune | Mrs. Jane Hoyt / Jane Hoyt | 1955 |
| Climax! | Self | 1954 |
| Garden of Evil | Leah Fuller | 1954 |
| Demetrius and the Gladiators | Messalina | 1954 |
| White Witch Doctor | Ellen Burton | 1953 |
| The President's Lady | Rachel Donelson / Rachel Donaldson | 1953 |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Helen / Helen Street | 1952 |
| The Lusty Men | Louise Merritt | 1952 |
| With a Song in My Heart | Jane Froman | 1952 |
| David and Bathsheba | Bathsheba | 1951 |
| I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Harriet Boyd | 1951 |
| Rawhide | Vinnie Holt | 1951 |
| I'd Climb the Highest Mountain | Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson | 1951 |
| My Foolish Heart | Eloise Winters | 1949 |
| House of Strangers | Irene Bennett | 1949 |
| Tulsa | Cherokee Lansing | 1949 |
| The Saxon Charm | Janet Busch | 1948 |
| Tap Roots | Morna Dabney | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Lost Moment | Tina Bordereau | 1947 |
| They Won't Believe Me | Verna Carlson | 1947 |
| Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman | Angie Evans | 1947 |
| Canyon Passage | Lucy Overmire | 1946 |
| Deadline at Dawn | June Goffe / June Goth | 1946 |
| And Now Tomorrow | Janice Blair | 1944 |
| The Hairy Ape | Mildred Douglas | 1944 |
| Skirmish on the Home Front | Molly Miller | 1944 |
| The Fighting Seabees | Constance Chesley | 1944 |
| Jack London | Charmian Kittredge | 1943 |
| Hit Parade of 1943 | Jill Wright | 1943 |
| Young and Willing | Kate Benson | 1943 |
| I Married a Witch | Estelle Masterson | 1942 |
| The Forest Rangers | Tana 'Butch' Mason | 1942 |
| A Letter from Bataan | Mrs. Mary Lewis | 1942 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Drusilla Alston | 1942 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Genevieve in Priorities Skit | 1942 |
| Among the Living | Millie Pickens | 1941 |
| Sis Hopkins | Carol Hopkins | 1941 |
| Adam Had Four Sons | Hester Stoddard | 1941 |
| $1000 a Touchdown | Betty McGlen | 1939 |
| Our Leading Citizen | Judith Schofield | 1939 |
| Beau Geste | Isobel Rivers | 1939 |
| Comet Over Broadway | Amateur Actress | 1938 |
| Girls on Probation | Gloria Adams | 1938 |
| The Sisters | Telephone Operator | 1938 |
| Campus Cinderella | Co-Ed | 1938 |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Patient | 1938 |
| Hollywood Hotel | Starlet at Table | 1937 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1959 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1959 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Won |
| 1956 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1953 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1953 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Won |
| 1950 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1948 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
