* 30.06.1917, Brooklyn / New York (City), USA † 14.03.1975, Beverly Hills, California, USA

1937 Fotomodell in New York * 1938 Filmdebüt * 1939 Vertrag bei Paramount * ab 1949 bei 20th Century-Fox * einer der führenden Stars der 50er Jahre * 1959 Gründung der Produktionsfirma Carrollton Productions * 1968 Bühnendebüt in Mame (Las Vegas) * in 70er Jahren auch Fernseharbeit * stirbt mit 57 Jahren an einem Gehirntumor

FILMS (excluding | ohne bits)

Girls on Probation (1938-USA * William McGann / Gloria Adams)
Beau Geste (Drei Fremdenlegionäre, 1939-USA * William A. Wellman / Isobel Rivers)
Our Leading Citizen (1939-USA * Alfred Santell / Judith Schofield)
$ 1,000 a Touchdown (1939-USA * James P. Hogan / Betty McGlen)
Adam Had Four Sons (Adam hatte vier Söhne, 1940-USA * Gregory Ratoff / Hester Stoddard)
Sis Hopkins (1941-USA * Joseph Santley / Carol Hopkins)
Among the Living (Zum Leben verdammt, 1941-USA * Stuart Heisler / Millie Pickens)
Reap the Wild Wind (Piraten im Karibischen Meer, 1941/42-USA * Cecil B. DeMille / Drusilla Alston)
The Forest Rangers (Lodernde Flammen, 1942-USA * George Marshall / Tana Mason)
I Married a Witch (Meine Frau, die Hexe, 1942-USA * René Clair / Estelle Masterson)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942-USA * George Marshall / Gaststar)
Young and Willing (1942/43-USA * Edward H. Griffith / Kate Benson)
Hit Parade of 1943 / Change of Heart (1943-USA * Albert S. Rogell / Jill Wright)
Jack London / The Adventures of Jack London (1943-USA * Alfred Santell / Charmain Kittredge)
The Fighting Seabees (Alarm im Pazifik, 1944-USA * Edward Ludwig / Constance Chesley)
The Hairy Ape (1944-USA * Alfred Santell / Mildred Douglas)
And Now Tomorrow (Der Morgen gehört uns, 1944-USA * Irving Pichel / Janice Blair)
Deadline at Dawn (1945-USA * Harold Clurman / June Goth)
# Canyon Passage (Feuer am Horizont, 1945-USA; R: Jacques Tourneur, B: Ernest Pascal, K: Edward Cronjager, ML: Frank Skinner, D: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, SH-Lucy Overmire) 93m-Western (Roman von Ernest Haycox) (08-12; 4607)
Smash-up, the Story of a Woman (1947-USA * Stuart Heisler / Angelica Evans)
They Won't Believe Me (1947-USA * Irving Pichel / Verna Carlson)
The Lost Moment (Briefe aus dem Jenseits, 1947-USA * Martin Gabel / Tina Bordereau)
Tap Roots (Tal der Leidenschaften, 1948-USA * George Marshall / Morna Dabney)
The Saxon Charm (1948-USA * Claude Binyon / Janet Busch)
Tulsa (Tulsa, 1948-USA * Stuart Heisler / Cherokee Lansing)
House of Strangers (Blutsfeindschaft, 1949-USA * Joseph L. Mankiewicz / Irene Bennett)
My Foolish Heart (Angst vor der Schande, 1948/49-USA * Mark Robson / Eloise Winters)
Rawhide (Zwei in der Falle, 1950-USA * Henry Hathaway / Vinnie Holt)
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1950-USA * Henry King / Mary Elizabeth Eden Thompson)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale / Only the Best (1951-USA * Michael Gordon / Harriet Boyd)
David and Bathsheba (David und Bathseba, 1951-USA * Henry King / Baths/h/eba)
With a Song in My Heart (Mit einem Lied im Herzen, 1951-USA * Walter Lang / Jane Froman)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Schnee am Kilimandscharo, 1952-USA * Henry King / Helen)
The Lusty Men (The Lusty Men, 1952-USA * Nicholas Ray / Louise Merritt)
The President's Lady (Gefährtin (m)eines Lebens, 1952-USA * Henry Levin / Rachel)
White Witch Doctor (Weiße Frau am Kongo, 1952/53-USA * Henry Hathaway / Ellen Burton)
Demetrius and the Gladiators (Die Gladiatoren, 1953-USA * Delmer Daves / Messalina)
Garden of Evil (Der Garten des Bösen, 1954-USA * Henry Hathaway / Leah Fuller)
The Conqueror (Der Eroberer, 1954-USA * R: Dick Powell, B: Oscar Millard, K: Joseph LaShelle, Leo Tover, Harry J. Wild, William Snyder, M: Victor Young, D: John Wayne, SH-Bortai) 111m-Abenteuer
Untamed (Die Unbezähmbaren, 1954-USA * Henry King / Katie O'Neill)
Soldier of Fortune (Treffpunkt Hongkong, 1954/55-USA * Edward Dmytryk / Jane Hoyt)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (Und morgen werd' ich weinen, 1955-USA * Daniel Mann / Lillian Roth)
Top Secret Affair (Charmant und süß - aber ein Biest, 1956-USA * H.C. Potter / Dorothy "Dottie" Peale)
# I Want to Live! (Laßt mich leben, 1958-USA; R: Robert Wise, B: Nelson Gidding, Don M. Mankiewicz, K: Lionel Lindon, M/ML: John/Johnny Mandel, D: SH-Barbara Graham, Simon Oakland) 120m-Justizdrama
Woman Obsessed (Ungebändigt, 1958/59-USA * Henry Hathaway / Mary Sharron)
Thunder in the Sun (Donner in der Sonne, 1959-USA * Russell Rouse / Gabrielle Dauphin)
The Marriage-Go-Round (Ehekarussell, 1960-USA * Walter Lang / Content Delville)
Back Street (Endstation Paris, 1961-USA * David Miller / Rae Smith)
Ada (Ada Dallas, 1961-USA; R: Daniel Mann, B: Arthur Sheekman, William Driskill, K: Joseph Ruttenberg, M: Bronislau Kaper, D: SH-Ada, Dean Martin) 107/9m-Drama /Roman von Wirt Williams/
I Thank a Fool (Das Geheimnis der grünen Droge, 1961/62-GB * Robert Stevens / Christine Allison)
# The Stolen Hours (1962-USA/GB * Daniel Petrie ... Laura Pember) (Bühnenstück von George Emerson Brewer, Jr. & Bertram Bloch) (6310)
Where Love Has Gone (Wohin die Liebe führt, 1964-USA * Edward Dmytryk / Valerie Hayden Miller)
The Honey Pot (Venedig sehen - und erben..., 1965/66-USA * Joseph L. Mankiewicz / Mrs. Sheridan)
Valley of the Dolls (Das Tal der Puppen, 1967-USA * Mark Robson / Helen Lawson)
The Revengers (Revengers, 1971-USA/MEX * Daniel Mann / Elizabeth Reilly)

AWARDS

Golden Globe für With a Song in My Heart (beste Darstellerin – Kategorie Musical/Komödie, 1953)
Darstellerpreis für I'll Cry Tomorrow [Filmfestspiele Cannes 1956]
New York Film Critics Circle Award für I Want to Live ! (beste Darstellerin, 1958)
Academy Award (Oscar) für I Want to Live ! (beste Hauptdarstellerin, 1959)
Golden Globe für I Want to Live ! (beste Darstellerin – Kategorie Drama, 1959)
Jury-Preis für I Want to Live ! (beste Darstellerin) [Filmfestival Mar del Plata 1959]

BOOKS

Eduardo Moreno: The Films of Susan Hayward. Secaucus: Citadel Press, 1979
Christopher P. Andersen: A Star, Is a Star, Is a Star ! The Lives and Loves of Susan Hayward. [London]: Robson, 1981
Robert LaGuardia, Gene Arceri: Red: The Tempestuous Life of Susan Hayward. London: Robson Books, 1986
Kim R. Holston: Susan Hayward: Her Films and Life. Jefferson: McFarland, 2002 - 256 S.