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Susan Hayward (I) (1917–1975)


The youngest of three children, Edythe Marrenner was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. Her father and mother, who were of Irish and Swedish descent respectively, endowed her with the milky complexion and ruby mane that would become her trademark. She grew up in poverty in the shadow of her older sister Florence who was her mother's favorite... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1972 Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (TV movie)
Dr. Maggie Cole
 
1972 The Revengers
Elizabeth Reilly
 
1972 Heat of Anger (TV movie)
Jessie Fitzgerald
 
1967 The Honey Pot
Mrs. Lone Star Crockett Sheridan
 
1964 Where Love Has Gone
Valerie Hayden Miller
 
1963 Summer Flight
Laura Pember
 
1962 I Thank a Fool
Christine Allison
 
1961 Back Street
Rae Smith
 
1961 Ada
Ada Gillis
 
1961 The Marriage-Go-Round
Content Delville
 
1959 Woman Obsessed
Mary Sharron
 
1959 Thunder in the Sun
Gabrielle Dauphin
 
1957 Top Secret Affair
Dorothy 'Dottie' Peale
 
1955 Soldier of Fortune
Mrs. Jane Hoyt
 
1955 Untamed
Katie O'Neill Kildare
 
1954 Garden of Evil
Leah Fuller
 
1953 White Witch Doctor
Ellen Burton
 
1953 The President's Lady
Rachel Donaldson
 
1952 The Lusty Men
Louise Merritt
 
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Helen
 
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
 
1949 My Foolish Heart
Eloise Winters
 
1949 House of Strangers
Irene Bennett
 
1949 Tulsa
Cherokee Lansing
 
1948 The Saxon Charm
Janet Busch
 
1948 Tap Roots
Morna Dabney
 
1947 They Won't Believe Me
Verna Carlson
 
1947 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Angelica 'Angie' 'Angel' Evans Conway
 
1946 Deadline at Dawn
June Goth
 
1944 And Now Tomorrow
Janice Blair
 
1944 The Hairy Ape
Mildred Douglas
 
1944 Skirmish on the Home Front (short)
Molly Miller
 
1943 Jack London
Charmian Kittredge
 
1943 Hit Parade of 1943
Jill Wright
 
1943 Young and Willing
Kate Benson
 
1942 I Married a Witch
Estelle Masterson
 
1942 The Forest Rangers
Tana 'Butch' Mason
 
1942 Reap the Wild Wind
Cousin Drusilla Alston
 
1941 Among the Living
Millie Pickens
 
1941 Sis Hopkins
Carol Hopkins
 
1941 Adam Had Four Sons
Hester Stoddard
 
1939 $1000 a Touchdown
Betty McGlen
 
1939 Our Leading Citizen
Judith Schofield
 
1938 Comet Over Broadway
Amateur Actress (uncredited)
 
1938 Girls on Probation
Gloria Adams
 
1938 The Sisters
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
 
1938 Campus Cinderella (short)
Co-Ed (uncredited)
 
1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Patient (scenes deleted)
 
1937 Hollywood Hotel
Starlet at Table (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
1967 Valley of the Dolls (performer: "I'll Plant My Own Tree")
 
1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow (performer: "The Vagabond King Waltz" / performer: "Sing You Sinners", "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" / as Miss Hayward / "Sing You Sinners", "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe")
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
Episode #1.13 (1955) (performer: "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe")
 
1952 With a Song in My Heart (performer: "THAT OLD FEELING", "JIM'S TOASTY PEANUTS", "I'M THRU WITH LOVE", "GET HAPPY", "BLUE MOON", "ON THE GAY WHITE WAY", "THE RIGHT KIND", "HOME ON THE RANGE", "EMBRACEABLE YOU", "TEA FOR TWO", "IT'S A GOOD DAY", "THEY'RE EITHER TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD", "I'LL WALK ALONE", "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL", "WONDERFUL HOME SWEET HOME", "GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY", "CHICAGO", "CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME", "CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY", "STEIN SONG" University of Maine, "INDIANA", "ALABAMY BOUND", "DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS", "DIXIE" / "WITH A SONG IN MY HEART")
 
1947 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (performer: "Hushabye Island" 1947, "I Miss That Feeling" 1947)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1989 Dieter & Andreas (short) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (14 titles)
1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1972 The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.147 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.112 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 Think Twentieth (documentary short)
Herself
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actor
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Best Actress Winner
 
1957 Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party (documentary short)
Herself
 
1956 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #9.40 (1956) … Herself
Episode #9.24 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 2 May 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Costume Design Awards
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Herself
The Louella Parsons Story (1956) … Herself
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode #1.11 (1955) … Herself - Guest
 
1951 Screen Snapshots: Hopalong in Hoppy Land (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2005-2010 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
2008 Strictly Courtroom (TV documentary)
Barbara Graham (uncredited)
 
2006 The Dish on Dolls (video short)
Helen Lawson
 
2006 The Divine Ms. Susann (video short)
Herself
 
2001 Backstory (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Isn't She Great
Helen Lawson in 'Valley of the Dolls' (uncredited)
 
1998 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Unzipped (documentary)
Helen Lawson (uncredited)
 
1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV documentary)
Actress in a film clip
 
1981 Sixty Years of Seduction (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Herself
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Herself, film clip (screen test for 'Gone with the Wind') (uncredited)
 
1965 Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (documentary short)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Herself
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1953 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Appeared in Person to Person in 1958. See more »

Publicity Listings:

8 Print Biographies  | 3 Articles  | 9 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Edythe Marriner

Height:

5' 3½" (1.61 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

When you're dead, you're dead. No one is going to remember me when I'm dead. Oh, maybe a few friends will remember me affectionately. Being remembered isn't the most important thing, anyhow. It's what you do when you are here that's important. See more »

Trivia:

When she was seven, she was hit by a car and suffered a fractured hip. The doctors' told her she might never walk again. However, after six months, she was able to get around on crutches and after a year was able to return to school. The injury left her with one leg that was an inch and half shorter than the other... See more »

Trademark:

Red hair See more »

Nickname:

Red See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer