Susan Hayward

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Susan Hayward
Hayward in the early 1940s
Born	Edythe Marrenner June 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	March 14, 1975 (aged 57) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Brain cancer
Resting place	Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery (Carrollton, Georgia)
Nationality	American
Education	Public School 181 The Girls' Commercial High School
Occupation	Actress, Singer
Years active	1937–1972
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse(s)	Jess Barker (m.1944-1954) Floyd Eaton Chalkley (m.1957-w.1966)
Children	Timothy & Gregory Barker (b. 1945)

Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress.^[1]

After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward traveled to Hollywood in 1937. She secured a film contract and played several small supporting roles over the next few years.

By the late 1940s, the quality of her film roles had improved, and she achieved recognition for her dramatic abilities with the first of five Academy Awardnominations for Best Actress for her performance as an alcoholic in Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947). Her career continued successfully through the 1950s and she received subsequent nominations for My Foolish Heart (1949), With a Song in My Heart (1952), and I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955). She finally won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of death row inmate Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! (1958).

After Hayward's second marriage and subsequent move to Georgia, her film appearances became infrequent, although she continued acting in film and television until 1972. She died in 1975 of brain cancer.

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• 1Early life
• 2Career
• 3Personal life
• 4Death
• 5Filmography
• 6Box office rankings
• 7Radio appearances
• 8See also
• 9References
• 10Further reading
• 11External links
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