Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward was born Edith Marenor on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was a transporter and her Susan lived quite comfortably in her childhood, but her precocious little redhead had no idea about the life that awaited her. ... She attended a public school in Brooklyn, where she graduated from a commercial high school designed to equip her students with market skills. She planned to become a secretary, but her plans changed. Furthermore, she started modeling for photographers in New York. In 1937, when her beauty was in full bloom, she was on her way to Hollywood when people were looking across the country to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1939).

But Susan had to earn her fame in Hollywood circles. In 1937, she got a cameo role in The Hollywood Hotel (1937). The plot role continued throughout 1938, with Susan particularly playing students, telephone operators, and aspiring actors. She didn't like these cameo roles, but she also understood that she had to "pay a due". In 1939, she finally got the role of Isobel Rivers in the hit action film Beau Geste (1939). In 1941, she played Millie Perkins in the original thriller Living Alive (1941). This quirky little film first showed Hollywood Susan's important dramatic qualities. She then played the Southern beauty in Cecil B. DeMille's Reap Wild Wind (1942), one of her director's greatest successes, and once again featured her character as an actress.

Following this film, she played Tana Mason, a tough girl, along with Paulette Goddard and Fred McMurray in Forest Rangers (1942). Although she continued to showcase her talent in films such as Jack London (1943), Now Tomorrow (1944) and Deadline at Dawn (1946), she still didn't get the meaningful role she had dreamed of. But in 1947 she did, and this time she won the first of five Academy Award nominations for the role of Angelica Evans in Smash-Up: A Woman's Story (1947).

Born: June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: March 14, 1975 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (brain cancer)
Birth Name: Edythe Marrenner
Nicknames

• Red
  
• The Brooklyn Bombshell

Height: 5' 3" (1.6 m)
Oscars: 1
Oscar Nominations: 5
BAFTA Awards: 0
BAFTA Nominations: 2
Golden Globes: 1
Golden Globe Nominations: 2