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From the Archives: Susan Hayward Dies; Received Oscar in 1959
Susan Hayward, the flame-haired Oscar-winning actress who was in more than 50 motion pictures, died Friday in her Beverly Hills home. She was 57.
Miss Hayward died of a seizure due to a malignant brain tumor. She had been undergoing chemotherapy for 2 1/2 years, according to her physician, Dr. Lee Siegel.
Siegel, who knew the actress for 30 years, said Miss Hayward’s was “a very rare case,” because most persons with her kind of tumor live only six weeks to three months.
“But she had a tremendous desire to live,” Siegel said. “She was a terrific fighter.”
He attributed the duration of her fight against cancer to her fighting spirit, the chemotherapy and her religious faith. Miss Hayward was a Catholic convert.
She won her Academy Award in 1959 for best performance by an actress when she portrayed convicted murderess Barbara Graham in “I Want to Live!”
Oscar nominations also came her way for “Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman” in 1947, “My Foolish Heart” in 1949, “With a Song in My Heart” in 1952 and “I’ll Cry Tomorrow” in 1955.
Born Edythe Marrener in Brooklyn, N.Y., Miss Hayward first gained public attention as a photographers’ model.
In 1939, producer David O. Selznick spotted her picture on a Saturday Evening Post cover.
He invited her to Hollywood to try out for the part of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind.” But Vivien Leigh won the part, and an Oscar for it.
Within a year, however, Miss Hayward was playing the feminine lead in “Beau Geste,” opposite Gary Cooper.
Miss Hayward led a trouble personal life. In 1953, after nine years of marriage, she divorced her first husband, Jess Barker.
Four years later she married attorney Floyd Eaton Chalkley. He died in 1966.
In 1955, at the height of her career, she attempted suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills in her Sherman Oaks home.
She left Hollywood—and acting, temporarily—when she married Chalkley in 1957. With Chalkley, a fo
Susan Hayward was born Edythe Marrener in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917. Her father was a transportation worker, and Susan lived a fairly comfortable life as a child, but the precocious little redhead had no idea of the life that awaited her. She attended public school in Brooklyn, where she graduated from a commercial high school that was intended to give students a marketable skill. She had planned on becoming a secretary, but her plans changed. She started doing some modeling work for photographers in the NYC area. By 1937, her beauty in full bloom, she went to Hollywood when the nationwide search was on for someone to play the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1939). Although she--along with several hundred other aspiring Scarletts--lost out to Vivien Leigh, Susan was to carve her own signature in Hollywood circles. In 1937 she got a bit part in Hollywood Hotel (1937). The bit parts continued all through 1938, with Susan playing, among other things, a coed, a telephone operator and an aspiring actress. She wasn't happy with these bit parts, but she also realized she had to "pay her dues". In 1939 she finally landed a part with substance, playing Isobel Rivers in the hit action film Beau Geste (1939). In 1941 she played Millie Perkins in the offbeat thriller Among the Living (1941). This quirky little film showed Hollywood Susan's considerable dramatic qualities for the first time. She then played a Southern belle in Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (1942), one of the director's bigger successes, and once again showed her mettle as an actress. Following that movie she starred with Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray in The Forest Rangers (1942), playing tough gal Tana Mason. Although such films as Jack London (1943), And Now Tomorrow (1944) and Deadline at Dawn (1946) continued to showcase her talent, she still hadn't gotten the meaty role she craved. In 1947, however, she did American actress who, after four Academy Award nominations, finally won an Oscar for her performance in I Want to Live!Born Edythe Marrener in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917 (also seen as 1918 and 1919); died in Los Angeles, California, on March 14, 1975; second daughter and third child of Walter (a transit worker) and Ellen (Pearson) Marrener; attended Girls' Commercial High School, Brooklyn; married Jeffrey (Jess) Thomas Barker (an actor), on July 23, 1944 (divorced 1956); married Eaton Chalkley (lawyer and businessman), on February 8, 1957 (died 1966); children: (first marriage) twin sons, Timothy and Gregory (b. 1955). Hollywood Hotel (1937); The Sisters (1938); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Girls on Probation (1938); Our Leading Citizen (1939); Beau Geste (1939); $1,000 a Touchdown (1939); Adam Had Four Sons (1941); Sis Hopkins (1941); Among the Living (1941); Reap the Wild Wind (1942); The Forest Rangers (1942); I Married a Witch (1942); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Parade of 1943 (1943); Young and Willing (1943);Jack London(1943); The Fighting Seabees (1944); The Hairy Ape (1944); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Deadline at Dawn (1946); Canyon Passage (1946); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); They Won't Believe Me (1947); The Last Moment (1947); Tap Roots (1948); The Saxon Charm (1948); Tulsa (1949); House of Strangers (1949); My Foolish Heart (1950); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); Rawhide (1951); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); David and Bathsheba (1951); With a Song in My Heart (1952); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); The Lusty Men (1952); The President's Lady (1953); White Witch Doctor (1953); Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954); Garden of Evil (1954); Untamed (1955); Soldier of Fortune (1955); I'll Cry Tomorrow (1956); The Conqueror (1956); Top Secret Affair (1957); I Want to Live! (1958) American actress (1917–1975) This article is about the 20th-century actress. For the 21st-century actress, see Susan Heyward. Susan Hayward Hayward in the 1940s Edythe Marrenner Brooklyn, New York U.S. Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Jess Barker Floyd Eaton Chalkley Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. After working as a fashion model for the Walter Thornton Model Agency, Hayward traveled to Hollywood in 1937 to audition for the role of Scarlett O'Hara. 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 improved, and she achieved recognition for her dramatic abilities with the first of five Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for her performance as an alcoholic in Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947). Hayward's success continued through the 1950s as she received nominations for My Foolish Heart (1949), With a Song in My Heart (1952), and I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), winning the Academy Award for her portrayal of death row inmate Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! (1958). For her performance in I'll Cry Tomorrow she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. 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. Hayward, Susan (c. 1917–1975)
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Susan Hayward
Born
(1917-06-30)June 30, 1917Died March 14, 1975(1975-03-14) (aged 57) Resting place Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery
Carrollton, GeorgiaOccupation Actress Years active 1937–1972 Spouses Children 2 Early life