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Susan Hayward: Roles
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Susan Hayward joined USIP in August 2007 as a program officer in the Religion and Peacemaking program. She specializes in psychosocial religious dynamics in conflict; the role of religious leaders and communities in motivating violence and peace processes; and the development of conflict prevention, resolution, and reconciliation programs specifically targeting the religious sector.
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Energetic red-haired leading lady Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrener) specialized in portraying gutsy women who rebound from adversity. She began working as a photographer's model while still in high school, and when open auditions were held in 1937 for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind...Read More
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Although she did not win the role of Scarlett O'Hara, Hayward found employment playing bit parts until she was cast in Beau Geste (1939) opposite Gary Cooper. During the war years, she played leading lady to John Wayne twice, in Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and The Fighting Seabees (1944). She ... starred in the film version of The Hairy Ape (1944). Later in 1955, she was cast by Howard Hughes to play Bortai in the historical epic The Conqueror, again opposite John Wayne.
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Hayward was driven to succeed as an actress and worked virtuallynon-stop. Offered the starring role in Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman in 1947, Hayward dazzled both audiences and critics,receiving her first Academy Award nomination as Best Actress.Hayward received four more nominations over the next twelve years,eventually winning for her work in the wildly successful I Want to Live in 1958. Sadly, the actress's happiness was eclipsed bythe death of her husband Eaton Chalkey. And in 1972, just as shewas emerging from her despair, she was diagnosed with cancer.
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Synopsis: A woman struggles to reassemble her broken life in this drama that features Susan Hayward in her first starring role. The woman started out as a night-club singer, but abandoned her career after marrying a budding radio star. At first she does everything she can to insure his success, but when heRead More
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Hayward continued to make films regularly during the 1960s, but none equaled the successes of the 1950s. Her final feature film was Valley of the Dolls (1967), although she made three made-for-television movies, all of which aired in 1972. In the interim, as opportunities for good screen roles lessened, she appeared on stage, most notably in a Las Vegas production of the musical Mame in 1968 and 1969.
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