Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress.[1]
After working as a fashion model, 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 Award nominations 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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"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJRV-MNT : accessed 25 October 2017), Edythe Marrenner in household of Walter Marrenner, Brooklyn Assembly District 18, Kings, New York, United States; citing ED 1115, sheet 1B, line 86, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1173; FHL microfilm 1,821,173.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4VW-5R3 : accessed 25 October 2017), Edyete Marrenour in household of Walter Marrenour, Brooklyn (Districts 1501-1750), Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1660, sheet 5B, line 83, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1530; FHL microfilm 2,341,265.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CF-B84 : accessed 25 October 2017), Edythe Marrenner in household of Ellen Marrenner, Councilmanic District 4, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-271, sheet 11A, line 19, family 277, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 400.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K86R-612 : 29 July 2017), Jesse Thomas Barker and Susan Hayward, 23 Jul 1944; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,135,747.
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