Hayward was educated at Public School 181 and graduated from the Girls' Commercial High School in June 1935 (later renamed Prospect Heights High School). In 1924, Marrenner was hit by a car, suffering a fractured hip and broken legs that put her in a partial body cast with the resulting bone setting leaving her with a distinctive hip swivel later in life. She had an older sister, Florence, and an older brother, Walter Jr. Hayward was born Edythe Marrenner on June 30, 1917, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the youngest of three children to Ellen ( née Pearson) and Walter Marrenner.

For her performance in I'll Cry Tomorrow she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress.Īfter Hayward's second marriage and subsequent move to Georgia, her film appearances became infrequent although she continued acting in film and television until 1972.

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).

She secured a film contract and played several small supporting roles over the next few years.īy 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). Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner J– March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award-winning American film actress, best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.Īfter 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.

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