ACTOR

Susan Hayward

1917 - 1975

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Hayward has received more than 4,169,725 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia. Susan Hayward is the 700th most popular actor (up from 726th in 2019), the 1,285th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,357th in 2019) and the 340th most popular American Actor.

Susan Hayward was an American actress who was most famous for her roles in films such as I Want to Live! and The Asphalt Jungle.

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  • 4.2M

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  • 61.01

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Susan Hayward ranks 700 out of 13,578. Before her are Dorothy Malone, Jack Elam, Kim Cattrall, Marisa Pavan, Emmanuelle Béart, and Peter Cushing. After her are Derek Jacobi, Joe Mantegna, Gillian Anderson, John Saxon, Guy Williams, and Danny Aiello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Susan Hayward ranks 57. Before her are Violeta Parra, Maurice Duverger, William Standish Knowles, Leonora Carrington, Chung Il-kwon, and Thelonious Monk. After her are John Fenn, Masahiko Kimura, Asmahan, Herbert Lom, David Easton, and Rodney Robert Porter. Among people deceased in 1975, Susan Hayward ranks 39. Before her are Chivu Stoica, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Gottlob Berger, Dong Biwu, Erich Kempka, and Vicente Feola. After her are Ernst Hanfstaengl, François Tombalbaye, Bernard Herrmann, Joseph Bech, P. G. Wodehouse, and Carlo Levi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Hayward ranks 1,285 out of 20,380. Before her are Alan Silvestri (1950), Robin Cook (1940), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), John Dickinson (1732), Ivan Sutherland (1938), and Timothy Leary (1920). After her are J. Michael Bishop (1936), Cordell Hull (1871), Michael Connelly (1956), Joe Mantegna (1947), Gillian Anderson (1968), and John Saxon (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Susan Hayward ranks 340. Before her are Ethan Hawke (1970), Scott Glenn (1939), Kirstie Alley (1951), David Morse (1953), Dorothy Malone (1924), and Jack Elam (1920). After her are Joe Mantegna (1947), Gillian Anderson (1968), John Saxon (1935), Guy Williams (1924), Danny Aiello (1933), and Robert Taylor (1911).

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Television and Movie Roles

I Want to Live!
Barbara Graham
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Nov 18th 19586.9 / 10
I Married a Witch
Estelle Masterson
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
Oct 30th 19426.822 / 10
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Helen Street
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Oct 8th 19525.9 / 10