Susan Haywood

Description

This personal portrait portfolio and category name is called “HOLLYWOOD“. I prepared is category to show my versatility and to demonstrate my talent in portrait painting and charcoal drawings.  Most of these performers have inspired me in personality, and talent throughout my life. Anyone who are interested in a commissioned personal portrait from CobbWeb Designs and Illustrations, may get an idea of the artist’s dedication, spirituality, and talent in realism.

Susan Hayward (born Edythe Marrenner; June 30, 1917 – March 14, 1975) was an American actress and model. She was best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories. Hayward’s doctor found a lung tumor in March 1972 that metastasized, and after a seizure in April 1973, she was diagnosed with brain cancer. On March 14, 1975, she suffered a seizure in her Beverly Hills home and died at the age of 57.^[50] A funeral service was held on March 16 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church in Carrollton, Georgia. Hayward’s body was buried in the church’s cemetery.^[51]

After working as a fashion model for Walter Thornton, 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 award for her portrayal of death row inmate Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! (1958).