Susan Hayward: Her Films and Life
- ISBN-10
- 0786443340
- ISBN-13
- 9780786443345
- Series
- Susan Hayward
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-09-24
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Kim R. Holston
Description
This biography of Susan Hayward, one of Hollywood's leading ladies of the 1940s and 1950s, covers her childhood, school years, early modeling career, and development as an actress. It also documents her personal life, including her marriages and attempted suicide, and her illness and death at the age of 56. It provides an analysis of each of her feature films with comments from contemporary reviewers, and places Hayward and her films in the context of Hollywood and motion picture history. The filmography gives cast and production credits for both motion pictures and television movies.
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