SUSAN HAYWARD
*** The Top 60 Most Popular Leading Ladies of the 1950s / 1960s *** SUSAN HAYWARD Susan Hayward (1917 ~ 1975) continued her popularity into the 1950s and became an even bigger success (see our previous 1940s spotlight on her as well as her films from that decade). She placed # 9 in both 1952 and 1953 and # 10 in 1959 at the box office. She won the Best Actress Oscar for "I Want To Live" (1958) and was also Oscar nominated for "With A Song In My Heart" (1952) with Rory Calhoun and "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955) with Jo Van Fleet. (Two other Oscar nominations during the 1940s as well in which we already covered). Hayward's other films during the 1950s and 1960s included: "Back Street" (1961) with John Gavin and Vera Miles, "The Lusty Men" (1952) with Robert Mitchum and Arthur Kennedy, "Ada" (1961) opposite Dean Martin, "Soldier Of Fortune" (1955) opposite Clark Gable, "The Conqueror" (1956) with John Wa...