This biography of one of Hollywood's leading ladies of the 1940s and 1950s covers her childhood, school years, early modelling career, development as an actress, and breakthrough into the movie business. It documents her personal life, including her marriages and attempted suicide, her appearance on the arm of Charlton Heston at the 1974 Academy Awards, and her death the following year at 56. The book provides an analysis of each of her 50-some feature films with comments from contemporary reviewers, and places Hayward and ...
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This biography of one of Hollywood's leading ladies of the 1940s and 1950s covers her childhood, school years, early modelling career, development as an actress, and breakthrough into the movie business. It documents her personal life, including her marriages and attempted suicide, her appearance on the arm of Charlton Heston at the 1974 Academy Awards, and her death the following year at 56. The book provides an analysis of each of her 50-some 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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