Susan hayward biography book

Brooklyn-born Susan Hayward possessed what was arguably the greatest combination of drop-dead good looks and sheer acting ability that the silver screen has ever known.

She has long been a favorite of mine, having starred in quite a few true cinema classics, as well as any number of admirable lesser films. I had wanted to read a biography of the woman for some time, and am happy to report that Beverly Linet's 1980 work, "Susan Hayward: Portrait of a Survivor," suited my needs quite well.

Ms. Linet was a professional acquaintance of Susan's, having worked in Hollywood as a journalist and a publicist in the 1950s and '60s.

Her biography of this great Hollywood star is written in a seemingly offhand, chatty manner, almost as if the author were telling you Susan's story over drinks.

This biography of Susan Hayward, one of Hollywood's leading ladies of the 1940s and 1950s, covers her childhood, school years, early modeling career.

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.

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She was able to interview not only Susan's two twin sons, but also her first husband, Susan's nurse of later days, many of Susan's coworkers, her neighbors and her priest. Many of these interviews were exclusives. Ms. Linet clearly knows and admires her subject, but when she comes to an area that her research h