Susan Hayward Wins Best Actress: 1959 Oscars
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- James Cagney and Kim Novak presenting Susan Hayward with the Oscar® for Best Actress for her performance in "I Want To Live!" at the 31st Academy Awards® in 1959. Introduced by host Jerry Lewis.
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This beautiful, talented woman is my great-grandmother. Reading these comments are very kind and I have shared many with her son (Gregory) whom is my grandfather. It’s with great joy to know many people still have such fond memories of her and her movies.
Mr. Barker, your great-grandmother was a fabulous actress! No matter who she played, she elevated the production by her participation. I have never forgotten her. Nor will I. We were blessed!
My Mother named me after her.
I am sure you must be very proud of her. Susan was a wonderful actress who has left a body of work that we will be able to enjoy for many years to come.
She was fabulous in the late 50's and 60's! Always playing the victimized woman (very common for the times).. Have you been told of Garbo visiting her in her final days?
Jack, I have such tremendous admiration for your great-grandmother. I have spent many years documenting her work online, and enjoying every moment sharing what I know about her, and her films. It has been a labor of love. I met Daniel and Andy Barker once when their band was in Kansas City. It was a real treat. I believe she is looking down and is so proud of her sons, Tim and Greg, and their beautiful families.
Susan Hayward's career is the one that needs the most rediscovery.
This lady's work will never be forgotten, nor will she!
Susan was one classy actress. Brooklyn's gift to Hollywood and as long as there are her movies available, she will always be remembered and I will never forget her. This is Susan's great night after 20 years chasing Oscar!!
Sorry , although not my generation but i never heard her name before. i want to see her movies.
@@edphil6073 There is nothing to be sorry about. Her movies are finally on TCM and you can see them on youtube also.
absolutely
I just saw her in I'll Cry Tomorrow...she is brilliant!
Now, finally, for the first time ever, Susan Hayward's Oscar win, complete with
presenters and the only curtain call in Oscar history. Miss Hayward brought great
dignity to her profession. I miss her.
I grew up on Susan Hayward movies. My parents loved her. I remember this as a child. Susan Hayward was one of the best actresses that ever lived.
my father's favorite actress as well
Susan Hayward deserved the Oscar for her magnificent performance in "I Want To Live". A Star Is A Star Is A Star"
When can you remember a time when a winner was so warmly congratulated by the audience, and when was a winner ever brought back on stage to take a bow? She was so loved, and so deserving of this accolade. Truly one of the greatest actresses to grace the silver screen.
Did you see the film?
Wowza!
Best performance ever!
Agreed she was Superb!!!!!
And let me add that today's winners and hosts could all take a lesson in graciousness from both Susan Hayward and Jerry Lewis.
AND the beautiful and talented Kim Novak! :)
And, the great James Cagney too!
I love how Hollywood cheered when Susan won. They knew she deserved it.
That was an unbelievable line up of actors. Elizabeth Taylor was fantastic in “Cat on A Hot Tin Roof”- Rosalind Russell was unbelievable in “Mame”. The Oscar could have gone to either of those great actors. Susan Hayward was superb in “I Want to Live”. How could you really pick one performance.
I agee. The list to choose from is unbelievable. They all deserved it. That's why the voting works. Everyone votes and the votes are added up and the winner declared. Great as Liz and Rosalind were, I , personally, would still give the nod to Susan in this case. Hollywood agreed, but they were pleasantly surprised when she won. The respect they showed her with their vote and subsequent applause was remarkable. Being stuck in mostly B pictures, Susan had to cherish that. But indeed any list of nominees from these years read like a list of classic movies! How did they choose?!
Seriously?
@@blessOTMA Warner Bros and Paramount did nothing with her during her time there. But she was the queen of 20th Century for a very long time, a major box office draw in huge movies.
You are quite right. Most would not be able to make up for that tragically lost time. But she certainly did..
Susan Hayward’s legendary performance won the Oscar. A deserved triumph!
I love Susan Hayward, and have probably seen, 'I Want To Live' a dozen times. Such class and poise, where has that gone?
Nothing insulting about bringing someone back onstage. This proves Jerry Lewis
had great respect for this lady. He also explains why. This was a wonderful
clip!!!
I can't get enough of this great posting of Susan winning her well deserved Oscar. She finally won her Oscar after 20 years in Hollywood. She was one of the BEST, they don't make movies stars like Susan anymore. I will always love her.
one of the most underrated actresses of all time
Don't see how with an Oscar and five nominations plus consistent praise throughout her career. She was greatly appreciated in her lifetime and still is.
Susan Hayward's career is the one that needs the most rediscovery.
Yes
A very deserved second bow. If anyone reading this has not seen I WANT TO LIVE ... find it, buy or rent it immediately. It is a gritty, timeless, and gut wrenching movie that will leave you spellbound.
So haunting
This wasn’t actually to honour her, it was because the show ended about 20 minutes too early for it’s time slot and they had to desperately fill in airtime 😅
@@danieliliadis Were all the winners given second bows? Like how did they fill 20 minutes?
@@dawnemerson3604 On her walk to the gas chamber and then the phone rings! OMG that's the gut wrencher for me! ... "Why do they torture me?"
@@tuxtommy69 yes!
I still get choked up when I see this video. Susan Hayward was the best.
THIS BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED ACTRESS WAS SO UNDERATED . She gave some of the most mesmerizing and unforgettable performances in many of her films . Susan Hayward was truly one of the few Hollywood greats . Beauty , class , dignity , talent , Miss Hayward had it all ...in spades . I was so very very pleased when she won , and clearly so was this particular audience . R.I.P. Susan Hayward.
She was never underrated. She was a gifted actress, and she had that special something that made her a star.
@@lindaanthony7890 She was indeed a gifted actress and those in the industry certainly knew how talented she was . I speak more in terms of the Publicity machine in Hollywood in her era and the , public's perception of various stars because of the studio promotions of them. Susan Hayward was not treated with the same regards as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Norma Shearer and perhaps one or two others. One star who admired her talent enormously believe it or not, was Greta Garbo. Garbo went to see Susan Hayward when Susan was dying of cancer, and was bed ridden, in her final days. It was odd really because they were not friends, nor did they even know each other. It says a lot.
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Susan Hayward,.... total class and talent...she has left an incredible legacy of film. I love the clip. Thank you.
Sure has, excellent filmography.
Susan was and still is my favorite actress. Incredibly talented as well as beautiful. She will never be forgotten.
+Plasser1000 Me too!
I collect all Susan Hayward films, she was a great actress.
I couldn't agree more. Totally in a class by herself.
What a beautiful gesture by the host Jerry Lewis. Class, dignity, elegance and sophistication seems to have gone out of our lives as humans sooner than we expected.
Amen to that.....
It's the only time I admired Jerry Lewis.
Did he repeat that "beautiful gesture" for all the other winners that night? If not, why not?
I don't understand. Why did Lewis bring her out again?
There was a term and hopefully still is its called "Star Quality" Susan Hayward had it in abundance
Susan Hayward is the all time most brilliant female Hollywood star for me...She justly won her oscar for "I want to live" but she should have won other oscars for "I''ll cry tomorrow" in 1956 , "My foolish heart" in 1950 and with a song in my heart " in 1952!...Yes, I give her 4 best actress oscars!
I agree!
Susan Hayward's performance is the finest screen acting I have ever seen. The curtain call deserved! Hayward, Cagney, Novak stars of the golden era!
One of the great actresses of all time! This one is missed by all!!
Short, but sweet. Damn she was gorgeous!
I saw this video over a hundred times. I love Susan Hayward and she completely deserved her Oscar and the public reaction. However she should have win another for "I'll cry tomorrow". I really love her!!!!.
Definitely! But I could name a dozen movies, or just about every performance as being Oscar worthy! Love this lady! ❤
Since I was the young age of 18, this lady was my favorite.
The looks; the voice; the acting; is and was, in an elite status.
Thank you Susan
Susan Hayward was so beautiful and so talented and this is her definitive role, and also one of the greatest performances in cinema history. Miss Hayward made a brave final appearance at the Oscars.
Walter Solley I adored her in "With A Song In My Heart" as well! What a shame that she had a life fought with problems and then died at 57 of brain cancer...
She was definitely in sync with her character in "I Want to Live!," no doubt.
She had a beautiful voice
@@paolacensi6348 I read her autobiography; she had to learn to lower her voice because it was too high.
Well said.
what a beautiful and classy actress! so very talented! I always loved her! She should have won more Oscars! Terrific woman!
AT LONG LAST I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE SUSAN ACCEPTING HER OSCAR AND RETURNING FOR A CURTAIN CALL! I HAVE BEEN WAITING 54 YEARS FOR THIS SO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR THIS SPECIAL UPLOAD. VERY MEANINGFUL TODAY AS IT IS 38 YEARS SINCE SUSAN PASSED AWAY. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANYONE LIKE HER ON THE SCREEN - HER TALENT AND BEAUTY SHONE THROUGH IN EVERY ROLE SHE PLAYED..
SUCH A CLASSY LADY AND I WILL LOVE HER FOREVER.
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THEY ALL DESERVED TO WIN ! - THEIR PERFORMANCES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN , BUT ANYONE WHO SAW ' I WANT TO LIVE ' AND WAS STILL ABLE TO BREATH WAS PROBABLY STAMPING THEIR FEET AND CLAPPING THEIR HANDS OFF ! WOW !
A great actress, Susan was one of the best actress during her reign in Hollywood.
I adored her then and still do to this day. Thank you.
Susan was pure class and deserved this award!
Miss Hayward was a feminist before it was even fashionable. She radiated beauty, class, professionalism, and above all else...TALENT!
Such poise and class and one of the most beautiful actresses of all time
I just love her beautiful deep voice. Ms. Haywood was a classy lady.
Wow, that was a very gracious thing for Jerry Lewis to do (and completely deserved)!
I so agree. Very giving and classy of him.
I didn't get it. She didn't get enough applause?
Lewis wasn't being gracious, he was patronizing.
@@markallen1356 at that point, Susan had been overlooked in the industry. Maybe that's why he brought her back.
They were STARS then! The glamour and prestige that La Hayward and La Novak carried don't exist in today's Hollywood.
+Hillary Mansfield TRUE, and NEVER will again.
It was also an extremely hypocritical and fake era btw. And the prestige of those Ladies, specially Miss Novak's, was quite shaky if you look closely.
Sandy Weinhold Yes, the 1950s was all about appearances. People looked great on the surface but don’t look too close or you might shatter the image
So true!!!
There is a song from "Waterloo and Robinson", an Austrian Duo from my childhood days in the 70s - just listen:
ruclips.net/video/9rqxPRbJeZ4/видео.html
Comments like this are ridiculous. It was all image back then and half were nuts married a million times. You could name 20 current actress with more talent and class
One of the greatest actresses ever and this award is deserved her talent and glamour was incredible!!!
Kim Novak didn't know what to do with her hands, when Susan's name was announce. She finally did clap when Susan arrived at the podium.. Susan finally won her Oscar after five nominations. Love you Susan in 1959 and today 2020.
I'm thrilled to see this clip in its entirety, and I'm glad that someone pointed out that Rosalind Russell is clapping at the news. Russell herself said, "If it had to be someone else, I'm glad it was Susie. I have to admit, no one deserved it more than Hayward." It's a shame that Russell never won, but great that Hayward finally did. The two of them up against Elizabeth Taylor made this quite a race.
Everyone was super, but if you watch IWTL you know Hayward owned that Oscar.
The lady radiates beauty and class.
Every time...I see this video..I get chocked up..Susan deserved this award so much after 20 years in Hollywood. May you rest in peace, Susan. .you won the battle. ..
Well said
Me, exactly. Tanks pal. ;)
Susan was one great actress that Hollywood ever had. It is such a pleasure to see the complete showing of the Best Actress winner. I love her so much, Susan will always be in my heart. Thanks so much for this one of lifetime posting.
Susan Hayward was a wonderful actress and deserved to win more than one Oscar over the span of her long career. I miss her dearly and am sorry that so many of her films are not available on DVD. In fact, she is one of several major stars who have never been honored with a collection of her best film work. And I admire her short, dignified acceptance speech. A lost art, as we all know, just by looking at the awfully awkward speeches given by most current winners.
She was beautifully gracious, and NO POLITICS.
I miss her too, but she lives on in her superb film performances!
Oh good gosh, Susan was, without a doubt, SPECTACULAR and she played this role for, I Want to Live, to the absolute hilt!!
Susan Hayward is amazing in I Want to Live!
Susan Hayward was a truly Great Star, brilliant actress, and a great Lady..
Susan Hayward was to me the best.
I loved seeing her on the big screen
Powerful, charm. with full beauty.
I adore Susan Hayward even named my favorite cat Hayward. Just wanted to comment on how handsome and dignified James Cagney and Jerry Lewis were that night.
I JUST watched The Lusty Men with Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, and Arthur Kennedy on TCM. It was terrific. Miss Hayward was a tremendous actress and movie star,
That Diva!!! I LOVE HER!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
May she rest in peace in heaven. She won the academy award for the movie ''I want to live'' and yet she died so young. Today is March 14, 2022, her 47th anniversary. She is a shining star in the sky ♥
Notice the audience 's reaction when beautiful Susan is announced as the winner. She was one of a kind. Her dramatic talent unmatched. Only compared to Bette Davis.
Indeed. Every one knew she deserved it.
These people ooze class without even trying.
The great adorable and talented Susan Hayward!!!
The beauty and appeal of Kim Novak. The handsome and brilliant Jerry Lewis....Hollywood stars!!!!!!
Miss Hayworth was adored by the common american people. Beautiful and so talented. The epitome of beauty and strenght in the fifties.
Ever Classy ; just the way any Oscar recipient should perform , for that brief , yet everlasting , moment . Lewis' performance was a gem as well ......
One of the most deserving winners ever
A stunning performance, well deserved.
What a great actress and superb movie star, unlike the boring winners of the last two decades.
Wow, he brings her back for another bow? Has this ever happened another time?
My guess is that the show was running too short and they were trying to fill time.
And Jerry adored Susie enough to make the show longer by placing the spotlight back on the luminary talent Ms. Hayward was.
I love the class and beauty these stars had in those days. And when they won their Academy Award they didn't have to go on and on and on in their acceptance speech. Jerry Lewis was so thoughtful in calling that beautiful little Susan Hayward back for another applause which she so richly deserved.
She should have won for 'I'll Cry Tomorrow'!
I think so too.
She didn't win??
@@buddy8068 No and she was devastated by the loss. She felt it was her best work and that she would not have another chance. Little could she know that years later when she helped Walter Wanger who was down on his luck that it would end up with an Oscar for her. Later he tried to talk her into doing Cleopatra but she realized that she was not a good fit for the film and Liz Taylor ended up in the role.
@@carolkelly8848 From what I've read she thought the idea of her playing Cleopatra was hilariously absurd. She and her husband Eaton Chalkley got a good laugh over that one, as she paraded around her living room pretending to be Cleopatra.
Susan Hayward was my idol!
The beautiful applause! Edythe a small town girl did good! Well deserved 👏 a woman of substance!
Great movie and FANTASTIC performance worthy of an Oscar in a competitive year for this category. I WANT TO LIVE is what used to be called a POTBOILER movie but her performance was NEVER melodramatic.
All good performances that year, but Susan deserved her award.
WOW-What class, thank yous, short and sweet and no politics.
God, what happened to Hollywood?
Thank you very much for something that needs to be repeated over and over.
I agree. No class in Hollywood today and too vocal with their personal political opinions. It’s unacceptable!!!!!
It's all about Timing ..because for me Susan was absolutely fabulous in her movie I'll cry tomorrow ..and just could not believe that she didn't win an Oscar for such fierce work ...then came the yr 1958 and she did her movies I want to live.and was again blown away ..Geech this woman was beyond a regular good actress ..I certainly do place her work in the same lane as my favorites like Bette D...Joan C ...Barbara Stanwyck ..Katie. H I wasn't born until after each of these ladies were gone ..But surely their great work lives on...Thanks ..TCM...
I agree completely. I'm 72 now and Susan WAS my favorite actress even up against the top actresses you mention, also on my list, Now Voyager being my favorite Bette Davis movie. I was nine yrs old when I started watching Hayward, and even at that age, she somehow could crawl into the pit of my stomach and make me cry. At the end of With A Song In My Heart, as I started to rise fm my seat, a tear rolled down my cheek onto the boy sitting in front of me. At sixteen, as I was leaving the theatre after I Want To Live, my knees were just like rubber, after watching that execution scene. My god ! You know something, guess who went to see her with a bouquet of flowers as she was waiting to die in a Hollywood apartment? None other than..... the great Katharine Hepburn. Just stop and think about that. One can only conclude that Susan Hayward had had the same effect on Hepburn, and THAT is saying a hell of a lot ! Wouldn't you agree??
also, Anna Magnani won in '56 for The Rose Tattoo, otherwise Susan probably would have won. Watched it on TCM recently.
my goodness, when I finally remembered to look for this award video, I left it right after she finished her acceptance. Never remembered what Jerry Lewis did afterwards, WOW, though applause was just applause, wonder if anyone was uncomfortable with "special attention". No shouts, bravas or whistling this time.
Greetings to you bon1042... Now I wont go as far as to say " I wish I was your age ..b/c than I'd be a bit older than my actual 46 yrs ..however I will say that I do envy ppl in your age group ...who love the classic bl & wh movies ...because you got to see those golden movies we mention ...in their prime... WOW!!! ...what ? an experiences that must have been ...now about the jerry Lewis comment ..I admit that I didn't catch what the problem was with the fist applause the audience gave miss-Susan Hayward ...for me it was a lot of love shown ..I bet the women who had just loss the Oscar to Susan was ...LIKE!! .." WTF you want us to fake smile thu that again I be dam if I do "...lol.. God Bless you bon1042...PS...I will say that Miss Hayward had some tough competition that year so she must have felt like she truly earned the hell out of that Golden man... ..
Question ???? Raul , L. why the ...FUCK !!! DO YOU EVEN CARE ..? WHAT AGE THE NEXT MAN / WOMAN IS ..
The great Susan Hayward. I Want To Live is my favourite movie of hers. Bless her. She was wonderful. Such grace, elegance and class, and a rare moment when Jerry Lewis was nice to someone.
Susan Hayward justly was given a curtain call for her deserved win of Best Actress for I Want To Live, a supreme achievement in acting.
Kim Novak, James Cagney, Susan Hayward what a trio of real movie stars the likes of which do not exist in today's Hollywood
Susan Hayward was one of the greatest actresses of all time, she needs to be recognized more today than ever, her beauty and talent was above and beyond anyone out there now, PERIOD!!!!!
She richly deserved the Academy Award for her role.
It was nice that she kept her thank you remarks short and sweet and did not (as one might expect an actress in contemporary times to do) launch into a political spiel or statement on the subject of the film.
What a great performance
Cagney so classy and unique!!
I wonder why it took so long. She was always one of the greats in acting.
Back when actresses truly could act and had real class! Susan Hayward was unmatched as an actress! Short and sincere acceptance back then and they found no need to thank "even the family dog"! Refreshing!
Susan Hayward was one of the greatest female stars of all time no question !!!!!
Talk about deserving this win!
This is what the word STAR should mean
This was one of my favorite movies of her. These were fine actors back then.
Great performance
She is gorgeous
Beautiful and highly talented actress. She certainly deserved this award.
She was overdue to win a best actress award
One of my favorite actresses. A beautiful woman.
The Brooklyn bombshell wins the Oscar..god what a beautiful redhead. Look at her colored photos when she was starting out but the acting talent she possessed matched her great beauty..
She was a true Hollywood legend!!
love this exciting woman who was born on my birthday - decades apart- June 30th
My favorite actress when I was growing up. Loved her! So sad she died so young.
This was awarded to a very deserved actor.... Susan Hayward . Her performance in I Want to Live was brilliant.
Like so many others, she had such a presence about her, one of control, strength, dignity and vulnerability.
Some other worth noting-
My Foolish Heart
Backstreet
I'll Cry Tommorow
With a Song in my Heart
Where Love has Gone....
Tragically, she passed away due to that hideous disease ( Cancer ) many believe developed while filming - The Conqueror in the hills of Utah while nearby testing of nuclear weapons and the fallout that prevailed.
Same with John Wayne , Agnes Moorhead and many of the crew of that shoot.
May they all RIP..
Thank you for uploading this
Timeless footage.
Ms. Hayward looked fabulous in her gown...
On her 5th (I think) nomination for best leading actress, the great Susan Hayward finally won the award. Her performance in this film was spectacular, but as this was in the later part of her career I view it also as a nod from the academy to her entire spectacular career in total. Not that her performance in “I Want To Live” was not Oscar-worthy on its own merits; it certainly was.
RIP Susan Hayward (June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975), aged 57
You will be remembered as a legend.
“The Presidents Lady” Charlton Heston and Susan Hayward. I think she stole the show. She was stellar!
Many thanks for including the entire segment, including Jerry Lewis calling Miss Hayward back out for an encore.
A brilliant actress and lovely lady
What a line up for Best Actress.
Fantastic movie
very tough category that year! all brilliant performances, but I agree with the Academy's choice for this one.
That's what I was thinking...what a strong field! Wow
One of the greats!
The lovely Susan Hayward