Susan Hayward's climactic speech in "I Want To Live" is on TCM!

Hey, FATSTUFF!

It’s on TCM tonight.

It's jailbird night on TCM!

Susan Hayward was guilty of overacting

And that’s why we love her, R4.

Susan Hayward and Ida Lupino we’re sisters?

Listen, Stretch!

I prefer Helen Lawson's climactic song.

I hope I'm remembering this correctly: one of the matrons towards the end of the movie also played the ladies room attendant in VOD.

"Now look here stretch!"

Susan Hayward - Patty Duke catfight from "Valley of the Dolls" (1967).

"It was not a nuthouse!"

"Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope..."

She never learned to roll with the punches.

after Oscar win, Susan had nothingburger role wise.... and died March 14, 1975 (age 57 years) in, Beverly Hills, CA.

She deserved better.

I thought she was at least in her 60s in Valley of the Dolls.

She did deserve better. I’m glad she’s still remembered by some.

Susan’s idol was another Brooklyn badass - Miss Barbara Stanwyck!

Susan over the top in Where Love Has Gone 1964 Bette Davis plays her mother

You're not a woman, you're a disease!

It's free on Tubi.

R18 'What am I today 2,3,4,5 I've heard about them I've laughed about them I even joked about them, but I never thought I'd end up married to one; a rich hooker . . .'

'And what are you? A drunk, a weakling, a kept man, can't hold a job, living off your wife! You're a worthless, crawling miserable excuse for a man. You cowardly hero, you're no hero, you're a drunk, a drunk a drunk!'

Susan would have preferred to have won her Oscar for I'll Cry Tomorrow.

Here's a video of Susan winning the Academy Award for I Want to Live, Included are film clips from all five nominated performances.

The other nominees were Deborah Kerr (Separate Tables) Shirley Maclaine (Some Came Running) Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) and Rosalind Russell (Auntie Mame)

Judging by the audience response Susan seemed to be a favorite

^ I would have voted for Roz Russell in Auntie Mame

Re Deborah and Shirley's clips: "How vivid!"

Most people on DL including me would agree with you R23 I find Hayward's performance to be strident, one note and unconvincing. Ironically it would be the last chance for the Academy to give Susan Hayward or Roz Russell an Oscar.

R25, agree about Hayward. I like her in lots of other things but I always found her to be fake and actress-y in this. Her whole demeanor is very "grande dame" but the real Barbara Graham was white trash from hell

I LOVE Susan Hayward’s over the top performances, that’s what a DiVA is for, you nitwits.

Your post rings loudly false, r27.

"I'll Fry Tomorrow!"

Susan's post-Oscar roles were cheesy vehicles, but 3 at least made money: Back Street, Where Love has Gone, and Valley of the Dolls. Hayward looked pretty good in here early '60s roles, where she was still photographed well. But Valley of the Dolls was late '60s, with that harsh overlit cinematography that was popular, and did aging stars no favors. Here's my fun look at "Where Love Has Gone," covering Susan's overacting, Bette Davis made up like George Washington, and Joey Heatherton's pout!

Her version of Back Street is super campy