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Leland Hayward (1902-1971)

Leland Haywardwas, for many years, one of the most powerful unseen forces in Hollywood, first as a talent agent, handling many of the top performers of the 1930's and 1940's, such as Greta Garbo, Fred Astaire, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, and then as a hugely successful scen and film producer. He was a particularly influential figure in the lives and careers of Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, and Margaret Sullavan.

As a theatrical producer he was responsible for the original Broadway productions of 'South Pacific' and 'The Sound of Music' and 'Anne of a Thousand Days' , and on the big screen he produced major successes such as 'Mister Roberts' in 1955 and 'The Spirit of St. Louis' in 1957.

Biography

He was born William Leland Hayward in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on September 13, 1902. He came from an illustrious family, being the grandson of a former Nebraskan Senator, Monroe Hayward, and the son of Willi

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Leland Hayward

American theatre agent and producer (1902–1971)

Leland Hayward (September 13, 1902 – March 18, 1971) was an American talent agent and theatrical producer. He was an agent to about 150 artists in Hollywood, and produced the original Broadway stage productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and The Sound of Music.

Life and career

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Hayward was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska, the grandson of Monroe Leland Hayward, a United States senator from Nebraska. His father, Colonel William Hayward, was a celebrated hero of the First World War who commanded the 369th Infantry Regiment, the "Harlem Hellfighters". Hayward's father and mother, Sarah Coe Ireland, divorced when he was nine. Hayward's father subsequently remarried, to Maisie Manwaring Plant, one of the wealthiest women in America at the time,^[1] who later traded her Fifth Avenue mansion to Cartier for a perfectly matched strand of pearls.^[1]

Hayward attended The Hotc

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Leland Hayward

Leland Hayward (September 13, 1902 – March 18, 1971) was a Hollywood and Broadway agent and theatrical producer. He produced the original Broadway stage productions of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and The Sound of Music.

Life and career

Hayward was born in Nebraska City, Nebraska, the grandson of Monroe Leland Hayward, a senator from Nebraska. His father, Colonel William Hayward, was a celebrated hero of the First World War who commanded the 369th Infantry Regiment, the "Harlem Hellfighters". Hayward's father and mother, Sarah Coe Ireland, divorced when he was nine. Hayward's father subsequently remarried, to Maisie Manwaring Plant, one of the wealthiest women in America at the time, who later traded her Fifth Avenue mansion to Cartier for a perfectly matched strand of pearls.

Hayward attended The Hotchkiss School and then studied at Princeton University, but dropped out. He took on a number of jobs including newspaper reporter and press agent, bu