Biografía

Signed by RKO on the strength of her resemblance to established screen star Ann Harding.

Never given the opportunity to shine on screen -- she was usually relegated to westerns and second-string melodramas -- Haydon did her best work on the stage, in such plays as "The Glass Menagerie" and "The Time of Your Life".

Met her husband, critic George Jean Nathan, while engaged in performing "Autumn Crocus", opposite Francis Lederer, on stage in California. The couple married in 1955, two years prior to Nathan's death.

Under-used on screen, she gave a thoughtful performance in Noël Coward's The Scoundrel (1935), as a victim of Coward's titular protagonist, Anthony Mallare.

Educated at the Gordon School for Girls in Hollywood.