Margaret Hayes was an American film, stage, and television actress.
Background
Hayes was born in Baltimore, Maryland (some sources say Pottsville, Pennsylvania). Her father was Jack Lewis Ottenheimer, a "musician, theatrical man and joke book writer" (Some sources say that he was a real estate broker) While a student at Forest Park High School, she joined the Emerson Cook Stock Company to gain more acting experience.
Career
She entered Johns Hopkins University to become a nurse, but stuck to her dramatic ambitions. Changing names Using the name Dana Dale, Hayes found work as a model, "featured in the best cigarette, auto and fashion advertisements. Her test for the role of Scarlett O"Hara in Gone with the Wind was unsuccessful, but she received a movie contract anyway.
Publicists at her studio recommended Dana Edwards as a better name for movies, so she began using lieutenant
After marrying Herbert Bayard Swope in 1946, Hayes temporarily retired from acting and turned to journalism, eventually becoming assistant fashion editor for Life magazine. In her later years, Hayes lived in Palm Beach, Florida, and was the host of a daily radio talk show on WPBR. Hayes died January 25, 1977, aged 60, in Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Florida from liver cancer and hepatitis.
Membership
At the school, she joined "The Barnstormers", a theatrical organization, becoming the first female member of that group.