Lydia Hayward

{{Short description|British screenwriter and actress (1879–1945)}}

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| name = Lydia Hayward

| birth_date = 12 October 1879

| birth_place = Sheffield, England

| death_date = {{death-date and age|3 June 1945|12 October 1879}}

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| occupation = Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1920–1942

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Lydia Hayward (1879–1945) was a British screenwriter and actress who worked on over 30 screenplays between 1920 and 1942. She was particularly active during the 1920s.Nelmes p.49 Hayward has been noted for several of the sophisticated comedy films she wrote for during the decade. She was married to the director Manning Haynes with whom she frequently collaborated, as well as Australian actor William Freshman.