Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 9, 1900
Place of Birth:
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Helen Hayes
Biography
Helen Hayes was an American actress whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theatre" and was one of twelve people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986. In 1988 she was awarded the National Medal of Arts. She is the namesake of the annual Helen Hayes Awards, which have recognized excellence in professional theatre in the greater Washington, D.C. area since 1984. Perhaps the ultimate respect to be paid to any actor by a producer - of having a theater christened in their name - became a reality for Ms. Hayes in 1955 when the former Fulton Theatre on 46th Street in New York City's Broadway theater district was renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre. When that venue was torn down in 1982 (along with five other neighboring theaters), the operators of the Little Theatre, another standing theater two blocks away on 44th Street, renamed that house in her name, which it has retained ever since.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1987 | The Ten-Year Lunch | Herself - Participant |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Miss Jane Marple |
| 1983 | A Caribbean Mystery | Miss Jane Marple |
| 1982 | Murder Is Easy | Lavinia Fullerton |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | Hopper's Silence | Herself |
| 1978 | A Family Upside Down | Emma Long |
| 1977 | Candleshoe | Lady St. Edmund |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Etta Grossman-Wise |
| 1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Hettie |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Mrs. Steinmetz |
| 1972 | The Female Instinct | Ernesta Snoop |
| 1972 | Harvey | Veta Louise Simmons |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Sophie Tate Curtis |
| 1970 | Airport | Ada Quonsett |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Abby Brewster |
| 1961 | The Challenge of Ideas | Narrator |
| 1960 | The Bat | Cornelia Van Gorder |
| 1959 | Third Man on the Mountain | Hotel guest (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Anastasia | Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna |
| 1955 | A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 | Self |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Self |
| 1952 | My Son John | Lucille Jefferson |
| 1952 | Mr. Lincoln | Bessie Arlington |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Helen Hayes |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self |
| 1935 | Vanessa: Her Love Story | Vanessa Paris |
| 1934 | What Every Woman Knows | Maggie Wylie |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion | Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Another Language | Stella Hallam |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Madame Fabian |
| 1933 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte |
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Catherine Barkley |
| 1932 | The Son-Daughter | Lian Wha |
| 1931 | Arrowsmith | Leora Tozer Arrowsmith |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Madelon Claudet |
| 1928 | The Dancing Town | Olive Pepperall |
| 1923 | Riders of the Range | Inez |
| 1917 | The Weavers of Life | Peggy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | MGM: When the Lion Roars | |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Agatha Winslow |
| 1976 | Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers | Dr. McCartney |
| 1973 | The Snoop Sisters | Ernesta Snoop |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Miss Gilden |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Kathleen Brady |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Aunt Clara |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | Tarzan | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Mother Hildebrand |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Previous Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1952 | Pride and Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Bessie Arlington |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Mrs. Dearth |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Mrs. Howard V. Larue III |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Essie |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Honora Canderay (woman) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Vicaress |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Veta Louise Simmons |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Queen Victoria |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Helen Hayes |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Self - Host |