Helen Hayes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1900
- Died
- March 17, 1993 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Hayes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Airports
Movie
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Divine Mercy No Escape
Movie
MGM: When the Lion Roars
TV · 3 eps
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
The Ten-Year Lunch
Movie · as Herself - Participant
Murder with Mirrors
Movie · as Miss Jane Marple
Highway to Heaven
TV · 2 eps
A Caribbean Mystery
Movie · as Miss Jane Marple
Murder Is Easy
Movie · as Lavinia Fullerton
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Hopper's Silence
Movie · as Herself
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Movie · as Self
A Family Upside Down
Movie · as Emma Long
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Old Friends... New Friends
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Candleshoe
Movie · as Lady St. Edmund
The Love Boat
TV · as Agatha Winslow · 1 ep
Victory at Entebbe
Movie · as Etta Grossman-Wise
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
TV · as Dr. McCartney · 4 eps
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Movie · as Hettie
Herbie Rides Again
Movie · as Mrs. Steinmetz
The Snoop Sisters
TV · as Ernesta Snoop · 4 eps
The Female Instinct
Movie · as Ernesta Snoop
Harvey
Movie · as Veta Louise Simmons
Ghost Story
TV · as Miss Gilden · 1 ep
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Movie · as Sophie Tate Curtis
Airport
Movie · as Ada Quonsett
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie · as Abby Brewster
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Aunt Clara · 1 ep
Here's Lucy
TV · as Kathleen Brady · 1 ep
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Tarzan
TV · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Challenge of Ideas
Movie · as Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Bat
Movie · as Cornelia Van Gorder
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
TV · as Cornelia Van Gorder · 1 ep
Third Man on the Mountain
Movie · as Hotel guest (uncredited)
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Play of the Week
TV · as Mother Hildebrand · 1 ep
Four Women in Black
Movie · as Sister Theresa
Anastasia
Movie · as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner, Self - Presenter, Self - Previous Winner, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Movie · as Self
Main Street to Broadway
Movie · as Self
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
My Son John
Movie · as Lucille Jefferson
Omnibus
TV · as Bessie Arlington, Mrs. Dearth, Mrs. Larue · 3 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Essie, The Vicaress, Veta Louise Simmons · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Honora Canderay (woman) · 2 eps
The Ezio Pinza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Queen Victoria · 1 ep
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Helen Hayes · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · as Helen Hayes
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie · as Self
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Movie · as Vanessa Paris
What Every Woman Knows
Movie · as Maggie Wylie
Crime Without Passion
Movie · as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Another Language
Movie · as Stella Hallam
Night Flight
Movie · as Madame Fabian
The White Sister
Movie · as Angela Chiaromonte
A Farewell to Arms
Movie · as Catherine Barkley
The Son-Daughter
Movie · as Lian Wha
Arrowsmith
Movie · as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Movie · as Madelon Claudet
The Dancing Town
Movie · as Olive Pepperall
Riders of the Range
Movie · as Inez
The Weavers of Life
Movie · as Peggy