Helen Hayes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1900
- Died
- March 17, 1993
- Birthplace
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Filmography
Airports 2025
Actor
Bill Cosby: Walking Free 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero 1998
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995
as Self (archive footage)
Divine Mercy No Escape 1994
Actor
Night of 100 Stars III 1990
as Self
The Ten-Year Lunch 1987
as Herself - Participant
Murder with Mirrors 1985
as Miss Jane Marple
A Caribbean Mystery 1983
as Miss Jane Marple
Night of 100 Stars 1982
as Self
Murder Is Easy 1982
as Lavinia Fullerton
Hopper's Silence 1981
as Herself
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman 1979
as Self
A Family Upside Down 1978
as Emma Long
Candleshoe 1977
as Lady St. Edmund
Victory at Entebbe 1976
as Etta Grossman-Wise
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing 1975
as Hettie
Herbie Rides Again 1974
as Mrs. Steinmetz
The Female Instinct 1972
as Ernesta Snoop
Harvey 1972
as Veta Louise Simmons
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate 1971
as Sophie Tate Curtis
Airport 1970
as Ada Quonsett
Arsenic and Old Lace 1969
as Abby Brewster
- The Challenge of Ideas
The Challenge of Ideas 1961
as Narrator
The Bat 1960
as Cornelia Van Gorder
Third Man on the Mountain 1959
as Hotel guest (uncredited)
Four Women in Black 1957
as Sister Theresa
Anastasia 1956
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 1955
as Self
Main Street to Broadway 1953
as Self
My Son John 1952
as Lucille Jefferson
Stage Door Canteen 1943
as Helen Hayes
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town 1938
as Self
Vanessa: Her Love Story 1935
as Vanessa Paris
What Every Woman Knows 1934
as Maggie Wylie
Crime Without Passion 1934
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Night Flight 1933
as Madame Fabian
Another Language 1933
as Stella Hallam
The White Sister 1933
as Angela Chiaromonte
The Son-Daughter 1932
as Lian Wha
A Farewell to Arms 1932
as Catherine Barkley
Arrowsmith 1931
as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931
as Madelon Claudet
The Dancing Town 1928
as Olive Pepperall
- Riders of the Range
Riders of the Range 1923
as Inez
The Weavers of Life 1917
as Peggy
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