Helen Hayes

Personal Info

Birthday

October 9, 1900

Day of Death

1993-03-17

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Also Known As

Helen Hayes Brown

Хелен Хейс Макартур

Хелен Хейс

Helen Hayes MacArthur

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.

Known For

The Love Boat

Robert Montgomery Presents

Hawaii Five-O

The Jack Benny Program

Here's Lucy

Ghost Story

Omnibus

Play of the Week

Filmography

2022
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1987
The Ten-Year Lunch
as Herself - Participant
1985
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Jane Marple
1983
A Caribbean Mystery
as Miss Jane Marple
1982
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Murder Is Easy
as Lavinia Fullerton
1981
Hopper's Silence
as Herself
1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1978
A Family Upside Down
as Emma Long
1977
Candleshoe
as Lady St. Edmund
1976
Victory at Entebbe
as Etta Grossman-Wise
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Hettie
1974
Herbie Rides Again
as Mrs. Steinmetz
1972
The Female Instinct
as Ernesta Snoop
Harvey
as Veta Louise Simmons
1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Sophie Tate Curtis
1970
Airport
as Ada Quonsett
1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Abby Brewster
1961
The Challenge of Ideas
as Narrator
1960
The Bat
as Cornelia Van Gorder
1959
Third Man on the Mountain
as Hotel guest (uncredited)
1956
Anastasia
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1955
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as Self
1953
Main Street to Broadway
as Self
1952
Mr. Lincoln
as Bessie Arlington
My Son John
as Lucille Jefferson
1943
Stage Door Canteen
as Helen Hayes
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Vanessa Paris
1934
What Every Woman Knows
as Maggie Wylie
Crime Without Passion
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1933
Night Flight
as Madame Fabian
Another Language
as Stella Hallam
The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte
1932
The Son-Daughter
as Lian Wha
A Farewell to Arms
as Catherine Barkley
1931
Arrowsmith
as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Madelon Claudet
1928
The Dancing Town
as Olive Pepperall
1923
Riders of the Range
as Inez
1917
The Weavers of Life
as Peggy