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.
Acted in 48
2020s
- 2025
Airports
Movie
1990s
- 1994
Divine Mercy No Escape
Movie
- 1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
TV
1980s
- 1985
Murder with Mirrors
Miss Jane Marple
- 1984
- 1983
A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Jane Marple
- 1982
Murder Is Easy
Lavinia Fullerton
1970s
- 1978
A Family Upside Down
Emma Long
- 1977
- 1976
Victory at Entebbe
Etta Grossman-Wise
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Dr. McCartney · 4 episodes
- 1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Hettie
- 1974
- 1973
The Snoop Sisters
Ernesta Snoop · 4 episodes
- 1972
The Female Instinct
Ernesta Snoop
Harvey
Veta Louise Simmons
- 1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Sophie Tate Curtis
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
Abby Brewster
- 1968
- 1966
- 1960
The Bat
Cornelia Van Gorder
1950s
- 1959
- 1957
Four Women in Black
Sister Theresa
- 1956
Anastasia
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
- 1952
My Son John
Lucille Jefferson
- 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Essie, The Vicaress, Veta Louise Simmons · 1 episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Honora Canderay (woman) · 2 episodes
- 1950
1940s
- 1943
1930s
- 1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Vanessa Paris
- 1934
What Every Woman Knows
Maggie Wylie
Crime Without Passion
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- 1933
Night Flight
Madame Fabian
Another Language
Stella Hallam
The White Sister
Angela Chiaromonte
- 1932
The Son-Daughter
Lian Wha
- 1931
Arrowsmith
Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Madelon Claudet
1920s
- 1928
The Dancing Town
Olive Pepperall
1910s
- 1917
The Weavers of Life
Peggy
Appearances24
1990s
- 1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self (archive footage)
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
- 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1980s
- 1987
The Ten-Year Lunch
Herself - Participant
- 1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
- 1981
Hopper's Silence
Herself
1970s
- 1979
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
- 1978
Old Friends... New Friends
Self · 1 episode
1960s
- 1968
- 1962
- 1961
1950s
- 1959
- 1956
- 1955
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Self
- 1953
Main Street to Broadway
Self
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
- 1947
- 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self