Helen Hayes

Acting

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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Fullname:

Helen Hayes

Date of Birth:

1900-10-09

Country:

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Media of

Helen Hayes

Photos (21)

Filmography of

Helen Hayes

Found 46 movies in total

... 2025

Bill Cosby: Walking Free

Self (archive footage)

... 2022

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

Self (archive footage)

... 1998

... 1990

The Ten-Year Lunch

Herself - Participant

... 1987

Murder with Mirrors

Miss Jane Marple

... 1985

A Caribbean Mystery

Miss Jane Marple

... 1983

... 1982

Murder Is Easy

Lavinia Fullerton

... 1982

... 1981

... 1978

Candleshoe

Lady St. Edmund

... 1977

Victory at Entebbe

Etta Grossman-Wise

... 1976

Herbie Rides Again

Mrs. Steinmetz

... 1974

The Female Instinct

Ernesta Snoop

... 1972

Harvey

Veta Louise Simmons

... 1972

... 1971

Airport

Ada Quonsett

... 1970

Arsenic and Old Lace

Abby Brewster

... 1969

... 1961

The Bat

Cornelia Van Gorder

... 1960

Third Man on the Mountain

Hotel guest (uncredited)

... 1959

Four Women in Black

Sister Theresa

... 1957

Anastasia

Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna

... 1956

... 1955

... 1953

My Son John

Lucille Jefferson

... 1952

Stage Door Canteen

Helen Hayes

... 1943

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Self (archive footage)

... 1940

... 1938

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Vanessa Paris

... 1935

What Every Woman Knows

Maggie Wylie

... 1934

Crime Without Passion

Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

... 1934

Night Flight

Madame Fabian

... 1933

Another Language

Stella Hallam

... 1933

The White Sister

Angela Chiaromonte

... 1933

The Son-Daughter

Lian Wha

... 1932

A Farewell to Arms

Catherine Barkley

... 1932

Arrowsmith

Leora Tozer Arrowsmith

... 1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Madelon Claudet

... 1931

The Dancing Town

Olive Pepperall

... 1928

... 1923

... 1917