Helen Hayes
Known for Acting · 76 credits
- Born
- 1900-10-09
- Died
- 1993-03-17
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Helen Hayes Brown · Хелен Хейс Макартур · Хелен Хейс · Helen Hayes MacArthur
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.
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Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Agatha Winslow
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Queen Victoria
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix / Self - Nominee / Self - Winner / Self - Presenter / Self - Previous Winner / Self (archive footage)
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Aunt Clara
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV Shows (29)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Agatha Winslow
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Queen Victoria
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix / Self - Nominee / Self - Winner / Self - Presenter / Self - Previous Winner / Self (archive footage)
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Aunt Clara
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Highway to Heaven
1984
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Here's Lucy
1968
as Kathleen Brady
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Self - Host
Omnibus
1952
as Bessie Arlington / Mrs. Dearth / Mrs. Larue
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Helen Hayes
Ghost Story
1972
as Miss Gilden
Tarzan
1966
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Essie / The Vicaress / Veta Louise Simmons
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Ernesta Snoop
Play of the Week
1959
as Mother Hildebrand
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Honora Canderay (woman)
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
as Cornelia Van Gorder
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
as Dr. McCartney
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
The Ezio Pinza Show
1951
as Self
Old Friends... New Friends
1978
as Self
Movies (47)
Airport
1970
as Ada Quonsett
The Female Instinct
1972
as Ernesta Snoop
Herbie Rides Again
1974
as Mrs. Steinmetz
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
as Herself - Participant
Harvey
1972
as Veta Louise Simmons
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Son-Daughter
1932
as Lian Wha
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
as Abby Brewster
Anastasia
1956
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A Farewell to Arms
1932
as Catherine Barkley
Airports
2025
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Candleshoe
1977
as Lady St. Edmund
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Sophie Tate Curtis
Third Man on the Mountain
1959
as Hotel guest (uncredited)
The Dancing Town
1928
as Olive Pepperall
Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
Murder Is Easy
1982
as Lavinia Fullerton
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Self
Night Flight
1933
as Madame Fabian
Riders of the Range
1923
as Inez
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The Weavers of Life
1917
as Peggy
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Hettie
Victory at Entebbe
1976
as Etta Grossman-Wise
A Caribbean Mystery
1983
as Miss Jane Marple
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Helen Hayes
Four Women in Black
1957
as Sister Theresa
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Madelon Claudet
What Every Woman Knows
1934
as Maggie Wylie
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self (archive footage)
A Family Upside Down
1978
as Emma Long
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Vanessa Paris
Arrowsmith
1931
as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
The White Sister
1933
as Angela Chiaromonte
My Son John
1952
as Lucille Jefferson
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
as Self
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Crime Without Passion
1934
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Another Language
1933
as Stella Hallam
The Challenge of Ideas
1961
as Narrator
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
as Self
The Bat
1960
as Cornelia Van Gorder
Hopper's Silence
1981
as Herself
Divine Mercy No Escape
1994
About Helen Hayes
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 Washingt… With 76 credits spanning from 1917 to 2025, Helen Hayes has appeared in 47 films and 29 TV shows.
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- Airport (1970) — as Ada Quonsett
- The Female Instinct (1972) — as Ernesta Snoop
- Herbie Rides Again (1974) — as Mrs. Steinmetz
- The Ten-Year Lunch (1987) — as Herself - Participant
- Harvey (1972) — as Veta Louise Simmons
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