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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 9, 1900
Died
March 17, 1993
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As
- Helen Hayes Brown
- Хелен Хейс Макартур
- Хелен Хейс
- Helen Hayes MacArthur
Helen Hayes
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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.
Known For
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Airports
2025
8.3
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
7.8
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
4.0
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
6.5
Herself - Participant
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
6.5
Miss Jane Marple
Murder with Mirrors
1985
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
6.1
Miss Jane Marple
A Caribbean Mystery
1983
6.7
Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Credits
Airports
2025
0.0
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as Self (archive footage)
2022
8.3
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self (archive footage)
1998
7.0
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
7.8
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
The Ten-Year Lunch
as Herself - Participant
1987
6.5
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Jane Marple
1985
6.5
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
A Caribbean Mystery
as Miss Jane Marple
1983
6.1
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Murder Is Easy
as Lavinia Fullerton
1982
6.4
Hopper's Silence
as Herself
1981
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All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1979
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
A Family Upside Down
as Emma Long
1978
7.0
Candleshoe
as Lady St. Edmund
1977
6.9
The Love Boat
as Agatha Winslow
1977
6.3
Victory at Entebbe
as Etta Grossman-Wise
1976
5.0
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Dr. McCartney
1976
2.3
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Hettie
1975
5.7
Herbie Rides Again
as Mrs. Steinmetz
1974
6.1
The Snoop Sisters
as Ernesta Snoop
1973
7.2
The Female Instinct
as Ernesta Snoop
1972
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Ghost Story
as Miss Gilden
1972
7.1
Harvey
as Veta Louise Simmons
1972
6.8
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Sophie Tate Curtis
1971
5.9
Airport
as Ada Quonsett
1970
6.5
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Abby Brewster
1969
7.0
Here's Lucy
as Kathleen Brady
1968
6.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Aunt Clara
1968
7.1
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Tarzan
1966
6.7
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
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The Challenge of Ideas
as Narrator
1961
3.5
The Bat
as Cornelia Van Gorder
1960
5.0
Third Man on the Mountain
as Hotel guest (uncredited)
1959
6.7
Play of the Week
as Mother Hildebrand
1959
0.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
Four Women in Black
as Sister Theresa
1957
0.0
Anastasia
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1956
6.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Previous Winner
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as Self
1955
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Main Street to Broadway
as Self
1953
6.5
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Mr. Lincoln
as Bessie Arlington
1952
0.0
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Omnibus
as Bessie Arlington
1952
6.0
Omnibus
as Mrs. Dearth
1952
6.0
Omnibus
as Mrs. Howard V. Larue III
1952
6.0
My Son John
as Lucille Jefferson
1952
5.3
Pride and Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
1952
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Essie
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Vicaress
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Veta Louise Simmons
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Honora Canderay (woman)
1951
7.2
The Jack Benny Program
as Helen Hayes
1950
7.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Queen Victoria
1950
5.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Kraft Television Theatre
as Self - Host
1947
7.5
Stage Door Canteen
as Helen Hayes
1943
6.1
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.5
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
1938
7.0
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Vanessa Paris
1935
6.0
What Every Woman Knows
as Maggie Wylie
1934
7.0
Crime Without Passion
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Night Flight
as Madame Fabian
1933
5.6
Another Language
as Stella Hallam
1933
6.3
The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte
1933
4.9
The Son-Daughter
as Lian Wha
1932
7.0
A Farewell to Arms
as Catherine Barkley
1932
6.1
Arrowsmith
as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
1931
6.6
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Madelon Claudet
1931
5.7
The Dancing Town
as Olive Pepperall
1928
6.0
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Riders of the Range
as Inez
1923
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The Weavers of Life
as Peggy
1917
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