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.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

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

All Movies (46)

• Airports2025
• Bill Cosby: Walking Free2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero1998 · as Self (archive footage)
• Divine Mercy No Escape1994
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• The Ten-Year Lunch1987 · as Herself - Participant
• Murder with Mirrors1985 · as Miss Jane Marple
• A Caribbean Mystery1983 · as Miss Jane Marple
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Murder Is Easy1982 · as Lavinia Fullerton
• Hopper's Silence1981 · as Herself
• All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman1979 · as Self
• A Family Upside Down1978 · as Emma Long
• Candleshoe1977 · as Lady St. Edmund
• Victory at Entebbe1976 · as Etta Grossman-Wise
• One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing1975 · as Hettie
• Herbie Rides Again1974 · as Mrs. Steinmetz
• The Female Instinct1972 · as Ernesta Snoop
• Harvey1972 · as Veta Louise Simmons
• Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate1971 · as Sophie Tate Curtis
• Airport1970 · as Ada Quonsett
• Arsenic and Old Lace1969 · as Abby Brewster
• The Challenge of Ideas1961 · as Narrator
• The Bat1960 · as Cornelia Van Gorder
• Third Man on the Mountain1959 · as Hotel guest (uncredited)
• Four Women in Black1957 · as Sister Theresa
• Anastasia1956 · as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
• A.N.T.A. Album of 19551955 · as Self
• Main Street to Broadway1953 · as Self
• My Son John1952 · as Lucille Jefferson
• Stage Door Canteen1943 · as Helen Hayes
• Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hollywood Goes to Town1938 · as Self
• Vanessa: Her Love Story1935 · as Vanessa Paris
• What Every Woman Knows1934 · as Maggie Wylie
• Crime Without Passion1934 · as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
• Night Flight1933 · as Madame Fabian
• Another Language1933 · as Stella Hallam
• The White Sister1933 · as Angela Chiaromonte
• The Son-Daughter1932 · as Lian Wha
• A Farewell to Arms1932 · as Catherine Barkley
• Arrowsmith1931 · as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet1931 · as Madelon Claudet
• The Dancing Town1928 · as Olive Pepperall
• Riders of the Range1923 · as Inez
• The Weavers of Life1917 · as Peggy

All TV Shows (40)

• MGM: When the Lion Roars1992
• Highway to Heaven1984
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• Old Friends... New Friends1978 · as Self
• The Love Boat1977 · as Agatha Winslow
• Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers1976 · as Dr. McCartney
• The Snoop Sisters1973 · as Ernesta Snoop
• Ghost Story1972 · as Miss Gilden
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Kathleen Brady
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Aunt Clara
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Tarzan1966
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Play of the Week1959 · as Mother Hildebrand
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Winner
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Previous Winner
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Omnibus1952
• Omnibus1952 · as Bessie Arlington
• Omnibus1952 · as Mrs. Dearth
• Omnibus1952 · as Mrs. Larue
• Pride and Prejudice1952 · as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Essie
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as The Vicaress
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Veta Louise Simmons
• The Ezio Pinza Show1951 · as Self
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Honora Canderay (woman)
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Helen Hayes
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Queen Victoria
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Self - Host