- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 9, 1900
- Place of Birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Died
- March 17, 1993
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 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 (alo…
Filmography
movieAirports
2025
movieBill Cosby: Walking Free
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieGary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieDivine Mercy No Escape
1994
tvMGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
movieNight of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
movieThe Ten-Year Lunch
1987 · Herself - Participant
movieMurder with Mirrors
1985 · Miss Jane Marple
tvHighway to Heaven
1984
movieA Caribbean Mystery
1983 · Miss Jane Marple
movieNight of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
movieMurder Is Easy
1982 · Lavinia Fullerton
movieHopper's Silence
1981 · Herself
movieAll Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979 · Self
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
tvOld Friends... New Friends
1978 · Self
movieA Family Upside Down
1978 · Emma Long
movieCandleshoe
1977 · Lady St. Edmund
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Agatha Winslow
movieVictory at Entebbe
1976 · Etta Grossman-Wise
tvArthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976 · Dr. McCartney
movieOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Hettie
movieHerbie Rides Again
1974 · Mrs. Steinmetz
tvThe Snoop Sisters
1973 · Ernesta Snoop
movieThe Female Instinct
1972 · Ernesta Snoop
tvGhost Story
1972 · Miss Gilden
movieHarvey
1972 · Veta Louise Simmons
movieDo Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971 · Sophie Tate Curtis
movieAirport
1970 · Ada Quonsett
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1969 · Abby Brewster
tvHere's Lucy
1968 · Kathleen Brady
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Aunt Clara
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
tvTarzan
1966
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Challenge of Ideas
movieThe Challenge of Ideas
1961 · Narrator
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
tvThe Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 · Cornelia Van Gorder
movieThe Bat
1960 · Cornelia Van Gorder
movieThird Man on the Mountain
1959 · Hotel guest (uncredited)
tvPlay of the Week
1959 · Mother Hildebrand
tvThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self
movieFour Women in Black
1957 · Sister Theresa
movieAnastasia
1956 · Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner, Self - Presenter, Self - Previous Winner, Self (archive footage)
movieA.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955 · Self
movieMain Street to Broadway
1953 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvOmnibus
1952 · , Bessie Arlington, Mrs. Dearth, Mrs. Larue
movieMy Son John
1952 · Lucille Jefferson
tvPride and Prejudice
1952 · Lady Catherine de Bourgh
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Essie, The Vicaress, Veta Louise Simmons
The Ezio Pinza Show
tvThe Ezio Pinza Show
1951 · Self
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · , Honora Canderay (woman)
tvThe Jack Benny Program
1950 · Helen Hayes
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Queen Victoria
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
tvKraft Television Theatre
1947 · Self - Host
movieStage Door Canteen
1943 · Helen Hayes
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
movieVanessa: Her Love Story
1935 · Vanessa Paris
movieWhat Every Woman Knows
1934 · Maggie Wylie
movieCrime Without Passion
1934 · Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
movieNight Flight
1933 · Madame Fabian
movieAnother Language
1933 · Stella Hallam
movieThe White Sister
1933 · Angela Chiaromonte
movieThe Son-Daughter
1932 · Lian Wha
movieA Farewell to Arms
1932 · Catherine Barkley
movieArrowsmith
1931 · Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
movieThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931 · Madelon Claudet
movieThe Dancing Town
1928 · Olive Pepperall
Riders of the Range
movieRiders of the Range
1923 · Inez
movieThe Weavers of Life
1917 · Peggy