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