Helen Hayes
Born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA — Oct 09 1900• Died Mar 17 1993
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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. ar…
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Helen Hayes's Credits
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The Love Boat
Agatha Winslow
Hawaii Five-O
Aunt Clara
Robert Montgomery Presents
Queen Victoria
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Here's Lucy
Kathleen Brady
Highway to Heaven
What's My Line?
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Jack Benny Program
Helen Hayes
Kraft Television Theatre
Self - Host
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Tarzan
Ghost Story
Miss Gilden
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Essie
Play of the Week
Mother Hildebrand
The Snoop Sisters
Ernesta Snoop
Airport
Ada Quonsett
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Dr. McCartney
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Herbie Rides Again
Mrs. Steinmetz
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Anastasia
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
Candleshoe
Lady St. Edmund
Pride and Prejudice
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
A Farewell to Arms
Catherine Barkley
Victory at Entebbe
Etta Grossman-Wise
Stage Door Canteen
Helen Hayes
Airports
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
Arrowsmith
Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
A Family Upside Down
Emma Long
The Female Instinct
Ernesta Snoop
A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Jane Marple
Main Street to Broadway
Self
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self (archive footage)
My Son John
Lucille Jefferson
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Madelon Claudet
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Hettie
Harvey
Veta Louise Simmons
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Crime Without Passion
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Third Man on the Mountain
Hotel guest (uncredited)
Murder with Mirrors
Miss Jane Marple
Night Flight
Madame Fabian
Murder Is Easy
Lavinia Fullerton
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Sophie Tate Curtis
What Every Woman Knows
Maggie Wylie
Riders of the Range
Inez
The Bat
Cornelia Van Gorder
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
The Son-Daughter
Lian Wha
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Self (archive footage)
The Dancing Town
Olive Pepperall
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Vanessa Paris
The Ten-Year Lunch
Herself - Participant
The White Sister
Angela Chiaromonte
Another Language
Stella Hallam
Divine Mercy No Escape
Arsenic and Old Lace
Abby Brewster
Four Women in Black
Sister Theresa
The Challenge of Ideas
Narrator
The Weavers of Life
Peggy
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Self
Hopper's Silence
Herself
Tony Awards
Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix