Helen Hayes
Acting
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.
Born: October 9, 1900
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Herself - Participant
as Miss Jane Marple
as Miss Jane Marple
as Self
as Lavinia Fullerton
as Herself
as Self
as Emma Long
as Lady St. Edmund
as Agatha Winslow
as Etta Grossman-Wise
as Dr. McCartney
as Hettie
as Mrs. Steinmetz
as Ernesta Snoop
as Ernesta Snoop
as Miss Gilden
as Veta Louise Simmons
as Sophie Tate Curtis
as Ada Quonsett
as Abby Brewster
as Kathleen Brady
as Aunt Clara
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Cornelia Van Gorder
as Hotel guest (uncredited)
as Mother Hildebrand
as Self
as Sister Theresa
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
as Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Previous Winner
as Self - Winner
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Nominee
as Self - Host
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Bessie Arlington
as Bessie Arlington
as Mrs. Dearth
as Mrs. Howard V. Larue III
as Lucille Jefferson
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
as Essie
as The Vicaress
as Veta Louise Simmons
as Honora Canderay (woman)
as Helen Hayes
as Self
as Self
as Queen Victoria
as Self
as Self - Host
as Helen Hayes
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Vanessa Paris
as Maggie Wylie
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
as Madame Fabian
as Stella Hallam
as Angela Chiaromonte
as Lian Wha
as Catherine Barkley
as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
as Madelon Claudet
as Olive Pepperall
as Peggy