People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Bill Cosby: Walking Free as Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-04 |
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero as Self (archive footage) | 1998-03-17 |
Night of 100 Stars III as Self | 1990-05-21 |
The Ten-Year Lunch as Herself - Participant | 1987-09-28 |
Murder with Mirrors as Miss Jane Marple | 1985-02-20 |
A Caribbean Mystery as Miss Jane Marple | 1983-10-22 |
Night of 100 Stars as Self | 1982-03-08 |
Murder Is Easy as Lavinia Fullerton | 1982-01-02 |
Hopper's Silence as Herself | 1981-10-05 |
A Family Upside Down as Emma Long | 1978-04-08 |
Candleshoe as Lady St. Edmund | 1977-12-16 |
Victory at Entebbe as Etta Grossman-Wise | 1976-12-22 |
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Hettie | 1975-07-09 |
Herbie Rides Again as Mrs. Steinmetz | 1974-02-12 |
The Snoop Sisters as Ernesta Snoop | 1972-12-18 |
Harvey as Veta Louise Simmons | 1972-03-20 |
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate as Sophie Tate Curtis | 1971-11-09 |
Airport as Ada Quonsett | 1970-03-25 |
Arsenic and Old Lace as Abby Brewster | 1969-04-02 |
The Challenge of Ideas as Narrator | 1961-01-01 |
The Bat as Cornelia Van Gorder | 1960-03-29 |
Third Man on the Mountain as Hotel guest (uncredited) | 1959-11-10 |
Anastasia as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna | 1956-12-13 |
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 as Herself | 1955-03-28 |
Main Street to Broadway as Self | 1953-10-12 |
Mr. Lincoln as Bessie Arlington | 1952-11-16 |
My Son John as Lucille Jefferson | 1952-04-08 |
Stage Door Canteen as Helen Hayes | 1943-06-24 |
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 |
Hollywood Goes to Town as Self | 1938-07-07 |
Vanessa: Her Love Story as Vanessa Paris | 1935-03-01 |
What Every Woman Knows as Maggie Wylie | 1934-10-18 |
Crime Without Passion as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) | 1934-08-30 |
Night Flight as Madame Fabian | 1933-10-06 |
Another Language as Stella Hallam | 1933-07-28 |
The White Sister as Angela Chiaromonte | 1933-03-17 |
The Son-Daughter as Lian Wha | 1932-12-23 |
A Farewell to Arms as Catherine Barkley | 1932-12-08 |
Arrowsmith as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith | 1931-12-07 |
The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Madelon Claudet | 1931-10-23 |
The Dancing Town as Olive Pepperall | 1928-10-26 |
Riders of the Range as Inez | 1923-02-15 |
The Weavers of Life as Peggy | 1917-11-01 |