Helen Hayes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

78

Gender

Female

Birthday

1900-10-09

Day of death

1993-03-17 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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 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.​

Known For

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Jack Benny Program

    The Jack Benny Program

  • Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Anastasia

    Anastasia

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Tarzan

    Tarzan

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • Harvey

    Harvey

  • Play of the Week

    Play of the Week

  • The Female Instinct

    The Female Instinct

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • Airports

    Airports

  • Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

    Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

  • Night Flight

    Night Flight

  • The Snoop Sisters

    The Snoop Sisters

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Four Women in Black

    Four Women in Black

  • Bill Cosby: Walking Free

    Bill Cosby: Walking Free

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Arsenic and Old Lace

    Arsenic and Old Lace

  • Airport

    Airport

  • A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

  • Herbie Rides Again

    Herbie Rides Again

  • The White Sister

    The White Sister

  • MGM: When the Lion Roars

    MGM: When the Lion Roars

  • Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

    Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Murder with Mirrors

    Murder with Mirrors

  • Candleshoe

    Candleshoe

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • The Son-Daughter

    The Son-Daughter

  • Murder Is Easy

    Murder Is Easy

  • A Caribbean Mystery

    A Caribbean Mystery

  • Stage Door Canteen

    Stage Door Canteen

  • All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

    All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman

  • Arrowsmith

    Arrowsmith

  • Victory at Entebbe

    Victory at Entebbe

  • Third Man on the Mountain

    Third Man on the Mountain

  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

  • What Every Woman Knows

    What Every Woman Knows

  • My Son John

    My Son John

  • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

    One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

  • The Sin of Madelon Claudet

    The Sin of Madelon Claudet

  • Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

  • The Ten-Year Lunch

    The Ten-Year Lunch

  • Main Street to Broadway

    Main Street to Broadway

  • Crime Without Passion

    Crime Without Passion

  • Vanessa: Her Love Story

    Vanessa: Her Love Story

  • The Challenge of Ideas

    The Challenge of Ideas

  • The Bat

    The Bat

  • A Family Upside Down

    A Family Upside Down

  • A.N.T.A. Album of 1955

    A.N.T.A. Album of 1955

  • The Weavers of Life

    The Weavers of Life

  • Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

    Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

  • Another Language

    Another Language

  • The Dancing Town

    The Dancing Town

  • Riders of the Range

    Riders of the Range

  • Hopper's Silence

    Hopper's Silence

  • Divine Mercy No Escape

    Divine Mercy No Escape