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Helen Hayes

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress | * 10/10/1900 († 92, 03/17/1993) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
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Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress whose career spanned 82 years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre" and was the second person and first woman to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award (an EGOT). She was also the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting. 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. The annual Helen Hayes Awards, which have recognized excellence in professional theatre in greater Washington, D.C., since 1984, are her namesake. In 1955, the former Fulton Theatre on 46th Street in New York City's Theatre District was renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre. When that venue was torn down in 1982, the nearby Little Theatre was renamed in her honor. Helen Hayes is regarded as one of the greatest leading ladies of the 20th-century theatre. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school. ...

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

NR

1931 | 3.0/5 | 1h 15min
Drama
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Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russian throne. While Bounin is coaching her, he comes ...

Anastasia

NR

1956 | 3.4/5 | 1h 45min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved. ...

Airport

PG

1970 | 3.2/5 | 2h 17min
Action, Drama, Thriller
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The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer. ...

Herbie Rides Again

G

1974 | 3.1/5 | 1h 28min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for Helen Hayes

National Medal of Arts Presidential Medal of Freedom National Women's Hall of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actress 2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Kennedy Center Honors Golden Plate Award Honorary Doctor of Brandeis University Honorary Doctor of The Northwestern University Laetare Medal Honorary Doctor of The Hofstra University Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Ladies' Home Journal Women of The Year Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Helen Hayes as Actress(38)

2022 Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as herself1990 Night Of 100 Stars III
as Herself - Participant1987 The Ten-Year Lunch
as Miss Jane Marple1985 Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Jane Marple1983 A Caribbean Mystery
as Lavinia Fullerton1982 Murder Is Easy
as herself1981 Hopper's Silence
as Emma Long1978 A Family Upside Down
as Lady St. Edmund1977 Candleshoe
as Etta Grossman-Wise1976 Victory at Entebbe
as Hettie1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Mrs. Steinmetz1974 Herbie Rides Again
as Veta Louise Simmons1972 Harvey
as Ernesta Snoop1972 The Snoop Sisters
as Sophie Tate Curtis1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Ada Quonsett1970 Airport
as Abby Brewster1969 Arsenic and Old Lace
as Narrator1961 The Challenge of Ideas
as Cornelia Van Gorder1960 The Bat
as Hotel guest (uncredited)1959 Third Man on the Mountain
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna1956 Anastasia
as herself1955 A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as herself1953 Main Street to Broadway
as Lucille Jefferson1952 My Son John
as herself1943 Stage Door Canteen
as Self (archive footage)1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as herself1938 Hollywood Goes to Town
as Vanessa Paris1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Maggie Wylie1934 What Every Woman Knows
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)1934 Crime Without Passion
as Angela Chiaromonte1933 The White Sister
as Madame Fabian1933 Night Flight
as Stella Hallam1933 Another Language
as Catherine Barkley1932 A Farewell to Arms
as Lian Wha1932 The Son-Daughter
as Madelon Claudet1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith1931 Arrowsmith
as Olive Pepperall1928 The Dancing Town

TV Shows/Series with Helen Hayes as Actress(27)

1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars
1984 Highway to Heaven
as herself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as Agatha Winslow1977 The Love Boat
as Dr. McCartney1976 Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Ernesta Snoop1973 The Snoop Sisters
as Miss Gilden1972 Ghost Story
as Aunt Clara1968 Hawaii Five-O
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1968 Here's Lucy
1966 Tarzan
as herself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Mother Hildebrand1959 Play of the Week
1952 Omnibus
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh1952 Pride and Prejudice
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Honora Canderay (woman)1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Essie1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Vicaress1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Veta Louise Simmons1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as herself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Queen Victoria1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as herself1950 The Jack Benny Program
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Harriet Breecher Stowe1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.helenhayes.com
Full Name: Helen Hayes
Born: Wednesday, 10/10 1900 (October) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 03/17 1993 (March) in Nyack (aged: 92)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Charles MacArthur
Siblings: John D. MacArthur
Related to: James MacArthur, John D. MacArthur
Other names for Helen Hayes (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Helen Hayes Brown"
Helen Hayes frequently works together with these people:
John Newland (21x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (18x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (15x, Actor)
Julie Harris (14x, Actress)
Vaughn Taylor (14x, Actor)
Eddie Albert (13x, Actor)
Vincent Price (12x, Actor)
Jackie Cooper (12x, Actor)
Arthur Franz (12x, Actor)
Anne Seymour (12x, Actress)
Carol Channing (12x, Actress)
Adrian (6x, Crew)
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