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.
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Filmography
all 72
Movies 44
TV Shows 28
self 23
Bill Cosby: Walking Free (2022)
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998)
Murder with Mirrors (1985)
A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
Murder Is Easy (1982)
A Family Upside Down (1978)
Candleshoe (1977)
The Love Boat (1977)
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers (1976)
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
The Snoop Sisters (1973)
The Snoop Sisters (1972)
Ghost Story (1972)
Harvey (1972)
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971)
Airport (1970)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
Here's Lucy (1968)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Challenge of Ideas (1961)
The Bat (1960)
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Play of the Week (1959)
Anastasia (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Best of Broadway (1954)
Omnibus (1952)
My Son John (1952)
Pride and Prejudice (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
What Every Woman Knows (1934)
Crime Without Passion (1934)
Night Flight (1933)
Another Language (1933)
The White Sister (1933)
The Son-Daughter (1932)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Arrowsmith (1931)
The Dancing Town (1928)
Murder with Mirrors
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1900-10-10
Deathday1993-03-17 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States
RelationshipsCharles MacArthur (1928 - 1956)
SiblingsJohn D. MacArthur
RelativesJohn D. MacArthur, James MacArthur
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsHelen Hayes Brown, Хелен Хейс Макартур, Хелен Хейс, Helen Hayes MacArthur
Awardshonorary doctor of the Northwestern University, Golden Plate Award, James Cardinal Gibbons Medal, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year, honorary doctor of the Hofstra University, honorary doctor of Brandeis University, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, National Women's Hall of Fame, Laetare Medal, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Academy Award for Best Actress, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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