Helen Hayes
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Love Boat
Agatha Winslow
1977
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Aunt Clara
1969
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Previous Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage)
1956
Series
Highway to Heaven
1984
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Queen Victoria
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Here's Lucy
Kathleen Brady
1968
Series
The Jack Benny Program
Helen Hayes
1950
Series
Omnibus
1952
Series
Omnibus
Bessie Arlington
1952
Series
Omnibus
Mrs. Dearth
1952
Series
Omnibus
Mrs. Larue
1952
Series
Kraft Television Theatre
Self - Host
1947
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
Tarzan
1966
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Series
Ghost Story
Miss Gilden
1972
Series
Play of the Week
Mother Hildebrand
1959
Film
Airport
Ada Quonsett
1970
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Essie
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Vicaress
1951
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Veta Louise Simmons
1951
Film
Candleshoe
Lady St. Edmund
1977
Series
The Snoop Sisters
Ernesta Snoop
1973
Film
Herbie Rides Again
Mrs. Steinmetz
1974
Film
A Farewell to Arms
Catherine Barkley
1932
Series
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
Dr. McCartney
1976
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
Cornelia Van Gorder
1960
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Honora Canderay (woman)
1951
Series
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Film
Anastasia
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1956
Series
Old Friends... New Friends
Self
1978
Film
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Hettie
1975
The Ezio Pinza Show
Self
1951
Film
Third Man on the Mountain
Hotel guest (uncredited)
1959
Film
Murder with Mirrors
Miss Jane Marple
1985
Film
Arrowsmith
Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
1931
Film
Murder Is Easy
Lavinia Fullerton
1982
Film
Harvey
Veta Louise Simmons
1972
Film
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Madelon Claudet
1931
Film
Stage Door Canteen
Helen Hayes
1943
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Night Flight
Madame Fabian
1933
Film
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Vanessa Paris
1935
Film
Victory at Entebbe
Etta Grossman-Wise
1976
Film
Main Street to Broadway
Self
1953
Film
The White Sister
Angela Chiaromonte
1933
Film
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Film
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Night of 100 Stars
Self
1982
Film
What Every Woman Knows
Maggie Wylie
1934
Film
The Ten-Year Lunch
Herself - Participant
1987
Film
Airports
2025
Film
A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Jane Marple
1983
Film
The Son-Daughter
Lian Wha
1932
Film
The Female Instinct
Ernesta Snoop
1972
Film
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
Self (archive footage)
1998
Film
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Sophie Tate Curtis
1971
Film
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
Self
1979
Film
Arsenic and Old Lace
Abby Brewster
1969
Film
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
1938
Film
A Family Upside Down
Emma Long
1978
Film
My Son John
Lucille Jefferson
1952
Film
Four Women in Black
Sister Theresa
1957
Riders of the Range
Inez
1923
Film
Another Language
Stella Hallam
1933
Film
The Dancing Town
Olive Pepperall
1928
Film
The Weavers of Life
Peggy
1917
Film
Crime Without Passion
Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Bat
Cornelia Van Gorder
1960
Film
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Self
1955
The Challenge of Ideas
Narrator
1961
Film
Hopper's Silence
Herself
1981
Film
Divine Mercy No Escape
1994