Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1900-10-09
Day of Death
1993-03-17
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.
Filmography (46)
Airports
2025
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
Divine Mercy No Escape
1994
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
Murder with Mirrors
1985
A Caribbean Mystery
1983
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Murder Is Easy
1982
Hopper's Silence
1981
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
A Family Upside Down
1978
Candleshoe
1977
