Helen Hayes
Known for: Acting
Born: October 9, 1900
Died: March 17, 1993
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
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Filmography
47 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
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Airports
2025
8.3
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
2022
7.0
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
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Divine Mercy No Escape
1994
7.9
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
4.3
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
6.5
The Ten-Year Lunch
1987
6.5
Murder with Mirrors
1985
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
6.2
A Caribbean Mystery
1983
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
6.6
Murder Is Easy
1982
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Hopper's Silence
1981
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All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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Old Friends... New Friends
1978
7.0
A Family Upside Down
1978
6.9
Candleshoe
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
5.1
Victory at Entebbe
1976
4.0
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
1976
5.8
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
6.2
Herbie Rides Again
1974
7.5
The Snoop Sisters
19737.0
The Female Instinct
1972
7.4
Ghost Story
1972
6.6
Harvey
1972
6.1
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
6.5
Airport
1970
7.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
6.9
Tarzan
1966
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
19615.3
The Challenge of Ideas
19618.0
The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960
5.0
The Bat
1960
6.7
Third Man on the Mountain
1959
8.0
Play of the Week
1959
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
NR
Four Women in Black
1957
6.8
Anastasia
1956
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Tony Awards
1956
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A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
7.3
Main Street to Broadway
1953
7.0
The Oscars
1953
7.0
Omnibus
1952
5.8
My Son John
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951NR
The Ezio Pinza Show
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
6.3
Stage Door Canteen
1943
6.3
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
7.0
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
6.2
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
7.6
What Every Woman Knows
1934
5.9
Crime Without Passion
1934
5.6
Night Flight
1933
6.8
Another Language
1933
5.4
The White Sister
1933
6.5
The Son-Daughter
1932
6.1
A Farewell to Arms
1932
6.6
Arrowsmith
1931
5.9
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
7.5
The Dancing Town
192810.0
Riders of the Range
1923
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The Weavers of Life
1917