93,728 profiles ranked live

Helen Hayes

✓ Source-basedstable

American actress (1900-1993)

United StatesActorsLived 1900 to 1993 · aged 92
Compare
Fame61.0
Momentum3.4
Languages32
Peak1940s
In century#2,186

Helen Hayes MacArthur was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win the EGOT, and the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 6

Filmography 40

Airport1970 · ★ 6.5
Herbie Rides Again1974 · ★ 6.2
Anastasia1956 · ★ 6.8
A Farewell to Arms1932 · ★ 6.2
Candleshoe1977 · ★ 6.9
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing1975 · ★ 5.8
Arrowsmith1931
Third Man on the Mountain1959
Victory at Entebbe1976
The Sin of Madelon Claudet1931
Murder with Mirrors1985
Murder Is Easy1982
A Caribbean Mystery1983
Crime Without Passion1934
Stage Door Canteen1943
Night Flight1933
My Son John1952
The Ten-Year Lunch1987
Harvey1972
The White Sister1933
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate1971
What Every Woman Knows1934
Night of 100 Stars1982
Vanessa: Her Love Story1935
Another Language1933
Hollywood Goes to Town1938
The Son-Daughter1932
Arsenic and Old Lace1969
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards1940
Night of 100 Stars III1990
Main Street to Broadway1953
A Family Upside Down1978
Bill Cosby: Walking Free2022
The Bat1960
The Dancing Town1928
The Challenge of Ideas1961
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero1998
The Female Instinct1972
Riders of the Range1923
Airports2025

86 credits on file

Television 24

The Mike Douglas Show1961
The Love Boat1977
Hawaii Five-O1968
What's My Line?1950
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Highway to Heaven1984
The Dick Cavett Show1968
Tony Awards1956
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Oscars1953
Here's Lucy1968
The Jack Benny Program1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
Tarzan1966
Omnibus1952
Kraft Television Theatre1947
Ghost Story1972
The Kennedy Center Honors1978
The Bell Telephone Hour1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
The Snoop Sisters1973
MGM: When the Lion Roars1992
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951

Awards 18

1986Presidential Medal of Freedom
1979Laetare Medal
1973National Women's Hall of Fame
1973Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year
1971Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1970Golden Plate Award
1958Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
1953Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
1947Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
1932Academy Award for Best Actress
National Medal of Arts
Kennedy Center Honors
honorary doctor of Brandeis University
honorary doctor of the Northwestern University
honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
James Cardinal Gibbons Medal

In their orbit 2

Connected to Helen 6

About this person

Helen Hayes MacArthur was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win the EGOT, and 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.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1993 · aged 92
Written about in
32 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.