Helen Hayes
American actress (1900-1993) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 92
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.
Helen Hayes is read about 812 times a day, in 64 languages.
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MGM: When the Lion RoarsSeries1986Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1985
Murder with MirrorsFilm, Miss Jane Marple1982
Murder Is EasyFilm, Lavinia Fullerton1979Laetare MedalAward1978
The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries1976
Victory at EntebbeFilm, Etta Grossman-Wise1974
Herbie Rides AgainFilm, Mrs. Steinmetz1973Ladies' Home Journal Women of the YearAwardNational Women's Hall of FameAward
The Snoop SistersSeries, 1973Ernesta Snoop1971Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1970Golden Plate AwardAward
AirportFilm, 1970Ada Quonsett1969
Hawaii Five-OSeries, Aunt Clara1966
TarzanSeries1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesThe Challenge of IdeasFilm, 1961Narrator1958Tony Award for Best Actress in a PlayAward1956
Tony AwardsSeries
AnastasiaFilm, 1956Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna1953Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesAward1952
OmnibusSeries, Bessie Arlington
My Son JohnFilm, 1952Lucille Jefferson1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries, Queen Victoria1947Tony Award for Best Actress in a PlayAward
Kraft Television TheatreSeries, 19471938
Hollywood Goes to TownFilm1934
Crime Without PassionFilm, Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)1932Academy Award for Best ActressAward1931
ArrowsmithFilm, Leora Tozer Arrowsmith1923Riders of the RangeFilm, Inez1900Born10 October 1900People around Helen
Lucy Feagin Taught Helen
Frank Borzage Directed A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Clarence Brown Directed The Son-Daughter and Night Flight- Robert Stevenson Directed Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Herbert Stothart Wrote The Son-Daughter and The White Sister
Ross Hunter Produced Airport and A Family Upside Down- Bill Walsh Produced Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Alfred Newman Wrote Airport, Anastasia and Arrowsmith
Mildred Natwick Also in The Snoop Sisters
Joan Hickson Duets: Miss Marple
Gracie Fields Duets: Miss Marple
Cliff Edwards Duets: Ziegfeld Follies of 1927
William K. Howard Directed This Side of Heaven (1934)
Louise Closser Hale Also in The Son-Daughter and Another Language- Leonard B. Stern Directed The Snoop Sisters
Fred Gwynne Also in Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey
Walt Disney Produced Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Clark Gable Also in The White Sister and Night Flight
John Ford Directed Arrowsmith (1931)
Burt Lancaster Also in Airport and Victory at Entebbe
Angela Lansbury Duets: Miss Marple
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Arrowsmith (1931)
Virginia Grey Also in Stage Door Canteen and Airport
Sol Lesser Produced Stage Door Canteen (1943)
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Candleshoe 1977
Anastasia 1956
Airport 1970
Herbie Rides Again 1974
A Farewell to Arms 1932
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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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.
