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Helen Hayes
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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 …
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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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Helen Hayes's Filmography
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Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Divine Mercy No Escape
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
The Ten-Year Lunch
as Herself - Participant
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Jane Marple
A Caribbean Mystery
as Miss Jane Marple
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Murder Is Easy
as Lavinia Fullerton
Hopper's Silence
as Herself
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
A Family Upside Down
as Emma Long
Candleshoe
as Lady St. Edmund
Victory at Entebbe
as Etta Grossman-Wise
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Hettie
Herbie Rides Again
as Mrs. Steinmetz
The Female Instinct
as Ernesta Snoop
Harvey
as Veta Louise Simmons
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Sophie Tate Curtis
Airport
as Ada Quonsett
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Abby Brewster
No Poster
The Challenge of Ideas
as Narrator
The Bat
as Cornelia Van Gorder
Third Man on the Mountain
as Hotel guest (uncredited)
Four Women in Black
as Sister Theresa
Anastasia
as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as Self
Main Street to Broadway
as Self
My Son John
as Lucille Jefferson
Stage Door Canteen
as Helen Hayes
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Vanessa Paris
What Every Woman Knows
as Maggie Wylie
Crime Without Passion
as Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Night Flight
as Madame Fabian
Another Language
as Stella Hallam
The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte
The Son-Daughter
as Lian Wha
A Farewell to Arms
as Catherine Barkley
Arrowsmith
as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Madelon Claudet
The Dancing Town
as Olive Pepperall
No Poster
Riders of the Range
as Inez
The Weavers of Life
as Peggy