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 Helen Hayes in Anastasia (1956) |
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| Born | Helen Hayes Brown October 10, 1900 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 1993 (aged 92) Nyack, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Charles MacArthur (1928-1956) |
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Biography
Early life
Hayes was born Helen Hayes Brown in Washington, D.C. Her father, Frank Van Arnum Brown, worked at a number of jobs, including as a clerk at the Washington Patent Office and as a manager and salesman for a wholesale butcher. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale [1][2] Her mother, Catherine Estella Hayes, or Essie, was an aspiring actress[3] who worked in touring companies. [2] Hayes' Irish Catholic maternal grandparents immigrated from Ireland during the Irish Potato Famine. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world [4] She began a stage career at an early age. By the age of ten, she had made a short film called Jean and the Calico Doll, but only moved to Hollywood when her husband, playwright Charles MacArthur, signed a Hollywood deal. Charles Gordon MacArthur ( November 5 1895, Scranton Pennsylvania – April 21 1956, New York City) was an American
Career
Her sound film debut was The Sin of Madelon Claudet, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The Sin of Madelon Claudet is a 1931 American Drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Helen Hayes. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to She followed that with starring roles in Arrowsmith (with Myrna Loy), A Farewell to Arms (with actor Gary Cooper whom Hayes admitted to finding extremely attractive), The White Sister, What Every Woman Knows (a reprise from her Broadway hit), and Vanessa: Her Love Story. Arrowsmith is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Myrna Loy ( August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American Motion picture Actress. A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical Novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929 Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star The White Sister is a 1933 Romantic drama film produced by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Helen Hayes. However, she never became a fan favorite and Hayes did not prefer the medium to the stage.
Hayes eventually returned to Broadway in 1935, where for three years she played the title role in the Gilbert Miller production of Victoria Regina, with Vincent Price as Prince Albert, first at the Broadhurst Theatre and later at the Martin Beck Theatre. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Gilbert Heron Miller ( July 3, 1884 - January 2, 1969) was a American Theatrical producer. Vincent Leonard Price Jr ( May 27 1911 &ndash October 25 1993) was an American Film Actor, remembered The Broadhurst Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 235 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan. Al_Hirschfeld_Theatre_ticket_box_NYCjpg|thumb|Ticket booth]]The Al Hirschfeld Theatre is a legitimate theatre located at 302 West 45th Street in midtown- Manhattan.
In 1953, she was the first-ever recipient of the Sarah Siddons Award for her work in Chicago theatre, repeating as the winner in 1969. The Sarah Siddons Society is an American Non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago Theatre patrons with the goal Note on spelling While most Americans use "er" (as per American spelling conventions the majority of venues performers and trade groups for live theatre use "re She returned to Hollywood in the 1950s, and her film star began to rise. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive She starred in My Son John (1952) and Anastasia (1956), and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as an elderly stowaway in the disaster film Airport (1970). Anastasia is a 1956 20th Century Fox Historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS A stowaway is a person who travels illegally by aircraft, Bus, Ship or Train. A disaster film is a movie genre that has an impending or ongoing Disaster (such as a damaged Airliner, Fire Airport is a 1970 film based on the 1968 Arthur Hailey novel of the same name. She followed that up with several roles in Disney films such as Herbie Rides Again, One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing and Candleshoe. Herbie Rides Again is the second in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie the Love Bug a white Volkswagen One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1976 British comedy film which is set in the early 1920s about the theft of a Dinosaur Skeleton Candleshoe is a 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action movie based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe and starring Anastasia was considered a comeback having not acted for several years due to her daughter, Mary's death and her husband's failing health.
In 1955 the Fulton Theatre was renamed for her. The Fulton Theatre was a Broadway Theatre located at 210 W 46th Street in New York which was opened in 1911 and subsequently re-named the Helen Hayes Theatre in 1955 However, business interests in the 1980s wished to raze that theatre and four others to construct a large hotel that included the Marquis Theatre. The Marquis Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1535 Broadway in midtown- Manhattan. To accomplish razing this theatre and three others, as well as the Astor Hotel, the business interests received Hayes' consent to raze the theatre named for her, even though she had no ownership interest in the buildings. As a result in 1983, the Little Theater on West 45th Street was re-named The Helen Hayes Theatre in her honor; as was a theatre in Nyack, which has since been re-named the Riverspace-Arts Center. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Helen Hayes Theatre (fomerly the Little Theatre, New York Times Hall and Winthrop Ames Theatre) with 597 seats is the smallest Broadway
The Helen Hayes Award for theater in the Washington D. A Helen Hayes Award is a theater award named for the famed actress Helen Hayes to recognize excellence in professional theater in the Washington D C. area is named in her honor. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6220 Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
Personal life
Hayes was a Catholic[5] and a pro-business Republican who attended many Republican National Conventions (including the one held in New Orleans in 1988), but she was not as far-right as certain others (e. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". The Republican National Convention is the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States. g. , Adolphe Menjou, Ginger Rogers, John Wayne, etc. Adolphe Jean Menjou ( February 18, 1890 &ndash October 29, 1963) was an American actor Ginger Rogers ( July 16, 1911 &ndash April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award -winning American film and stage actress John Wayne ( May 26, 1907 &ndash June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning American ) in the Hollywood community of that time.
Hayes wrote three memoirs: A Gift of Joy, On Reflection and My Life in Three Acts. Some of the themes in these books include her return to Roman Catholicism after having been denied communion from the Church for the length of her marriage to MacArthur, who was a Protestant and a divorcé, and the death of her only daughter Mary, who was an aspiring actress, from polio at the age of 19. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via Hayes's adopted son, James MacArthur, went on to a career in acting also, starring in Hawaii Five-O on television. James Gordon MacArthur (born December 8, 1937 in Los Angeles California) is an American actor Hawaii Five-O is an American Television series that starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur as detectives for a fictional Hawaii (Hayes herself guest starred on a 1975 episode of Hawaii Five-0, playing MacArthur's character's aunt. )
Hayes was hospitalized a number of times for her asthma condition, which was aggravated by stage dust, forcing her to retire from legitimate theater. Asthma is a chronic Condition involving the Respiratory system in which the airways occasionally constrict become inflamed, and are Her last Broadway show was a revival of Harvey in which she co-starred with James Stewart in 1970. Harvey is a 1944 play by American playwright Mary Chase. Directed by Antoinette Perry, the play premiered on 1 November 1944 James Maitland Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997 popularly known as Jimmy Stewart, was an American Film and stage Actor She spent most of her last years writing and raising money for organizations that fight asthma.
Death
Hayes died on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1993 from congestive heart failure in Nyack, New York, aged 92, not long after the death of her friend, Lillian Gish, with whom she had been friends for many decades. Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply Nyack (ˈnaɪæk is a village in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of South Lillian Diana Gish ( October 14 1893 – February 27 1993) was an American stage screen and television actress whose Gish made Hayes the beneficiary of her estate, but Hayes only survived her by a month. Hayes was interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, New York. Nyack (ˈnaɪæk is a village in the Town of Orangetown Rockland County, New York, United States located north of South [6]
Quotes
- "The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. " (at age 73)
Body of work
Stage and awards
| Year | Production[7] | Role[7][8] | Other notes |
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| 1905 | Miss Hawke's May Ball | Irish Dancer | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Peaseblossom | ||
| 1908 | Babe in the Woods | Boy Babe | |
| 1909 | Jack the Giant Killer | Gibson Girl, Nell Brinkley, Girl impersonators | |
| A Royal Family | Prince Charles Ferdinand | ||
| Children's Dancing Kermess | Impersonation of "The Nell Brinkley Girl" | ||
| The Prince Chap | Claudia, Age 5 | ||
| A Poor Relation | Patch | ||
| 1910 | Old Dutch | Little Mime | |
| The Summer Widowers | Pacyche Finnegan, Pinkie's playmate | ||
| 1911 | The Barrier | Molly, an Alaskan Child | |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | Cedric Errol | ||
| The Never Homes | Fannie Hicks, Another Near Orphan | ||
| The Seven Sisters | Klara, the Youngest Daughter | ||
| Mary Jane's Pa | |||
| 1912 | The June Bride | The Holder's Child | |
| 1913 | Flood Victim's Benefit | ||
| The Girl with Green Eyes | Susie, the Flower Girl | ||
| His House in Order | Derek Jesson, his son | ||
| A Royal Family | Prince Charles Ferdinand | ||
| The Prince Chap | |||
| The Prince and the Pauper | Tom Canty and Edward, Prince of Wales | ||
| 1914 | The Prodigal Husband | Young Simone | |
| 1916 | The Dummy | Beryl Meredith, the Kidnapper's Hostage | |
| On Trial | His Daughter, Doris Strickland | ||
| 1917 | It Pays to Advertise | Marie, Maid at the Martins | |
| Romance | Suzette | ||
| Just a Woman | Hired girl | ||
| Mile-a-Minute Kendall | Beth | ||
| Rich Man, Poor Man | Linda Hurst | ||
| Alma, Where Do You Live? | Germain | ||
| Mrs. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from " Jack the Giant Killer " is a Fairy tale. As a variation on " The Brave Little Tailor " it shares some similarities to what is known today as " Fauntleroy redirects here For other uses see Fauntleroy (disambiguation. The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Asia | ||
| Within the Law | |||
| Pollyanna | Pollyanna Whittier, The Glad Girl | ||
| 1918 | Penrod | ||
| Dear Brutus | Margaret, his daughter | ||
| 1919 | On the Hiring Line | Dorothy Fessenden, his daughter | |
| Clarence | Cora Wheeler | ||
| The Golden Age | |||
| 1920 | Bab | Bab | |
| 1921 | The Wren | Seeby Olds | |
| The Golden Days | Mary Ann | ||
| 1922 | To the Ladies | Elsie Beebe | |
| No Siree!: An Anonymous Entertaiment by the Vicious Circus of the Hotel Algonquin | |||
| 1923 | Loney Lee | Loney Lee | |
| 1924 | We Moderns | Mary Sundale, their Daughter | |
| The Dragon | |||
| She Stoops to Conquer | Constance Neville | ||
| Dancing Mothers | Catherine (Kittens) Westcourt | ||
| Quarantine | Dinah Partlett | ||
| 1925 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Maria | ||
| Young Blood | Georgia Bissell | ||
| 1926 | What Every Woman Knows | Maggie Wylie | |
| 1927 | Coquette | Norma Besant | |
| Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 | |||
| 1928 | Coquette | Norma Besant | London version |
| 1930 | Mr. For other uses see Pollyanna (disambiguation Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Pulitzer Prize -winning author Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. She Stoops to Conquer is a Comedy by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, son of an Anglo-Irish vicar first performed in London in 1773 Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Last of Mrs Cheyney is a 1925 Frederick Lonsdale play that was adapted to the Screen three times Gilhooley | A girl | |
| Petticoat Influence | Peggy Chalfont | ||
| 1931 | The Good Fairy | Lu | |
| 1933 | Mary of Scotland | Mary Stuart | |
| 1935 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | |
| Victoria Regina | Victoria | ||
| 1936 | Victoria Regina | Victoria | Revival |
| 1938 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | |
| What Every Woman Knows | |||
| Victoria Regina | Victoria | Revival | |
| 1939 | Ladies and Gentlemen | Miss Terry Scott | |
| 1940 | Twelfth Night | Viola | |
| 1941 | Candle in the Wind | Madeline Guest | |
| 1943 | Harriet | Harriet Beecher Stowe | |
| 1944 | Harriet | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Revival |
| 1946 | Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire | Mrs. The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598 Ladies and Gentlemen is a play by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Alice Grey | |
| Happy Birthday | Addie | Tony Award Best Actress in a Play | |
| 1948 | The Glass Menagerie | Amanda Wingfield | |
| 1949 | Good Housekeeping | ||
| 1950 | The Wisteria Trees | Lucy Andree Ransdell | |
| 1952 | Mrs. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted McThing | Mrs. Howard V. Larue III | |
| 1955 | Gentleman, The Queens | Catherine, Lady Macbeth, Mary and Queen Victoria | |
| The Skin of Our Teeth | Mrs. The Skin of Our Teeth is a play by Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Antrobus | ||
| 1956 | Lovers, Villans and Fools | Narrator, Puck and the Chorus from Henry V | |
| The Glass Menagerie | The Mother | ||
| 1957 | Time Remembered | The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc | Tony Award Best Actress in a Play |
| 1958 | A Adventure | Lulu Specer | |
| Mid-Summer | Rose, the Maid | ||
| A Touch of the Poet | Nora Melody | ||
| 1960 | The Cherry Orchard | Lyuboff Ranevskaya | |
| The Chalk Garden | Mrs. The Glass Menagerie is a play by Tennessee Williams that was originally written as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented A Touch of the Poet is a play by Eugene O'Neill. It and its sequel More Stately Mansions, were intended to be part of a nine- The Cherry Orchard (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian Playwright Anton Chekhov 's last The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold has been produced as a 1955 play a 1964 film a 1971 revival and a 2008 play Maugham | ||
| 1962 | Shakespeare Revisited: A Program for Two Players | ||
| 1964 | Good Morning Miss Dove | Miss Lucerna Dove | |
| The White House | Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Edith Wilson, Julia Grant, Leonora Clayton, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Franklin Pierce, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mrs. James G. Blaine, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Jackson |
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| 1965 | Helen Hayes' Tour of the Far East | ||
| 1966 | The Circle | ||
| The School for Scandal | Mrs. The School for Scandal is a Comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Candour | ||
| Right You Are If You Think You Are | Signora Frola | ||
| We Comrades Three | Mother | ||
| You Can't Take It With You | Olga | ||
| 1967 | The Show-Off | Mrs. You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize -winning comedic play in three acts by George S Fisher | Tony Award - Vernon Rice-Drama Desk Award |
| 1968 | The Show-Off | Mrs. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Fisher | return engagement |
| 1969 | The Front Page | Mrs. This article refers to the stage play For other adaptations see The Front Page (disambiguation The Front Page was a hit Broadway Grant | |
| 1970 | Harvey | Veta Louise Simmons | Nominated - Tony Award Best Actress in a Play |
| 1971 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Mary Cavan Tyrone | |
| 1980 | Tony Award - Lawrence Langner Memorial Award |
Filmography and awards
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1917 | The Weavers of Life | Peggy | |
| 1920 | Babs | uncredited | |
| 1928 | The Dancing Town | short subject | |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Madelon Claudet | Academy Award for Best Actress |
| Arrowsmith | Leora Arrowsmith | ||
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Catherine Barkley | |
| The Son-Daughter | Lian Wha 'Star Blossom' | ||
| 1933 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | |
| Another Language | Stella 'Stell' Hallam | ||
| Night Flight | Madame Fabian | ||
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion | Extra in hotel lobby | Uncredited |
| What Every Woman Knows | Maggie Wylie | ||
| 1935 | Vanessa: Her Love Story | Vanessa Paris | |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Herself, uncredited | short subject |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Herself | |
| 1952 | My Son John | Lucille Jefferson | |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Herself | |
| 1956 | Anastasia | Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna | Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1959 | Third Man on the Mountain | Tourist | Uncredited |
| 1961 | The Challenge of Ideas | Narrator | short subject |
| 1970 | Airport | Ada Quonsett | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Mrs. Harvey is a 1944 play by American playwright Mary Chase. Directed by Antoinette Perry, the play premiered on 1 November 1944 The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1956 dramatic play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill, widely considered to be his masterwork The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The Sin of Madelon Claudet is a 1931 American Drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Helen Hayes. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Arrowsmith is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. A Farewell to Arms is a 1932 American Drama film directed by Frank Borzage. The White Sister is a 1933 Romantic drama film produced by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Helen Hayes. Stage Door Canteen ( 1943) is a Musical film produced by Sol Lesser Productions and distributed by United Artists. Anastasia is a 1956 20th Century Fox Historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Airport is a 1970 film based on the 1968 Arthur Hailey novel of the same name. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS Herbie Rides Again is the second in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions starring Herbie the Love Bug a white Volkswagen Steinmetz | Nominated - Golden Globe |
| 1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing | Hettie | |
| 1977 | Candleshoe | Lady St. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1976 British comedy film which is set in the early 1920s about the theft of a Dinosaur Skeleton Candleshoe is a 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action movie based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe and starring Edmund |
Television appearances and awards
| Year | Production | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Showtime, U. S. A. | Episode #1. 1 | |
| The Prudential Family Playhouse | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | ||
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Mary, Queen of Scots | The Late Christopher Bean | |
| 1951 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary of Scotland |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Dark Fleece | ||
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | The Lucky Touch | ||
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Not a Chance | ||
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Queen Victoria | Victoria Regina | |
| Nominated - Emmy Award | |||
| 1952 | Omnibus | The Twelve Pound Look- Nominated - Emmy Award | |
| 1953 | Omnibus | The Happy Journey | |
| Omnibus | Mom and Leo | ||
| Christmas with the Stars | |||
| Medallion Theatre | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Battle Hymn | |
| Emmy Award | |||
| 1954 | The United States Steel Hour | Mrs. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is a weekly anthology Television series that was broadcast Friday nights on CBS from 1951 until Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is a weekly anthology Television series that was broadcast Friday nights on CBS from 1951 until Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is a weekly anthology Television series that was broadcast Friday nights on CBS from 1951 until Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic Television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until The United States Steel Hour (aka Theater Guild on the Air) was an American radio Anthology series which embarked on the ambitious Austin | Welcome Home |
| The Best of Broadway | Fanny Cavendish | The Royal Family | |
| The Motorola Television Hour | Frances Parry | Side by Side | |
| 1955 | Producers' Showcase | Mrs. Producers' Showcase was an Emmy Award -winning American Anthology Television series that was broadcast in compatible color by Antrobus | The Skin of Our Teeth |
| The Best of Broadway | Abby Brewster | Arsenic and Old Lace | |
| 1956 | Omnibus | Dear Brutus | |
| Omnibus | The Christmas Tie | ||
| 1957 | The Alcoa Hour | Mrs. The Alcoa Hour is a live anthology television series sponsored by Alcoa and broadcast in the United States from 1955 to 1957 during the Gilling and the Skyscraper - Nominated - Emmy Award | |
| Playhouse 9 | Sister Theresa | Four Women in Black | |
| 1958 | Omnibus | Mrs. McThing | |
| The United States Steel Hour | Mother Seraphim | One Red Rose for Christmas - Nominated - Emmy Award | |
| 1959 | The United States Steel Hour | Mother Seraphim | One Red Rose for Christmas |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Essie | Ah, Wilderness! | |
| Play of the Week | Madame Ranevskaya | The Cherry Orchard | |
| 1960 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Baroness Nadedja von Meck | The Music of Romance |
| Play of the Week | Madame Ranevskaya | The Velvet Glove | |
| Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | The Bat | ||
| 1961 | Michael Shayne | Murder Round My Wrist | |
| 1963 | The Christophers | What One Bootmaker Did | |
| 1967 | Tarzan | Mrs. The United States Steel Hour (aka Theater Guild on the Air) was an American radio Anthology series which embarked on the ambitious The United States Steel Hour (aka Theater Guild on the Air) was an American radio Anthology series which embarked on the ambitious Hallmark Hall of Fame is a long-running irregularly scheduled anthology program on American Television. Ah Wilderness! is a play by Eugene O'Neill, and has the distinction of being the only true Comedy he would ever write The Cherry Orchard (Вишнëвый сад or Vishniovy sad in Russian) is Russian Playwright Anton Chekhov 's last The Bell Telephone Hour, aka The Telephone Hour, was a long-run concert series which began April 29, 1940 on NBC radio Michael Shayne was a Fictional Private detective character created by Writer Brett Halliday during the late 1930's. The Christophers are a Christian inspirational group that was founded in 1945 by Father James Keller. Tarzan aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan (played by Ron Ely) as a well-educated character Wilson | The Pride of the Lioness |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Abby Brewster | |
| 1970 | The Front Page | Narrator | |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Sophie Tate Curtis | Nominated - Emmy Award |
| 1972 | Harvey | Veta Louise Simmons | |
| Here's Lucy | Mrs. Harvey is a 1950 film based on Mary Chase 's Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name, directed by Henry Koster, and Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball 's third network television sitcom Kathleen Brady | Lucy and the Little Old Lady | |
| Ghost Story | Miss Gilden | Alter-Ego | |
| 1973-1974 | The Snoop Sisters | Ernesta Snoop | Nominated - Emmy Award |
| 1974 | Black Day for Bluebeard | Ernesta Snoop | |
| 1975 | Hawaii Five-O | Aunt Clara | Retire in Sunny Hawaii - Forever - Nominated - Emmy Award |
| 1976 | Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers | Dr. The Snoop Sisters was an American mystery Television show that aired on NBC during the 1973 - 1974 season Hawaii Five-O is an American Television series that starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur as detectives for a fictional Hawaii McCartney | miniseries |
| Victory at Entebbe | Etta Grossman-Wise | ||
| 1978 | A Family Upside Down | Emma Long | Nominated - Emmy Award |
| 1980 | The Love Boat | Agatha Winslow | 1 episode |
| 1982 | Love, Sidney | Mrs. Victory at Entebbe made for television film from 1976 based on an actual event Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport The Love Boat (simply Love Boat in its final season is an American Television series set on a Cruise ship, which Love Sidney was an NBC Comedy Television series that starred Tony Randall, originating as a two-hour movie pilot which aired on Clovis | Pro and Cons |
| Murder is Easy | Lavinia Fullerton | ||
| 1983 | A Caribbean Mystery | Miss Jane Marple | |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Estelle Wicks | |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Miss Jane Marple |
See also
References
- ^ "Helen Millennial". Murder is Easy is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on June 5 A Caribbean Mystery is a work of Detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. Murder with Mirrors is a 1985 TV movie based on the Dame Agatha Christie mystery Novel, They Do It with Mirrors. This is a list of persons who have won Grammy, Academy, Tony, and Emmy Awards, "GATE", the four major entertainment awards Time Magazine. 30 December 1935.
- ^ a b Biography of Helen Hayes. Kennedy-Center. org
- ^ The Official Website of Helen Hayes :: Biography. Helen Hayes. com.
- ^ Rick Jean. Helen HAYES (1900-1993) -- The "First Lady of Theater." . Rootsweb. com. 1 Feb 2003.
- ^ Hayes, Helen. My Life in Three Acts. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich: San Diego, CA, 1990.
- ^ Pace, Eric. Helen Hayes, Flower of the Stage, Dies at 92. New York Times. 18 March 1993.
- ^ a b Helen Hayes. Internet Broadway Database.
- ^ About Helen Hayes - Theater. Helen Hayes. com.
External links
- Helen Hayes at the Internet Movie Database
- Helen Hayes at the Internet Broadway Database
- Helen Hayes at Find A Grave
- Official site
- Tribute site
- American Masters (PBS)
- The Helen Hayes Awards
- Photographs of Helen Hayes
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Bob Hope 40th Academy Awards |
Oscars host 44th Academy Awards (with Sammy Davis, Jr., Alan King, and Jack Lemmon) |
Succeeded by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson 45th Academy Awards |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hayes, Helen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brown, Helen Hayes |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, D.C. |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1993 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Nyack, New York |
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