Helen Hayes

Known for ActingBorn 1900-10-09Died 1993-03-17Washington, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Riders of the Range

Bill Cosby: Walking Free

Pride and Prejudice

Hallmark Hall of Fame

MGM: When the Lion Roars

The Bell Telephone Hour

Play of the Week

The Jack Benny Program

Kraft Television Theatre

Highway to Heaven

The Snoop Sisters

The Kennedy Center Honors

Ghost Story

Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero

What Every Woman Knows

Main Street to Broadway

Hawaii Five-O

A Family Upside Down

The Dancing Town

The Female Instinct

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Arsenic and Old Lace

Candleshoe

Night of 100 Stars

What's My Line?

The Oscars

Harvey

Tarzan

The Dick Cavett Show

Murder Is Easy

The Ten-Year Lunch

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Hollywood Goes to Town

Here's Lucy

Anastasia

Murder with Mirrors

The Ed Sullivan Show

Third Man on the Mountain

The Merv Griffin Show

Airport

A Caribbean Mystery

Another Language

The Love Boat

Arrowsmith

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Herbie Rides Again

Omnibus

The Son-Daughter