Acting credits
70
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Helen Hayes
Acting
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Movies: 44Series: 26
TMDB ID: 47439
IMDb ID: nm0371040
Known for: Acting
Born: October 9, 1900
Died: March 17, 1993
Age: 92
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1917 - 2025
Years active: 109
Average TMDB rating: 6.44
Wikidata: Q213302
Also known as
Helen Hayes Brown • Хелен Хейс Макартур • Хелен Хейс • Helen Hayes MacArthur
Biography
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Helen Hayes.
Airports
2025 Movie
8.3
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
7.0
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
as Self (archive footage)
1998 Movie
Divine Mercy No Escape
1994 Movie
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990 Movie
6.5
The Ten-Year Lunch
as Herself - Participant
1987 Movie
6.5
Murder with Mirrors
as Miss Jane Marple
1985 Movie
6.1
A Caribbean Mystery
as Miss Jane Marple
1983 Movie
6.7
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982 Movie
6.4
Murder Is Easy
as Lavinia Fullerton
1982 Movie
Hopper's Silence
as Herself
1981 Movie
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
as Self
1979 Movie
7.0
A Family Upside Down
as Emma Long
1978 Movie
6.9
Candleshoe
as Lady St. Edmund
1977 Movie
5.0
Victory at Entebbe
as Etta Grossman-Wise
1976 Movie
5.7
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Hettie
1975 Movie
6.1
Herbie Rides Again
as Mrs. Steinmetz
1974 Movie
The Female Instinct
as Ernesta Snoop
1972 Movie
6.8
Harvey
as Veta Louise Simmons
1972 Movie
5.9
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
as Sophie Tate Curtis
1971 Movie
6.5
Airport
as Ada Quonsett
1970 Movie
7.0
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Abby Brewster
1969 Movie
5.0
The Bat
as Cornelia Van Gorder
1960 Movie
6.6
Third Man on the Mountain
as Hotel guest (uncredited)
1959 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Helen Hayes.
8.0
MGM: When the Lion Roars
3 eps
1992 Series
7.4
Highway to Heaven
2 eps
1984 Series
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
as Agatha Winslow • 1 eps
1977 Series
2.3
Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers
as Dr. McCartney • 4 eps
1976 Series
7.2
The Snoop Sisters
as Ernesta Snoop • 4 eps
1973 Series
7.1
Ghost Story
as Miss Gilden • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Kathleen Brady • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Aunt Clara • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1968 Series
6.7
Tarzan
1 eps
1966 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 2 eps
1961 Series
Play of the Week
as Mother Hildebrand • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.3
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.0
Omnibus
3 eps
1952 Series
Pride and Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh • 6 eps
1952 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Essie • 1 eps
1951 Series
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
2 eps
1951 Series
7.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Helen Hayes • 1 eps
1950 Series
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1950 Series
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self • 3 eps
1950 Series
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Queen Victoria • 1 eps
1950 Series