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.​

Filmography

• 2025Airports
• 1994Divine Mercy No Escape
• MGM: When the Lion Roars
• 1985Murder with Mirrors — Miss Jane Marple
• Highway to Heaven
• 1983A Caribbean Mystery — Miss Jane Marple
• 1982Murder Is Easy — Lavinia Fullerton
• 1978A Family Upside Down — Emma Long
• 1977Candleshoe — Lady St. Edmund
• The Love Boat — Agatha Winslow
• Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers — Dr. McCartney
• 1976Victory at Entebbe — Etta Grossman-Wise
• 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing — Hettie
• 1974Herbie Rides Again — Mrs. Steinmetz
• The Snoop Sisters — Ernesta Snoop
• Ghost Story — Miss Gilden
• 1972Harvey — Veta Louise Simmons
• 1972The Female Instinct — Ernesta Snoop
• 1971Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate — Sophie Tate Curtis
• 1970Airport — Ada Quonsett
• 1969Arsenic and Old Lace — Abby Brewster
• Hawaii Five-O — Aunt Clara
• Here's Lucy — Kathleen Brady
• Tarzan
• 1961The Challenge of Ideas — Narrator
• 1960The Bat — Cornelia Van Gorder
• The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries — Cornelia Van Gorder
• Play of the Week — Mother Hildebrand
• 1959Third Man on the Mountain — Hotel guest (uncredited)
• 1957Four Women in Black — Sister Theresa
• 1956Anastasia — Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
• 1952My Son John — Lucille Jefferson
• Omnibus — Bessie Arlington, Mrs. Dearth, Mrs. Larue
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Essie, The Vicaress, Veta Louise Simmons
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Honora Canderay (woman)
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Queen Victoria
• The Jack Benny Program — Helen Hayes
• 1943Stage Door Canteen — Helen Hayes
• 1935Vanessa: Her Love Story — Vanessa Paris
• 1934Crime Without Passion — Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
• 1934What Every Woman Knows — Maggie Wylie
• 1933Another Language — Stella Hallam
• 1933Night Flight — Madame Fabian
• 1933The White Sister — Angela Chiaromonte
• 1932A Farewell to Arms — Catherine Barkley
• 1932The Son-Daughter — Lian Wha
• 1931Arrowsmith — Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
• 1931The Sin of Madelon Claudet — Madelon Claudet
• 1928The Dancing Town — Olive Pepperall
• 1923Riders of the Range — Inez
• 1917The Weavers of Life — Peggy

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2022Bill Cosby: Walking Free — Self (archive footage)
• 1998Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero — Self (archive footage)
• 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• 1987The Ten-Year Lunch — Herself - Participant
• 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
• 1981Hopper's Silence — Herself
• 1979All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman — Self
• Old Friends... New Friends — Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix, Self - Nominee, Self - Winner, Self - Presenter, Self - Previous Winner, Self (archive footage)
• 1955A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 — Self
• 1953Main Street to Broadway — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• The Ezio Pinza Show — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Kraft Television Theatre — Self - Host
• 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self (archive footage)
• 1938Hollywood Goes to Town — Self