Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes

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...

Known For

Airport

as Ada Quonsett

Herbie Rides Again

as Mrs. Steinmetz

A Farewell to Arms

as Catherine Barkley

Cast Credits

Murder with Mirrors

as Miss Jane Marple

A Caribbean Mystery

as Miss Jane Marple

Murder Is Easy

as Lavinia Fullerton

Candleshoe

as Lady St. Edmund

Victory at Entebbe

as Etta Grossman-Wise

Herbie Rides Again

as Mrs. Steinmetz

The Female Instinct

as Ernesta Snoop

Harvey

as Veta Louise Simmons

Airport

as Ada Quonsett

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Abby Brewster

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

My Son John

as Lucille Jefferson

Stage Door Canteen

as Helen Hayes

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