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 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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.372 |
Birthday | 1900-10-09 |
Place of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
Also Known As | Helen Hayes Brown, |
1970
Airport
6.402/369
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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Airport
1974
Herbie Rides Again
6.12/387
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
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Herbie Rides Again
1982
Murder Is Easy
6.2/12
American computer whiz Luke Williams meets elderly Lavinia Fullerton on a London-bound train. She reveals she's discovered the identity of a serial ki...
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Murder Is Easy
1976
Victory at Entebbe
5/21
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in...
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Victory at Entebbe
1985
Murder with Mirrors
6.389/18
When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time to lather a warm scone with marmalade and place a tea...
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Murder with Mirrors
1983
A Caribbean Mystery
5.8/16
Aging Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Jane Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort...
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A Caribbean Mystery
1932
A Farewell to Arms
6.2/130
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Event...
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A Farewell to Arms
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
5.845/42
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese...
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1977
Candleshoe
6.9/109
When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal...
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Candleshoe
1956
Anastasia
6.804/163
Russian exiles in Paris plot to collect ten million pounds from the Bank of England by grooming a destitute, suicidal girl to pose as heir to the Russ...
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Anastasia
1959
Third Man on the Mountain
6.8/23
Third Man on the Mountain is an American film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Walt Disney Productions, released in 1959. It is adapted from a...
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Third Man on the Mountain
1952
My Son John
5.2/8
In this Cold War drama, a woman suspects her son is a Communist spy.
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My Son John
1933
Another Language
6.3/3
A newlywed discovers that she and her husband's snobby family speak different languages.
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Another Language
1931
Arrowsmith
6.6/23
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
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Arrowsmith
1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
5.8/20
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1933
Night Flight
5.722/18
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
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Night Flight
1933
The White Sister
5.4/6
An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.
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The White Sister
1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
6/4
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
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Vanessa: Her Love Story
1932
The Son-Daughter
7/3
Young Asians in San Francisco find their love thwarted by clan warfare.
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The Son-Daughter
1981
Hopper's Silence
0/0
Documentary about painter Edward Hopper and his wife.
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Hopper's Silence
1934
What Every Woman Knows
7/4
Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must ma...
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What Every Woman Knows
1978
A Family Upside Down
7/2
An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown ch...
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A Family Upside Down
1928
The Dancing Town
6/1
Young kids face off in a dance competition.
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The Dancing Town
1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
5.9/6
Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a...
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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1972
Harvey
6.8/8
Elwood P. Dowd's constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall invisible rabbit. To his sister, his obsession with Harvey has been a thorn in her plan...
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Harvey
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.1/14
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...
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Stage Door Canteen
1953
Main Street to Broadway
6.5/2
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspira...
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Main Street to Broadway
1955
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
0/0
A closed-circuit television special produced to raise funds for the relief agency CARE telecast live from the Adelphi Theatre in New York.
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A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1960
The Bat
5/2
A sinister criminal known only as "The Bat" attempts to locate a fortune in stolen securities supposedly hidden in the rambling mansion owned by spins...
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The Bat
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
6.5/3
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche...
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1938
Hollywood Goes to Town
7/3
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...
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Hollywood Goes to Town
1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
7/3
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.
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Arsenic and Old Lace
1987
The Ten-Year Lunch
6.4/8
The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table grou...
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The Ten-Year Lunch
1934
Crime Without Passion
5.8/20
Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with...
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Crime Without Passion
1972
The Snoop Sisters
0/0
A spinster and her widowed sister, who are the authors of murder-mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. This TV pilot fi...
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The Snoop Sisters
2022
Bill Cosby: Walking Free
10/1
Follow the twists and turns of his life, legacy and legal battle as America's former favourite 'Dad' faces allegations from 60 women, spanning as far...
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Bill Cosby: Walking Free
1961
The Challenge of Ideas
3.5/1
Various celebrities and news-media figures discuss the polarization of politics between the Western Allies of the United States and the Soviet bloc, p...
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The Challenge of Ideas
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
4/2
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Night of 100 Stars III
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1998
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
0/0
Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding skills that first brought him bit parts in movies. A...
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