Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress of stage and screen, known as the "First Lady of the American Theatre" and remembered for her performances in such films as The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931), Anastasia (1956), and Airport (1970), the latter of which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She was married to the playwright Charles MacArthur and they had two children, including James MacArthur.
Hayes died of congestive heart failure in 1993, at the age of 92.
Works of Helen Hayes:
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Film roles
- 1917: The Weavers Of Life as Peggy
- 1931: The Sin Of Madelon Claudet as Madelon
- 1931: Arrowsmith as Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
- 1932: A Farewell to Arms as Catherine
- 1932: The Son Daughter as Lien Wha
- 1933: The White Sister as Angela Chiaromonte
- 1933: Another Language as Stella
- 1933: Night Flight as Simone Fabian
- 1934: Crime Without Passion as Extra in Hotel Lobby (Uncredited Role)
- 1934: What Every Woman Knows as Maggie Wylie
- 1935: Vanessa Her Love Story as Vanessa Paris
- 1943: Stage Door Canteen as Helen Hayes
- 1952: My Son John as Lucille Jefferson
- 1953: Main Street To Broadway as Helen Hayes
- 1956: Anastasia as Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
- 1959: Ah Wilderness as Essie
- 1959: Third Man on the Mountain as Tourist (uncredited)
- 1960: Cradle Song as The Vicaress
- 1969: Arsenic and Old Lace as Abby Brewster
- 1970: The Front Page as Narrator
- 1970: Airport as Ada Quonsett
- 1971: Do Not Fold Spindle Or Mutilate as Sophie Tate Curtis
- 1972: Harvey as Veta Louise Simmons
- 1974: Herbie Rides Again as Mrs. Steinmetz
- 1975: One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Hettie
- 1976: Victory At Entebbe as Etta Grossman-Wise
- 1977: Candleshoe as Lady St. Edmund
- 1978: A Family Upside Down as Emma Long
- 1982: Murder Is Easy as Lavinia Fullerton
- 1983: A Caribbean Mystery as Miss Jane Marple
- 1985: Murder With Mirrors as Miss Jane Mparle
Television roles
- 1950: The Prudential Family Playhouse as Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett
- 1950-1951: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse as Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots/Gwenny Bean (2 episodes)
- 1951: Robert Montgomery Presents as Queen Victoria
- 1951: Schlitz Playhouse as Honora Canderay
- 1952-1958: Omnibus as Mrs. Howard V. Larue III/Bessie Arlington/Mrs. Dearth/Mom/Reader/Mrs. Kirby/Bessie Arlington (7 episodes)
- 1953: Medallion Theatre as Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1954: The Motorola Television Hour as Frances Parry
- 1954-1955: The Best Of Broadway as Abby Brewster/Fanny Cavendish (2 episodes)
- 1954-1959: The United States Steel Hour as Mother Seraphim/Mrs. Austin (3 episodes)
- 1955: Producers Showcase as Mrs. Antrobus
- 1957: Playhouse 90 as Sister Theresa
- 1957: The Alcoa Hour as Mrs. Gilling
- 1959-1960: Play Of The Week as Mother Hildebrand/Madame Ranevskaya (2 episodes)
- 1960: Dow Hour Of Great Mysteries as Cornelia Van Gorder
- 1960: The Bell Telephone Hour as Baroness Nadedja von Meck
- 1965: The Ed Sullivan Show as Harriet Breecher Stowe
- 1967: Tarzan as Mrs. Wilson
- 1970: NET Playhouse as Various
- 1972: Here's Lucy as Mrs. Kathleen Brady
- 1972: Circle Of Fear as Miss Gilden
- 1972-1974: The Snoop Sisters as Ernesta Snoop (5 episodes)
- 1975: Hawaii Five-O as Aunt Clara
- 1976: Arthur Haileys The Moneychangers as Dr. McCartney
- 1980: The Love Boat as Agatha Winslow
- 1982: Love, Sidney as Mrs. Clovis
- 1984: Highway to Heaven as Estelle Wicks
- 1985: Glitter as Betsy
Short film roles
- 1928: The Dancing Town as Olive Pepperall
Theatre roles
- 1909-1910: Old Dutch as Little Mime
- 1910: The Summer Widowers as Psyche Finnegan
- 1911: The Never Homes as Fannie Hicks
- 1914: The Prodigal Husband as Performer
- 1918: Penrod as Margaret Schofield
- 1918-1919: Dear Brutus as Margaret
- 1919-1920: Clarence as Cora Wheeler
- 1920-1921: Bab as Bab
- 1921: The Wren as Seeby
- 1921: Golden Days as Mary Anne
- 1922: To The Ladies as Elsie Beebe
- 1924: We Moderns as Mary
- 1924: She Stoops To Conquer as Constance Neville
- 1924-1925: Dancing Mothers as Catherine 'Kittens' Westcourt
- 1924-1925: Quarantine as Dinah Partlett
- 1925: Caesar And Cleopatra as Cleopatra
- 1925-1926: The Last Of Mrs Cheyney as Georgia Bissell
- 1926: What Every Woman Knows as Maggie Wylie
- 1927-1928: Ziegfeld Follies OF 1927 as Performer
- 1930: Mr Gilhooley as A Girl
- 1930-1931: Petticoat Influence as Peggy Chalfont
- 1931-1932: The Good Fairy as Lu
- 1933-1934: Mary Of Scotland as Mary Stuart
- 1935-1938: Victoria Regina as Victoria
- 1939-1940: Ladies And Gentlemen as Miss Scott
- 1941-1942: Candle In The Wind as Madeline Guest
- 1943-1944: Harriet as Harriet Beecher Stowe
- 1950/1954-1955: The Wisteria Trees as Lucy Andree Ransdell
- 1952-1953: Mrs Mc Thing as Mrs. Howard V. Larue III
- 1955: The Skin of Our Teeth as Mrs. Antrobus
- 1957-1958: Time Remembered as The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc
- 1958-1959: A Touch Of The Poet as Nora Melody
- 1964: The White House as Various
- 1966-1967: The School for Scandal as Mrs. Candour
- 1966: Right You Are If You Think You Are as Signora Frola
- 1966: We Comrades Three as Mother
- 1967-1968: The Show Off as Mrs. Fisher
- 1968: The Show Off as Mrs. Fisher
- 1969-1970: The Front Page as Mrs. Grant
- 1970: Harvey as Veta Louise Simmons
Producer
- 1936-1937: The Country Wife
- 1951: Mary Rose
Self
- 1987-1991: American Masters
