Helen Hayes Brown 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 has also received the
Presidential Medal of FreedomThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with thecomparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States...
, America's highest civilian honor, from
President Ronald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
in 1986. In 1988, she was awarded the
National Medal of ArtsThe National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts. It is the highest honor conferred to an individual artist on behalf of the people. Honorees are selected by the National Endowment for the...
. 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
BroadwayBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
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.
Early life
Helen Hayes was born in Washington D.C. on October 10, 1900. Her mother, Catherine Estelle (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Hayes), or Essie, was an aspiring actress who worked in touring companies. Her father, Francis van Arnum Brown, worked at a number of jobs, including as a clerk at the Washington Patent Office and as a manager and salesman for a wholesale butcher. Hayes'
Irish CatholicIrish Catholic is a term used to describe people who are both Roman Catholic and Irish .Note: the term is not used to describe a variant of Catholicism. More particularly, it is not a separate creed or sect in the sense that "Anglo-Catholic", "Old Catholic", "Eastern Orthodox Catholic" might be...
maternal grandparents immigrated from
IrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
during the Irish Potato Famine; her mother was a great-niece of Irish singer
Catherine HayesCatherine Hayes [married name Bushnell] was the first Irish-born opera diva to achieve international acclaim....
.
Hayes began a stage career at an early age. She said her stage debut was as a 5-year-old singer at Washington's Belasco Theatre (on Lafayette Square, across from the White House.) By the age of ten, she had made a short film called
Jean and the Calico Doll, but moved to Hollywood only when her husband, playwright
Charles MacArthurCharles Gordon MacArthur was an American playwright and screenwriter.-Biography:Charles MacArthur was the second youngest of seven children born to stern evangelist William Telfer MacArthur and Georgiana Welsted MacArthur. He early developed a passion for reading...
, signed a Hollywood deal. She attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart Convent in Washington and graduated in 1917.
Career
Her sound film debut was
The Sin of Madelon ClaudetThe Sin of Madelon Claudet is a 1931 American drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Helen Hayes. The screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht was adapted from the play The Lullaby by Edward Knoblock...
, for which she won the
Academy Award for Best ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
. She followed that with starring roles in
ArrowsmithArrowsmith is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Sidney Howard from the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith, and directed by John Ford.-Plot:...
(with
Myrna LoyMyrna Loy was an American actress. Trained as a dancer, she devoted herself fully to an acting career following a few minor roles in silent films. Originally typecast in exotic roles, often as a vamp or a woman of Asian descent, her career prospects improved following her portrayal of Nora Charles...
),
A Farewell to ArmsA Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Ernest Hemingway concerning events during the Italian campaigns during the First World War. The book, which was first published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant in the ambulance...
(with actor
Gary CooperFrank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...
, whom Hayes admitted to finding extremely attractive),
The White Sister,
What Every Woman KnowsWhat Every Woman Knows is a four-act play written by J. M. Barrie. It was first presented by the impresario Charles Frohman at the Duke of York's Theatre in London on 3 September 1908...
(a reprise from her Broadway hit) and
Vanessa: Her Love Story. However, she never became a fan favorite and Hayes did not prefer the medium to the stage.
Hayes eventually returned to
BroadwayBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
in 1935, where for three years she played the title role in the
Gilbert MillerGilbert Heron Miller was an American theatrical producer.Born in New York City, he was the son of English-born theatrical producer Henry Miller and Bijou Heron, a former child actress. Raised and educated in Europe, he returned home to follow in his father's footsteps and became a highly...
production of
Victoria Regina, with
Vincent PriceVincent Leonard Price, Jr. was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career.-Early life and career:Price was born in St...
as Prince Albert, first at the
Broadhurst TheatreThe Broadhurst Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 235 West 44th Street in midtown Manhattan.It was designed by architect Herbert J. Krapp, a well-known theatre designer who had been working directly with the Shubert brothers; the Broadhurst opened 27 September 1917...
and later at the Martin Beck Theatre.
In 1953, she was the first-ever recipient of the
Sarah Siddons AwardThe Sarah Siddons Society is an American non-profit organization founded in 1952 by prominent Chicago theatre patrons with the goal of promoting excellence in the theatre. The Society presents the Sarah Siddons Award annually to an actor for an outstanding performance in a Chicago theatre production...
for her work in
Chicago theatreChicago theatre refers not only to theatre performed in Chicago, Illinois but also to the movement in that town that saw a number of small, meagerly-funded companies grow to institutions of national and international significance. Chicago had long been a popular destination for tours sent out from...
, repeating as the winner in 1969. She returned to Hollywood in the 1950s, and her film star began to rise. She starred in
My Son John (1952) and
AnastasiaAnastasia is a 1956 American historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak for 20th Century Fox. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes. Supporting players include Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, and, in a small role, Natalie Schafer...
(1956), and won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressPerformance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
for her role as an elderly
stowawayA stowaway is a person who secretly boards a vehicle, such as an aircraft, bus, ship, cargo truck or train, to travel without paying and without being detected....
in the
disaster filmA disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...
Airport (1970). She followed that up with several roles in
DisneyThe Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
films such as
Herbie Rides AgainHerbie Rides Again is a 1974 comedy film. It is the sequel to The Love Bug, released six years earlier, and the second in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie...
,
One of Our Dinosaurs is MissingOne of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1975 British comedy film, which is set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The title is a parody of the...
and
CandleshoeCandleshoe is a 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action family film and heist film based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe and starring Jodie Foster, Helen Hayes in her last big screen appearance, David Niven and Leo McKern.-Plot:...
. Her performance in
Anastasia was considered a comeback—she had suspended her career for several years due to the death of her daughter Mary, and her husband's failing health.
In 1955 the
Fulton TheatreThe Fulton Theatre was a Broadway Theatre located at 210 West 46th Street in New York that was opened in 1911. It was re-named the Helen Hayes Theatre in 1955. The theatre was demolished in 1982...
was renamed for her. However, business interests in the 1980s wished to raze that theatre and four others to construct a large hotel that included the
Marquis TheatreThe Marquis Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1535 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan.Situated on the third floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel, the 1611-seat venue was designed by developer/architect John C. Portman, Jr...
. To accomplish razing this theatre and three others, as well as the Hotel Astor, the business interests received Hayes' consent to raze the theatre named for her, even though she had no ownership interest in the buildings. Parts of the original Helen Hayes theatre on Broadway were used to construct
The Shakespeare CenterThe Shakespeare Center was the home of the Riverside Shakespeare Company, an Equity professional theatre company in New York City, beginning in 1982, when the then six-year-old theatre company established its center of theatre production and advanced actor training at the 90 year-old West Park...
on the Upper Westside of Manhattan, which Hayes dedicated with
Joseph PappJoseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. Papp established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in downtown New York . "The Public," as it is known, has many small theatres within it...
in 1982. In 1983 the Little Theater on West 45th Street was re-named The
Helen Hayes TheatreHelen Hayes Theatre with 597 seats is the smallest Broadway theatre and is located at 240 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan....
in her honor, as was a theatre in Nyack, which has since been re-named the Riverspace-Arts Center.
It is unclear who or when Hayes was called the "First Lady of the Theatre". Her friend, actress
Katharine CornellKatharine Cornell was an American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. She was born to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York.Cornell is known as the greatest American stage actress of the 20th century...
also held that title, and each thought that the other deserved it. One critic said that Cornell played every Queen as though she were a woman, whereas Hayes played every woman as though she were a Queen.
In 1982, with friend
Lady Bird JohnsonClaudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for beautification of the nation's cities and highways and conservation of natural resources and made that...
, she founded the National Wildflower Research Center, now the
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterThe center currently functions as an Organizational Research Unit of The University of Texas at Austin.The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is a public botanical garden on La Crosse Avenue near the Mopac Expressway, 10 miles SW of downtown Austin, Texas and just inside the edge of the...
in
Austin, TexasAustin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. The center protects and preserves North America's native plants and natural landscapes.
The
Helen Hayes AwardA Helen Hayes Award is a theater award named for the famed actress Helen Hayes to recognize excellence in professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 1983. The awards are managed by Linda Levy Grossman. and presented by the Washington Theatre Awards Society.-Awards:The Helen Hayes...
for theater in the Washington D.C. area is named in her honor. She has a star on the
Hollywood Walk of FameThe Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
at 6220 Hollywood Blvd.
Personal life
Hayes was a
CatholicThe word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
and a pro-business Republican who attended many Republican National Conventions (including the one held in New Orleans in 1988), but she was not as politically vocal as some others (e.g.,
Adolphe MenjouAdolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as The Sheik, A Woman of Paris, Morocco, and A Star is Born...
,
Ginger RogersGinger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century....
,
John WayneMarion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...
, etc.) in the Hollywood community of that time.
Hayes wrote three memoirs:
A Gift of Joy,
On Reflection and
My Life in Three Acts. Some of the themes in these books include her return to Roman Catholicism (she had been denied communion from the Church for the length of her marriage to MacArthur, who was a Protestant and a
divorcéDivorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
); and the death of her only daughter, Mary, who was an aspiring actress, from polio at the age of 19. Hayes's adopted son,
James MacArthurJames Gordon MacArthur was an American actor best known for the role of Danny "Danno" Williams, the reliable second-in-command of the fictional Hawaiian State Police squad Hawaii Five-O.-Early life:...
, went on to a career in acting, starring in
Hawaii Five-OHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...
on television. (Hayes herself guest starred on a 1975 episode of
Hawaii Five-0, playing the aunt of MacArthur's character.)
Hayes was hospitalized a number of times for her
asthmaAsthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...
condition, which was aggravated by stage dust, forcing her to retire from legitimate theater in 1971, at age 71.
Her last Broadway show was a 1970 revival of
HarveyHarvey is a 1944 play by American playwright Mary Chase. Produced by Brock Pemberton and directed by Antoinette Perry, the play premiered on 1 November 1944 at the 48th Street Theatre on Broadway where it was staged for 1,775 performances before closing on January 15, 1949. The original production...
, in which she co-starred with
James StewartJames Maitland Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime...
.
Clive BarnesClive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
wrote "She epitomizes flustered charm almost as if it were a style of acting...She is one of those actors...where to watch how she is doing something is almost as pleasurable as what she is doing." She spent most of her last years writing and raising money for organizations that fight asthma.
Philanthropy
Hayes was a generous donor of time and money to a number of causes and organizations, including the
Riverside Shakespeare CompanyThe Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York City was founded in 1977 as a professional theatre company on the Upper West Side of New York City, by W. Stuart McDowell and Gloria Skurski...
of New York City, of which she, along with Mildred Natwick, became a founding member of the company's Board of Advisors in 1981.
In 1982, Hayes dedicated Riverside's
The Shakespeare CenterThe Shakespeare Center was the home of the Riverside Shakespeare Company, an Equity professional theatre company in New York City, beginning in 1982, when the then six-year-old theatre company established its center of theatre production and advanced actor training at the 90 year-old West Park...
with New York theatre producer,
Joseph PappJoseph Papp was an American theatrical producer and director. Papp established The Public Theater in what had been the Astor Library Building in downtown New York . "The Public," as it is known, has many small theatres within it...
, and in 1985 returned to the New York stage in a benefit reading for the company with a reading of
A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
with the late
Raul JuliaRaúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay was a Puerto Rican actor.Born in San Juan, he gained interest in acting while still in school. Upon completing his studies, Juliá decided to pursue a career in acting. After performing in the local scene for some time, he was convinced by entertainment personality Orson...
,
Len CariouLeonard Joseph “Len” Cariou is a Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street...
,
Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioMary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is an American actress and singer known for her role as Carmen in The Color of Money, as well as for her roles as Lindsey Brigman in The Abyss, Gina Montana in Scarface, and Maid Marian in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.-Personal life:Mastrantonio was born in Lombard,...
,
Carole ShelleyCarole Shelley is an English actress. Among her many stage roles are the character of Madame Morrible in the original Broadway cast of the musical Wicked.-Life and career:...
,
Celeste HolmCeleste Holm is an American stage, film, and television actress, known for her Academy Award-winning performance in Gentleman's Agreement , as well as for her Oscar-nominated performances in Come to the Stable and All About Eve...
and
Harold ScottSir Harold Richard Scott, GCVO, KCB, KBE was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 1945 to 1953.Scott was born in Dublin, England and raised in Bruton, Somerset. He was educated at Sexey's School and later Jesus College of the University of Cambridge...
, directed by W. Stuart McDowell. The next year Hayes performed a second benefit for the Riverside Shakespeare Company, this time at the
Marquis TheatreThe Marquis Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre located at 1535 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan.Situated on the third floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel, the 1611-seat venue was designed by developer/architect John C. Portman, Jr...
, the same theatre the construction of which had been made possible by the demolition of the original Helen Hayes Theatre three years before. The production featured
Rex SmithRex Smith is an American actor and singer. Smith debuted in the Broadway play Grease in 1978. He is noted for his role as Jesse Mach in the 1985 television series Street Hawk, as well as being a singer and stage actor. During the late 1970s, Smith was popular as a teen idol...
,
Ossie DavisOssie Davis was an American film actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist.-Early years:...
and
F. Murray AbrahamFahrid Murray Abraham is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus. He has appeared in many roles, both leading and supporting, in films such as All the President's Men and Scarface...
, produced by McDowell and directed by Robert Small, with Hayes narrating the performance.
Death
Hayes died on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1993 from
congestive heart failureHeart failure often called congestive heart failure is generally defined as the inability of the heart to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the needs of the body. Heart failure can cause a number of symptoms including shortness of breath, leg swelling, and exercise intolerance. The condition...
in
Nyack, New YorkNyack is a village in the towns of Orangetown and Clarkstown in Rockland County, New York, United States, located north of South Nyack; east of Central Nyack; south of Upper Nyack and west of the Hudson River, approximately 19 miles north of the Manhattan boundary, it is an inner suburb of New...
.
Lillian GishLillian Diana Gish was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987....
had made Hayes the beneficiary of her estate, but Hayes survived her by less than a month. Hayes was interred in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, New York. In 2011, she was honored with a US postage stamp.
Quotes
- "The hardest years in life are the ones that live upon life itself." (age 64)
- "If you rest, you rust." (ca. age 60)
- "From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot in front of the other. But when books are opened you discover you have wings."
- "I'm absolutely crazy about life...about the value of living and doing. I have a belief, too, that's there's another world out there and that one day I will be joining Charlie and Mary (the daughter who died at 19 from polio) and other people I love, and it consoles me to think about that."
Stage and awards
| Year |
Production |
Role |
Notes |
| 1905 |
Miss Hawke's May Ball |
Irish Dancer |
|
| A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
|
Peaseblossom |
|
| 1908 |
Babe in the Woods |
Boy babe |
|
| 1909 |
Jack the Giant Killer"Jack the Giant Killer" is a British fairy tale about a plucky lad who slays a number of giants during King Arthur's reign. The tale is characterized by violence, gore, and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklore and Welsh Bardic lore, but the source of "Jack the Giant Killer" is...
|
Gibson Girl, Nell Brinkley, Girl impersonators |
|
| A Royal Family |
Prince Charles Ferdinand |
|
| Children's Dancing Kermess |
Impersonation of "The Nell Brinkley Girl" |
|
| The Prince Chap |
Claudia, Age 5 |
|
| A Poor Relation |
Patch |
|
| 1910 |
Old Dutch |
Little Mime |
|
| The Summer Widowers |
Pacyche Finnegan, Pinkie's playmate |
|
| 1911 |
The Barrier |
Molly, an Alaskan Child |
|
Little Lord FauntleroyLittle Lord Fauntleroy is the first children's novel written by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was originally published as a serial in the St. Nicholas Magazine between November 1885 and October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's in 1886...
|
Cedric Errol |
|
| The Never Homes |
Fannie Hicks, Another Near Orphan |
|
| The Seven Sisters |
Klara, the Youngest Daughter |
|
| Mary Jane's Pa |
|
|
| 1912 |
The June Bride |
The Holder's Child |
|
| 1913 |
Flood Victim's Benefit |
|
|
| The Girl with Green Eyes |
Susie, the Flower Girl |
|
| His House in Order |
Derek Jesson, his son |
|
| A Royal Family |
Prince Charles Ferdinand |
|
| The Prince Chap |
|
|
The Prince and the PauperThe Prince and the Pauper is an English-language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction...
|
Tom Canty and Edward, Prince of Wales |
|
| 1914 |
The Prodigal Husband |
Young Simone |
|
| 1916 |
The Dummy |
Beryl Meredith, the Kidnapper's Hostage |
|
| On Trial |
His Daughter, Doris Strickland |
|
| 1917 |
It Pays to Advertise |
Marie, Maid at the Martins |
|
| Romance |
Suzette |
|
| Just a Woman |
Hired girl |
|
| Mile-a-Minute Kendall |
Beth |
|
| Rich Man, Poor Man |
Linda Hurst |
|
| Alma, Where Do You Live? |
Germain |
|
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch |
Asia |
|
| Within the Law |
|
|
| Pollyanna Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children's literature, with the title character's name becoming a popular term for someone with the same optimistic outlook. The book was such a success, that Porter soon produced a sequel, Pollyanna...
|
Pollyanna Whittier, The Glad Girl |
|
| 1918 |
Penrod Penrod is a collection of comic sketches by Booth Tarkington that was first published in 1914. The book follows the misadventures of Penrod Schofield, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States, in a similar vein to Tom Sawyer...
|
|
|
| Dear Brutus |
Margaret, his daughter |
|
| 1919 |
On the Hiring Line |
Dorothy Fessenden, his daughter |
|
| Clarence |
Cora Wheeler |
|
| The Golden Age |
|
|
| 1920 |
Bab |
Bab |
| 1921 |
The Wren |
Seeby Olds |
|
| The Golden Days |
Mary Ann |
|
| 1922 |
To the Ladies |
Elsie Beebe |
|
No Siree!: An Anonymous Entertainment by the
Vicious Circus of the Hotel Algonquin |
|
|
| 1923 |
Loney Lee |
Loney Lee |
|
| 1924 |
We Moderns |
Mary Sundale, their Daughter |
|
| The Dragon |
|
|
| She Stoops to Conquer She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, son of an Anglo-Irish vicar, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a great favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in Britain and the United States. It is one of the few plays from the 18th...
|
Constance Neville |
|
| Dancing Mothers |
Catherine (Kittens) Westcourt |
|
| Quarantine |
Dinah Partlett |
|
| 1925 |
Caesar and Cleopatra Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle-on-Tyne on March 15, 1899...
|
Cleopatra |
|
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney |
Maria |
|
| Young Blood |
Georgia Bissell |
|
| 1926 |
What Every Woman Knows |
Maggie Wylie |
|
| 1927 |
Coquette |
Norma Besant |
|
| Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 |
|
|
| 1928 |
Coquette -Plot:Norma Besant, daughter of a Southern doctor, is an incorrigible flirt and has many suitors. Her father Dr. Besant favors Stanley , who is taken with Norma. However Norma has met a simple man named Michael Jeffrey who she has fallen madly in love with. Dr. Besant disapproves of Michael...
|
Norma Besant |
London version |
| 1930 |
Mr. Gilhooley |
A girl |
|
| Petticoat Influence |
Peggy Chalfont |
|
| 1931 |
The Good Fairy The Good Fairy is the English translation by Jane Hinton of the 1930 play A jó tündér by Ferenc Molnár. The Hungarian original premiered in Budapest, Hungary in October 1931, and the English translation was presented on Broadway with Helen Hayes playing "Lu" for 151 performances in...
|
Lu |
|
| 1933 |
Mary of Scotland |
Mary Stuart |
|
| 1935 |
Caesar and Cleopatra Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle-on-Tyne on March 15, 1899...
|
Cleopatra |
|
| Victoria Regina |
Victoria |
|
| 1934 |
What Every Woman Knows What Every Woman Knows is a American comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Helen Hayes, Brian Aherne, and Madge Evans. The film was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is based on the play What Every Woman Knows by J. M. Barrie. It was filmed by Paramount back in...
|
|
| 1936 |
Victoria Regina |
Victoria |
Revival |
| 1938 |
The Merchant of VeniceThe Merchant of Venice is a tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic...
|
Portia |
|
| Victoria Regina |
Victoria |
Revival |
| 1939 |
Ladies and Gentlemen Ladies and Gentlemen is a play by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. The courtroom drama, inspired by a Hungarian play by Ladislaus Bush-Fekete, centers on the relationship that develops between two sequestered jurors, Miss Scott and Mr...
|
Miss Terry Scott |
|
| 1940 |
Twelfth Night |
Viola |
|
| 1941 |
Candle in the Wind |
Madeline Guest |
|
| 1943 |
Harriet |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
|
| 1944 |
Harriet |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
Revival |
| 1947 |
Alice-Sit-By-The-Fire |
Mrs. Alice Grey |
|
| Happy Birthday |
Addie |
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The award has been presented since 1947, and is for performance in new productions or revivals.-1940s:...
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| 1948 |
The Glass MenagerieThe Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams. Williams worked on various drafts of the play prior to writing a version of it as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted...
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Amanda Wingfield |
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| 1949 |
Good Housekeeping |
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| 1950 |
The Wisteria Trees |
Lucy Andree Ransdell |
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| 1952 |
Mrs. McThing |
Mrs. Howard V. Larue III |
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| 1955 |
Gentleman, The Queens |
Catherine, Lady Macbeth, Mary and Queen Victoria |
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| The Skin of Our Teeth The Skin of Our Teeth is a play by Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It opened on October 15, 1942 at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, before moving to the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway on November 18, 1942...
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Mrs. Antrobus |
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| 1956 |
Lovers, Villains and Fools |
Narrator, Puck and the Chorus from Henry V |
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The Glass MenagerieThe Glass Menagerie is a four-character memory play by Tennessee Williams. Williams worked on various drafts of the play prior to writing a version of it as a screenplay for MGM, to whom Williams was contracted...
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The Mother |
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| 1958 |
Time Remembered |
The Duchess of Pont-Au-Bronc |
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The award has been presented since 1947, and is for performance in new productions or revivals.-1940s:...
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| 1958 |
A Adventure |
Lulu Specer |
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| Mid-Summer |
Rose, the Maid |
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| A Touch of the Poet A Touch of the Poet is a play by Eugene O'Neill.It and its sequel, More Stately Mansions, were intended to be part of a nine-play cycle entitled A Tale of Possessors Self-Dispossessed...
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Nora Melody |
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| 1960 |
The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...
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Lyuboff Ranevskaya |
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| The Chalk Garden The Chalk Garden is a play by Enid Bagnold that premiered on Broadway in 1955. The play tells the story of Mrs. St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under Miss Madrigal's care. The setting of the play was inspired by Bagnold's own garden at North End House in Rottingdean, near...
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Mrs. Maugham |
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| 1962 |
Shakespeare Revisited: A Program for Two Players |
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| 1964 |
Good Morning Miss Dove |
Miss Lucerna Dove |
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| The White House |
Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, Edith Wilson, Julia Grant, Leonora Clayton, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. Franklin Pierce, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mrs. James G. Blaine, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Jackson |
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| 1965 |
Helen Hayes' Tour of the Far East |
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| 1966 |
The Circle |
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The School for ScandalThe School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on May 8, 1777.The prologue, written by David Garrick, commends the play, its subject, and its author to the audience...
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Mrs. Candour |
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| Right You Are If You Think You Are |
Signora Frola |
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| We Comrades Three |
Mother |
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| You Can't Take It With You You Can't Take It with You is a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936, and played for 837 performances...
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Olga |
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| 1967 |
The Show-Off |
Mrs. Fisher |
Tony Award's Vernon Rice-Drama Desk AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
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| 1968 |
The Show-Off |
Mrs. Fisher |
return engagement |
| 1969 |
The Front Page The Front Page is a hit Broadway comedy about tabloid newspaper reporters on the police beat, written by one-time Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur which was first produced in 1928.-Synopsis:...
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Mrs. Grant |
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| 1970 |
Harvey Harvey is a 1944 play by American playwright Mary Chase. Produced by Brock Pemberton and directed by Antoinette Perry, the play premiered on 1 November 1944 at the 48th Street Theatre on Broadway where it was staged for 1,775 performances before closing on January 15, 1949. The original production...
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Veta Louise Simmons |
Nominated - Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. The award has been presented since 1947, and is for performance in new productions or revivals.-1940s:...
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| 1971 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night Long Day's Journey Into Night is a 1956 drama in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play is widely considered to be his masterwork...
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Mary Cavan Tyrone |
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| 1980 |
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Tony Award's Lawrence Langner Memorial AwardThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...
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Filmography and awards
| Year |
Film |
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| 1917 |
The Weavers of Life |
Peggy |
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| 1920 |
Babs |
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uncredited |
| 1928 |
The Dancing Town |
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short subject |
| 1931 |
Arrowsmith Arrowsmith is a 1931 film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was written by Sidney Howard from the Sinclair Lewis novel Arrowsmith, and directed by John Ford.-Plot:...
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Leora Arrowsmith |
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The Sin of Madelon ClaudetThe Sin of Madelon Claudet is a 1931 American drama film directed by Edgar Selwyn and starring Helen Hayes. The screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht was adapted from the play The Lullaby by Edward Knoblock...
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Madelon Claudet |
Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
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| 1932 |
A Farewell to Arms A Farewell to Arms is a 1932 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage, and starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. The screenplay by Oliver H.P...
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Catherine Barkley |
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| The Son-Daughter |
Lian Wha 'Star Blossom' |
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| 1933 |
The White Sister |
Angela Chiaromonte |
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| Another Language |
Stella 'Stell' Hallam |
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| Night Flight Night Flight is a 1933 aviation drama film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Clark Gable, and Helen Hayes among the star-studded cast...
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Madame Fabian |
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| 1934 |
Crime Without Passion |
Extra in hotel lobby |
Uncredited |
| What Every Woman Knows What Every Woman Knows is a American comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Helen Hayes, Brian Aherne, and Madge Evans. The film was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is based on the play What Every Woman Knows by J. M. Barrie. It was filmed by Paramount back in...
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Maggie Wylie |
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| 1935 |
Vanessa: Her Love Story |
Vanessa Paris |
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| 1938 |
Hollywood Goes to Town |
Herself, uncredited |
short subject |
| 1943 |
Stage Door Canteen Stage Door Canteen is a musical film produced by Sol Lesser Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Frank Borzage and features many cameo appearances by celebrities, and the majority of the film is essentially a filmed concert although there is also a storyline to the...
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Herself |
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| 1952 |
My Son John |
Lucille Jefferson |
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| 1953 |
Main Street to Broadway |
Herself |
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| 1956 |
AnastasiaAnastasia is a 1956 American historical drama film directed by Anatole Litvak for 20th Century Fox. The film stars Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes. Supporting players include Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, and, in a small role, Natalie Schafer...
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Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna |
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1959 |
Third Man on the Mountain Third Man on the Mountain is a 1959 American Walt Disney Productions movie set during the golden age of alpinism about a young Swiss man who conquers the mountain that killed his father. It is based on Banner in the Sky, a James Ramsey Ullman novel about the first ascent of the Matterhorn, and was...
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Tourist |
Uncredited |
| 1961 |
The Challenge of Ideas |
Narrator |
short subject |
| 1970 |
Airport |
Ada Quonsett |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...
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| 1974 |
Herbie Rides AgainHerbie Rides Again is a 1974 comedy film. It is the sequel to The Love Bug, released six years earlier, and the second in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie...
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Mrs. Steinmetz |
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1975 |
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing is a 1975 British comedy film, which is set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company. The title is a parody of the...
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Hettie |
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| 1977 |
Candleshoe Candleshoe is a 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action family film and heist film based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe and starring Jodie Foster, Helen Hayes in her last big screen appearance, David Niven and Leo McKern.-Plot:...
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Lady St. Edmund |
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Television appearances and awards
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Role |
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| 1950 |
Showtime, U.S.A. |
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Episode #1.1 |
| The Prudential Family Playhouse |
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse |
Mary, Queen of Scots |
The Late Christopher Bean |
| 1951 |
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse |
Mary, Queen of Scots |
Mary of Scotland |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, is a weekly CBS anthology television series, was telecast on Friday nights from 1951 until 1959. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by Schlitz beer...
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Dark Fleece |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, is a weekly CBS anthology television series, was telecast on Friday nights from 1951 until 1959. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by Schlitz beer...
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The Lucky Touch |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, is a weekly CBS anthology television series, was telecast on Friday nights from 1951 until 1959. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by Schlitz beer...
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Not a Chance |
Robert Montgomery PresentsRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example,...
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Queen Victoria |
Victoria Regina |
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Nominated — Emmy Award for Best Actress An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
(nonspecific role) |
| 1952 |
Omnibus |
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The Twelve Pound Look |
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Nominated — Emmy Award for Best Actress An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
(nonspecific role) |
| 1953 |
Omnibus |
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The Happy Journey |
| Omnibus |
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Mom and Leo |
| Christmas with the Stars |
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| Medallion Theatre |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
"Battle Hymn" |
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Emmy Award for Best Actress An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
(nonspecific role) |
| 1954 |
The United States Steel HourThe United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio program that preceded it were both sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation....
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Mrs. Austin |
Welcome Home |
| The Best of Broadway |
Fanny Cavendish |
The Royal Family |
| The Motorola Television Hour The Motorola Television Hour was an hour-long anthology series which alternated bi-weekly with The United States Steel Hour on ABC. The show premiered on November 3, 1953 and was last aired on June 1, 1954. It was sponsored by Motorola.-External links:...
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Frances Parry |
Side by Side |
| 1955 |
Producers' ShowcaseProducers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 p.m. ET for three seasons, beginning October...
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Mrs. Antrobus |
The Skin of Our Teeth |
| The Best of Broadway |
Abby Brewster |
Arsenic and Old Lace |
| 1956 |
Omnibus |
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Dear Brutus |
| Omnibus |
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The Christmas Tie |
| 1957 |
The Alcoa Hour The Alcoa Hour is a live anthology television series sponsored by Alcoa and telecast in the United States from 1955 to 1957. The series was seen Sundays on NBC at 9pm.-Overview:...
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Mrs. Gilling and the Skyscraper
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| Playhouse 9 |
Sister Theresa |
Four Women in Black |
| 1958 |
Omnibus |
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Mrs. McThing |
The United States Steel HourThe United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio program that preceded it were both sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation....
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Mother Seraphim |
One Red Rose for Christmas
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1959 |
Hallmark Hall of FameHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011...
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Essie |
Ah, Wilderness!Ah, Wilderness! is a comedy by American playwright Eugene O'Neill that premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 2 October 1933.-Plot summary:...
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| Play of the Week |
Madame Ranevskaya |
The Cherry Orchard The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play as a comedy and it does contain some elements of farce; however, Stanislavski insisted on...
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| 1960 |
The Bell Telephone Hour The Bell Telephone Hour is a long-run concert series which began April 29, 1940 on NBC Radio and was heard on NBC until June 30, 1958. Sponsored by Bell Telephone, it showcased the best in classical and Broadway music, reaching eight to nine million listeners each week. It continued on television...
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Baroness Nadedja von Meck |
The Music of Romance |
| Play of the Week |
Madame Ranevskaya |
The Velvet Glove |
| Dow Hour of Great Mysteries |
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The Bat |
| 1961 |
Michael Shayne Michael Shayne is a fictional private detective character created during the late 1930s by writer Brett Halliday. It was the title of a series of 12 films starring Lloyd Nolan, a radio series under a variety of names, between 1944 and 1953, and later in 1960-1961, a 32 episode NBC television series...
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Murder Round My Wrist |
| 1963 |
The ChristophersThe Christophers are a Christian inspirational group that was founded in 1945 by Father James Keller. The name of the group is derived from the Greek word "christophoros", which means "Christ-bearer"...
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What One Bootmaker Did |
| 1967 |
Tarzan |
Mrs. Wilson |
The Pride of the Lioness |
| 1969 |
Arsenic and Old Lace |
Abby Brewster |
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| 1970 |
The Front Page |
Narrator |
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| 1971 |
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate is a 1971 television movie directed by Ted Post, starring Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick, Myrna Loy and Sylvia Sidney, adapted from a novel of the same name by Doris Miles Disney. It premiered on ABC on November 9, 1971...
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Sophie Tate Curtis |
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1972 |
Harvey |
Veta Louise Simmons |
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| Here's Lucy Here's Lucy is Lucille Ball's third network television sitcom. It ran on CBS from 1968 to 1974.-Background:Though The Lucy Show was still hugely popular during the previous season, finishing in the top five of the Nielsen Ratings , Ball opted to end that series at the end of that season and create...
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Mrs. Kathleen Brady |
Lucy and the Little Old Lady |
| Ghost Story |
Miss Gilden |
Alter-Ego |
| 1973–1974 |
The Snoop Sisters The Snoop Sisters was an American mystery television show that aired on NBC during the 1973–1974 season.-Plot:The show starred Hollywood film legends Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as two elderly sisters who routinely stumbled across mysteries which they solved...
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Ernesta Snoop |
Nominated - Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
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| 1975 |
Hawaii Five-OHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...
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Aunt Clara |
Retire in Sunny Hawaii - Forever
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy SeriesAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
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| 1976 |
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers |
Dr. McCartney |
miniseries |
| Victory at Entebbe Victory at Entebbe is a made-for-television film from 1976 based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda...
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Etta Grossman-Wise |
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| 1978 |
A Family Upside Down |
Emma Long |
Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1980 |
The Love BoatThe Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
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Agatha Winslow |
1 episode |
| 1982 |
Love, SidneyLove, Sidney was an American situation comedy television series about a gay man, Sidney Shorr, and his relationship with a single mother and her five year-old daughter whom he invites to live with him...
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Mrs. Clovis |
Pro and Cons |
| Murder is Easy |
Lavinia Fullerton |
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| 1983 |
A Caribbean Mystery |
Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in twenty short stories. Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective. She is one of the most famous...
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| 1984 |
Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...
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Estelle Wicks |
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| 1985 |
Murder with Mirrors Murder with Mirrors is a 1985 TV movie based on the Dame Agatha Christie mystery novel, They Do It with Mirrors, using the novel's US title. The film is set in a youth detention centre run by a charitable American educationalist in England....
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Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in twenty short stories. Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St. Mary Mead and acts as an amateur detective. She is one of the most famous...
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