Helen Hayes (Actor)

Reviews of Helen Hayes Movies

Looking for reviews of Helen Hayes movies? Cinafilm has a total of 524 reviews across 14 movies.

Movies starring Helen Hayes have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 59%.

Third Man on the Mountain - released in 1959 - is Helen Hayes's highest rated movie, with a score of 72% based on 6 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Helen Hayes is My Son John - released in 1952 - with a score of 46% based on 5 reviews.

Actor Biography

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.

Helen Hayes has acted in films with Jesse White, Burt Lancaster, Myrna Loy and Van Heflin.

Helen Hayes has worked with these film directors: Frank Borzage, Robert Stevenson, John Ford and Ben Hecht.