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Helen Hayes
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- Actress
In short · Acted for 12 decades — 28 credits, 2 Academy Award wins.
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Academy Awards — Oscar — Actress in a Supporting Role
- Award win
Academy Awards — Oscar — Actress in a Leading Role
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25 credits
Murder with Mirrors(1985)
Miss Jane Marple
Film
A Caribbean Mystery(1983)
Miss Jane Marple
Film
Murder Is Easy(1982)
Lavinia Fullerton
Film
A Family Upside Down(1978)
Emma Long
Film
Candleshoe(1977)
Lady St. Edmund
Film
Victory at Entebbe(1976)
Etta Grossman-Wise
Film
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing(1975)
Hettie
Film
Herbie Rides Again(1974)
Mrs. Steinmetz
Film
Harvey(1972)
Veta Louise Simmons
Film
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate(1971)
Sophie Tate Curtis
Film
Airport(1970)
Ada Quonsett
Film
Arsenic and Old Lace(1969)
Abby Brewster
Film
Third Man on the Mountain(1959)
Hotel guest (uncredited)
Film
Anastasia(1956)
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
Film
My Son John(1952)
Lucille Jefferson
Film
Vanessa, Her Love Story(1935)
Vanessa Paris
Film
What Every Woman Knows(1934)
Maggie Wylie
Film
The White Sister(1933)
Angela Chiaromonte
Film
Night Flight(1933)
Simone Fabian
Film
The Son-Daughter(1932)
Lien Wha
Film
A Farewell to Arms(1932)
Catherine
Film
The Sin of Madelon Claudet(1931)
Madelon
Film
Arrowsmith(1931)
Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
FilmRiders of the Range(1923)
Inez
Film
The Weavers of Life(1917)
Peggy
Film
Awards & Nominations
2 winsAcademy Awards
- Won1970Oscar — Actress in a Supporting Role
- Won1931Oscar — Actress in a Leading Role
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- Our journey with lobular breast cancerSelf · 2025
- Hopper's SilenceSelf · 1981
- Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsSelf (archive footage) · 1940
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