Obituaries
Helen Hayes, the diminutive and demure grande dame of the American theater, whose 87 years of stage, film and television performances—as tots, ingenues, queens, nuns and matriarchs—earned her the enduring affection of four generations, died Wednesday.
March 18, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Helen Hayes, the diminutive and demure grande dame of the American theater, whose 87 years of stage, film and television performances--as tots, ingenues, queens, nuns and matriarchs--earned her the enduring affection of four generations, died Wednesday.
Eighty years ago, 9-year-old Helen Hayes made her Broadway debut.
June 28, 1990
Tony Award won by Helen Hayes in 1947 up for auction
April 1, 2013
Helen Hayes was remembered Saturday at a hometown funeral miles from the bright lights of Broadway, with more than 500 friends packing the church she attended to say goodby to the first lady of the American theater.
March 21, 1993
Helen Hayes won the first Tony Award for actress in a play in 1947, the inaugural year for Broadway’s biggest honor.
Actress Helen Hayes was hospitalized Tuesday in critical condition with congestive heart failure, a hospital official said.
March 10, 1993
Books
“Ah, that’s our mockingbird,” Helen Hayes says.
May 13, 1990
Movies
Charles Champlin erred when he wrote that Charles MacArthur said “I wish they were diamonds” when he offered peanuts to renowned actress Helen Hayes (“Helen Hayes Isn’t Ready to Rust,” May 13).
May 20, 1990
A husband and wife in a rut realize what they mean to each other only after one is kidnapped in the thriller ‘The Clearing.’
July 2, 2004