Helen Hayes: movies and TV shows
Helen Hayes has 87 credits in the archive: 47 films and 40 TV series, from 1917 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1917 – 2025 · busiest year: 1956 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Airports | Film | — | 124 | |
| 2022 | Bill Cosby: Walking Free | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 121 |
| 1998 | Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 97 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 94 |
| 1994 | Divine Mercy No Escape | Film | — | 93 | |
| 1992 | MGM: When the Lion Roars | TV | 7.9 | 91 | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 89 |
| 1987 | The Ten-Year Lunch | Herself - Participant | Film | 6.5 | 86 |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Miss Jane Marple | Film | 6.5 | 84 |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | TV | 7.4 | 83 | |
| 1983 | A Caribbean Mystery | Miss Jane Marple | Film | 6.3 | 82 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 81 |
| 1982 | Murder Is Easy | Lavinia Fullerton | Film | 6.6 | 81 |
| 1981 | Hopper's Silence | Herself | Film | — | 80 |
| 1979 | All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 77 |
| 1978 | Old Friends... New Friends | Self | TV | — | 77 |
| 1978 | A Family Upside Down | Emma Long | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Agatha Winslow | TV | 6.3 | 76 |
| 1977 | Candleshoe | Lady St. Edmund | Film | 6.9 | 76 |
| 1976 | Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers | Dr. McCartney | TV | 4.0 | 75 |
| 1976 | Victory at Entebbe | Etta Grossman-Wise | Film | 5.1 | 75 |
| 1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Hettie | Film | 5.8 | 74 |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Mrs. Steinmetz | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1973 | The Snoop Sisters | Ernesta Snoop | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 1972 | Ghost Story | Miss Gilden | TV | 7.4 | 71 |
| 1972 | Harvey | Veta Louise Simmons | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1972 | The Female Instinct | Ernesta Snoop | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1971 | Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate | Sophie Tate Curtis | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 1970 | Airport | Ada Quonsett | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Abby Brewster | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Aunt Clara | TV | 7.2 | 67 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Kathleen Brady | TV | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1966 | Tarzan | TV | 6.9 | 65 | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1961 | The Challenge of Ideas | Narrator | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 1960 | The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries | Cornelia Van Gorder | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1960 | The Bat | Cornelia Van Gorder | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | Mother Hildebrand | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1959 | Third Man on the Mountain | Hotel guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1957 | Four Women in Black | Sister Theresa | Film | — | 56 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Accepting Award for Apa-Phoenix | TV | — | 55 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 55 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner | TV | — | 55 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 55 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Previous Winner | TV | — | 55 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self (archive footage) | TV | — | 55 |
| 1956 | Anastasia | Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1955 | A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 | Self | Film | — | 54 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1953 | Main Street to Broadway | Self | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Bessie Arlington | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Mrs. Dearth | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1952 | Omnibus | Mrs. Larue | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1952 | My Son John | Lucille Jefferson | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Essie | TV | 8.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Vicaress | TV | 8.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Veta Louise Simmons | TV | 8.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 50 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Honora Canderay (woman) | TV | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Ezio Pinza Show | Self | TV | — | 50 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Queen Victoria | TV | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Helen Hayes | TV | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Self - Host | TV | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen | Helen Hayes | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1938 | Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1935 | Vanessa: Her Love Story | Vanessa Paris | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1934 | What Every Woman Knows | Maggie Wylie | Film | 7.6 | 33 |
| 1934 | Crime Without Passion | Woman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1933 | Night Flight | Madame Fabian | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1933 | Another Language | Stella Hallam | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1933 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms | Catherine Barkley | Film | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1932 | The Son-Daughter | Lian Wha | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Madelon Claudet | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1931 | Arrowsmith | Leora Tozer Arrowsmith | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1928 | The Dancing Town | Olive Pepperall | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1923 | Riders of the Range | Inez | Film | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1917 | The Weavers of Life | Peggy | Film | — | 16 |