Here is a very rare very early vintage original autographed 7" by 9" photo of actress Helen Hayes, from 1936, inscribed to a favoritr book dealer. Known as "The First lady of the American Theater", Helen Hayes had a legendary career on stage and in films and television that spanned over eighty years. Hayes was born in Washington, D.C., to Catherine Estelle "Essie" Hayes, an actress who worked in touring companies, and Francis van Arnum Brown, a clerk and salesman. Her maternal grandparents were Irish. A child actress in the first decade of the 20th century, by the time she turned twenty in 1920 she was well on her way to a landmark career on the American stage, becoming perhaps the greatest female star of the theatre during the 1930s and 1940s. She made a handful of scattered films during the silent era and in 1931 was signed to MGM with great fanfare to begin a career starring in films. Her first three films, Arrowsmith (1931), The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931), and A Farewell to Arms (1932), were great hits and she would win the 1932 Oscar for Best Actress for her work in Madelon Claudet. Alas, her lack of screen glamour worked against her becoming a box office star during the golden era of Hollywood, and her subsequent films were often not well received by critics. Within four years she had abandoned the screen and returned to the stage for the greatest success of her career, "Victoria Regina", which ran for three years starting in 1935. Helen Hayes returned to motion pictures with a few featured roles in 1950s films and frequently appeared on television. In 1970, she made a screen comeback in Airport (1970), a role originally offered to Claudette Colbert, who declined it, earning Hayes her second Oscar, this time for Best Supporting Actress. Helen Hayes retired from the stage in 1971 but enjoyed enormous fame and popularity over the next fifteen years with many roles in motion pictures and television productions, retiring in 1985 after starring in the TV film Murder with Mirrors (1985). Minor border staining, a few minor spots/stains, minor corner and edge wear. Rare.
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David Birney and Morgan Brittany in Glitter (1984)
Glitter
6.3
TV Series
Betsy Carson
1985
1 episode
Bette Davis and Helen Hayes in Murder with Mirrors (1985)
Murder with Mirrors
6.3
TV Movie
Miss Jane Marple
1985
Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven (1984)
Highway to Heaven
6.8
TV Series
Estelle Wicks
1984
2 episodes
Helen Hayes and Barnard Hughes in A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
A Caribbean Mystery
6.3
Miss Jane Marple
1983
Swoosie Kurtz, Kaleena Kiff, and Tony Randall in Love, Sidney (1981)
Love, Sidney
6.7
TV Series
Mrs. Clovis
1982
1 episode
Lesley-Anne Down, Bill Bixby, and Helen Hayes in Murder Is Easy (1982)
Murder Is Easy
6.1
TV Movie
Lavinia Fullerton
1982
Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
The Love Boat
6.3
TV Series
Agatha Winslow
1980
1 episode
A Family Upside Down (1978)
A Family Upside Down
6.9
TV Movie
Emma Long
1978
Candleshoe (1977)
Candleshoe
6.7
Lady St. Edmund
1977
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976)
Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers
7.0
TV Mini Series
Dr. McCartney
1976
4 episodes
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Victory at Entebbe
5.9
TV Movie
Etta Grossman-Wise
1976
Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Hawaii Five-O
7.4
TV Series
Aunt Clara
1975
1 episode
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
5.9
Hettie
1975
Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick in The Snoop Sisters (1972)
The Snoop Sisters
7.8
TV Series
Ernesta Snoop
1972–1974
5 episodes
Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Herbie Rides Again
5.7
Mrs. Steinmetz
1974
Circle of Fear (1972)
Circle of Fear
7.5
TV Series
Miss Gilden (as Miss Helen Hayes)
1972
1 episode
Harvey (1972)
Harvey
7.9
TV Movie
Veta Louise Simmons
1972
Here's Lucy (1968)
Here's Lucy
6.9
TV Series
Mrs. Kathleen Brady
1972
1 episode
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (1971)
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate
6.4
TV Movie
Sophie Tate Curtis
1971
NET Playhouse (1964)
NET Playhouse
7.1
TV Series
Multiple Roles
1970
1 episode
Airport (1970)
Airport
6.6
Ada Quonsett
1970
The Front Page
6.7
TV Movie
Narrator
1970
Lillian Gish and Helen Hayes in Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
Arsenic and Old Lace
6.9
TV Movie
Abby Brewster
1969
Tarzan (1966)
Tarzan
7.1
TV Series
Mrs. Wilson
1967
1 episode
Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
Harriet Breecher Stowe
1965
1 episode
The Christophers
7.6
TV Series
1963
1 episode
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
The Bell Telephone Hour
8.0
TV Series
Baroness Nadedja von Meck
1960
1 episode
Walter Matthau in Play of the Week (1959)
Play of the Week
7.1
TV Series
Madame Ranevskaya
Mother Hildebrand
1959–1960
2 episodes
Cradle Song
TV Movie
The Vicaress
1960
Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960)
Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
7.1
TV Series
Cornelia Van Gorder
1960
1 episode
Kraft Theatre (1947)
The United States Steel Hour
8.1
TV Series
Mother Seraphim
Mrs. Austin
1954–1959
3 episodes
Herbert Lom, James Donald, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, and Michael Rennie in Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Third Man on the Mountain
7.0
Tourist (uncredited)
1959
Ah, Wilderness!
5.9
TV Movie
Essie
1959
Omnibus (1952)
Omnibus
8.4
TV Series
(segment "Drug Store, Sunday Noon")
(segment "Irish Linen")
(segment "The Twelve Pound Look") ...
1952–1958
7 episodes
The Alcoa Hour (1955)
The Alcoa Hour
7.3
TV Series
Mrs. Gilling
1957
1 episode
Playhouse 90 (1956)
Playhouse 90
8.4
TV Series
Sister Theresa
1957
1 episode
Anastasia (1956)
Anastasia
7.0
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
1956
Producers' Showcase (1954)
Producers' Showcase
7.2
TV Series
Mrs. Antrobus
1955
1 episode
The Best of Broadway (1954)
The Best of Broadway
6.6
TV Series
Abby Brewster
Fanny Cavendish
1954–1955
2 episodes
The Motorola Television Hour (1953)
The Motorola Television Hour
6.5
TV Series
Frances Parry
1954
1 episode
Zachary Scott in Medallion Theatre (1953)
Medallion Theatre
6.0
TV Series
Harriet Beecher Stowe
1953
1 episode
Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Shirley Booth, Mary Martin, Tommy Morton, and Mary Murphy in Main Street to Broadway (1953)
Main Street to Broadway
6.1
Helen Hayes
1953
Van Heflin, Helen Hayes, Dean Jagger, and Robert Walker in My Son John (1952)
My Son John
5.5
Lucille Jefferson
1952
Hal Baylor, Hans Conried, and Chuck Hicks in Schlitz Playhouse (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse
7.6
TV Series
Honora Canderay (woman)
1951
3 episodes
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950)
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
7.0
TV Series
Gwenny Bean
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
1950–1951
2 episodes
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents
7.9
TV Series
Queen Victoria
1951
1 episode
The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950)
The Prudential Family Playhouse
8.0
TV Series
Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett
1950
1 episode
William Terry and Cheryl Walker in Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Stage Door Canteen
6.3
Helen Hayes
1943
Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery in Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935)
Vanessa, Her Love Story
6.0
Vanessa Paris
1935
Helen Hayes in What Every Woman Knows (1934)
What Every Woman Knows
6.6
Maggie Wylie
1934
Claude Rains, Whitney Bourne, and Margo in Crime Without Passion (1934)
Crime Without Passion
7.0
Extra in hotel lobby (uncredited)
1934
Clark Gable, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Helen Hayes, and Robert Montgomery in Night Flight (1933)
Night Flight
6.2
Simone Fabian
1933
Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery in Another Language (1933)
Another Language
6.5
Stella
1933
Clark Gable and Helen Hayes in The White Sister (1933)
The White Sister
6.1
Angela Chiaromonte
1933
Ramon Novarro and Helen Hayes in The Son-Daughter (1932)
The Son-Daughter
5.6
Lien Wha
1932
Gary Cooper in A Farewell to Arms (1932)
A Farewell to Arms
6.4
Catherine
1932
Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes in Arrowsmith (1931)
Arrowsmith
6.2
Leora Tozer Arrowsmith
1931
Helen Hayes in The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
6.6
Madelon
1931
The Dancing Town
7.0
Short
Olive Pepperall
1928
The Weavers of Life (1917)
The Weavers of Life
6.3
Peggy
1917
Helen Hayes and Jean in Jean and the Calico Doll (1910)
Jean and the Calico Doll
Short
1910