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Actor Born: October 10, 1900 in Washington, DC Death: March 17, 1993 in Nyack, NY Biography:"Helen Hayes", the First Lady of the American Theater, made most of her infrequent film appearances after an allergy to theater dust forced her to retire from the stage. Her stage career began when she was five; at age nine, she made her first Broadway appearance. By 1918, she was a star. When she married playwright "Charles MacArthur" in 1928, the couple came to Hollywood briefly, where she won her first Oscar for "The Sin of Madelon Claudet" (1931). Other memorable roles during that time included her role as a nurse in "A Farewell to Arms" (1932) with a very young "Gary Cooper", and "What Every Woman Knows" (1934). Unhappy in Hollywood, she returned to the stage, where she reigned as one of the outstanding American stage actresses. One of her most famous roles was Queen Victoria in Victoria Regina. She won a Tony Award the first year they were presented, in 1947, for Happy Birthday, and another in... Full Biography
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