Helen Haye


Helen Haye was a British stage and film actress.

Stage

Hay began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in Hamlet. In 1927, she starred in John Van Druten's Chance Acquaintance at the Criterion Theatre. In 1950, she was in Benn Levy's Return to Tyassi at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Films

Her film career began in 1916 with Honour in Pawn. She often worked with director Alexander Korda. One of her later film appearances was in Laurence Olivier's Richard III, as the Duchess of York.
Haye died four days after her 83rd birthday in London.

Selected filmography

Honour in Pawn - Mrs. FortescueMasks and Faces - Dame BestNot Negotiable His Last Defence - Hesper OddingtonBleak House - Miss BarbayThe Skin Game - Mrs. HillcristTilly of Bloomsbury - Lady Adela MainwaringAtlantic - Clara Tate-HughesKnowing Men - Marquise de JarmaisThe Nipper - Lady SevenoaksBeyond the Cities - Amy HayesThe Skin Game - Mrs. HillcristBrown Sugar - Lady KnightsbridgeThe Officers' Mess - Mrs. HarbottleMonte Carlo Madness - IsabelCongress Dances - PrincessHer First Affaire - Lady BragdenIt's a Boy - Mrs. BogleThis Week of Grace - Lady WarmingtonMoney Mad - Lady LeylandCrazy People - Aunt CarolineThe Dictator - Queen Mother JulianaDrake of England - Lady LennoxThe 39 Steps - Mrs. JordanThe Tunnel - Oil Magnate Wolf's Clothing - Mildred GirlingThe Interrupted Honeymoon - Aunt HarrietEverybody Dance - Lady MortonWings of the Morning - Aunt JenepherCotton Queen - Margaret OwenThe Girl in the Taxi - Delphine des AubraisSidewalks of London - SelinaA Girl Must Live - Aunt PrimroseRiding High - Miss Ada BroadbentThe Spy in Black - Mrs. SedleyThe Case of the Frightened Lady - Lady LebanonKipps - Mrs. WalshinghamThe Man in Grey - Lady RohanDear Octopus - Dora RandolphFanny by Gaslight - Mrs. SomerfordMadonna of the Seven Moons - Mother SuperiorA Place of One's Own - Mrs. Manning TutthornMine Own Executioner - Lady MaresfieldMrs. Fitzherbert - Lady SeftonAnna Karenina - Countess VronskyThird Time Lucky - Old LadyConspirator - Lady WitheringhamFront Page Story - Susan's MotherHobson's Choice - Mrs. HepworthLilacs in the Spring - Lady DraytonRichard III - Duchess of YorkMy Teenage Daughter - Aunt LouisaAction of the Tiger - Countess ValonaThe Gypsy and the Gentleman - Lady Caroline Ayrton