| 1905 |
Professional stage
debut at age five as Prince Charles in the Columbia Players'
production of The Royal Family
in Washington. |
1905-
1909 |
Member of the Columbia
Players for four seasons; appeared in Little
Lord Fauntleroy, The Prince Chap and The
Prince and the Pauper while attending Holy Cross (usually
appearing in two plays a summer). |
| 1909 |
Broadway acting debut,
Old Dutch (under the management
of Lew Fields). |
| 1910 |
Short
film debut, Jean and the Calico Cat. |
| 1916 |
Stars on Broadway
as the title character in Pollyanna;
tours with production through 1918. |
| 1917 |
Feature film debut, The
Weavers of Life. |
| 1928 |
Marries playwright
Charlie MacArthur. |
| 1930 |
Gives birth to daughter, Mary MacArthur. |
| 1931 |
Appears in first major Hollywood
film The Sin of Madelon Claudet.
|
| 1933 |
Makes transition from popular stage
actress to serious actress with the title role in Maxwell
Anderson's Mary of Scotland. |
| 1935 |
Stars on Broadway as Queen Victoria
in Victoria Regina; tours in play
through 1938. |
1940-
1941 |
Hosts own radio program, The
Helen Hayes Theatre. |
1943-
1945 |
Triumphs on Broadway as Harriet
Beecher Stowe in Harriet. |
| 1948 |
London stage debut
as Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
(directed by John Gielgud). |
| 1949 |
Publishes Star
On Her Forehead with Mary Kennedy. |
| Mary MacArthur dies suddenly of
bulbar poliomyelitis while touring in summer stock with her
mother. |
| 1950 |
After daughter's death, returns
to New York stage in The Wisteria Tree. |
| TV debut in The
Late Christopher Bean on Pulitzer
Playhouse. |
1951-
1953 |
Serves as President of the American
National Theatre and Academy (ANTA). |
| 1951 |
Debut as a stage producer on Broadway,
Mary Rose. |
| 1955 |
Paris stage debut as Mrs. Antrobus
in The Skin of Our Teeth. |
| 1959 |
Hayes is elected President Emerita,
American Theatre Wing. |
| 1961 |
Travels through 28
different countries throughout South America and Europe on
a U.S. State Department sponsored tour starring in The
Glass Menagerie and The Skin of
Our Teeth. |
| 1964 |
Forms the Helen Hayes Repertory
Company, which sponsors university tours of Shakespeare recitals. |
| 1965 |
Publishes A
Gift of Joy with Lewis Funke. |
| 1966 |
Joins the APA-Phoenix Repertory
Company. |
| 1968 |
Publishes On
Reflection with Sanford Dody. |
| 1971 |
Retires from the stage due to an
allergic reaction to stage dust. |
| 1972 |
Publishes Twice
Over Lightly with Anita Loos. |
| Introduces the Academy Awards.
|
| 1980 |
Her documentary, Miles
to Go Before We Sleep, wins a Peabody Medal. |
| 1983 |
Helen Hayes Awards are launched
to honor those in theater in D.C. |
| Publishes A
Gathering of Hope. |
| 1984 |
Publishes Our
Best Years with Marion Glasserow Gladney. |
| 1988 |
Publishes Where
the Truth Lies with Thomas Chastain. |
| 1990 |
Publishes My
Life in Three Acts with Katherine Hatch. |
