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Helen Haye

British actress (1874–1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Helen Haye
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Helen Haye (born Helen Hay, 28 August 1874 – 1 September 1957) was a British stage and film actress.[1]

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Stage

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Helen Haye in 1922

Hay (who later adopted the surname Haye) began acting on the stage in 1898 and debuted in London in 1911 as Gertrude in Hamlet.[2] 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 (1955), as the Duchess of York.[3]

Haye died four days after her 83rd birthday in London.[1]

Selected filmography

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