HAYES, HELEN. One of the greatest Broadway actors of the 20th century; b. Washington, D.C., ; d. Nyack, New York, .
Playwright
Robert Emmett Sherwood
once commented that
Helen Hayes
seems to regard the theater much as a champion mountain climber regards Everest: it is a challenge to her remarkable determination and courage and skill.
Sherwood, writing in the the ater magazine The Stage was referring to Hayes’ reluctance to settle for one stage persona...