Helen Hayes, the iconic American actress best known as First Lady of the American Theater, sadly passed away on March 17, 1993, at the age of 92. With an extensive career that spanned eight decades and a laudable two Academy Awards, Helen Hayes will be remembered as one of the greatest stage and screen actresses of all time. During her career, Hayes worked in classical and modern plays, films, and television, and was honored with multitude of awards and accolades. Hayes was best known for her roles on stage, where she was lauded as the “First Lady of the American Theater”; with Broadway roles in Dear Brutus (1917), What Every Woman Knows (1922), Happy Birthday (1946), and The Wisteria Trees (1955). She won her first Tony Award for her role in Outward Bound in 1925, as well as acting as lead actors in both the stage and film adaptations of The Sin of Madelon Claudet. Her film career was no less impressive. In 1930, Hayes won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Sin of Madelon Claudet at the 3rd Academy Awards, making her the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. 15 years later, Hayes won her second Oscar for her role in best picture winner Airport (1970). Other notable roles include in Stage Door Canteen (1943), My Son John (1952), and Anastasia (1956). Helen Hayes’s timeless legacy will undoubtedly be long remembered by everyone who had the pleasure of experiencing it.