Portrait of Helen Haye

Acting

Helen Haye

Career

Active from 1921 to 1958, busiest in 1930 and 1937 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Helen Haye Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

9 titles ยท average score 62
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
GoodWatch score 57

as Caroline Ayrton

Action of the Tiger
Action of the Tiger (1957)
GoodWatch score 50

as Countess Valona

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957)

TV show ยท as Baroness von Kiel

My Teenage Daughter
My Teenage Daughter (1956)

as Aunt Louisa Black

Lilacs in the Spring
Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
GoodWatch score 56

as Lady Drayton

Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice (1954)
GoodWatch score 85

as Mrs. Hepworth

Front Page Story
Front Page Story (1954)

as Susan's Mother

Anastasia
Anastasia (1953)

as The Dowager Empress of Russia

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (1952)

TV show ยท as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

1940s

13 titles ยท average score 58
Third Time Lucky
Third Time Lucky (1949)

as Old Lady

Conspirator
Conspirator (1949)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lady Witheringham

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1948)
GoodWatch score 61

as Countess Vronsky

Mine Own Executioner
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lady Maresfield

Mrs. Fitzherbert
Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)

as Lady Sefton

A Place of One's Own
A Place of One's Own (1945)
GoodWatch score 60

as Florence Manning-Tutthorn

Madonna of the Seven Moons
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mother Superior

Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
GoodWatch score 53

as Mrs. Somerford

Dear Octopus
Dear Octopus (1943)

as Dora Randolph

The Man in Grey
The Man in Grey (1943)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lady Rohan

Kipps
Kipps (1941)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mrs. Walshingham

The Case of the Frightened Lady
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
GoodWatch score 43

as Lady Lebanon

1930s

19 titles ยท average score 66
Riding High
Riding High (1939)

as Miss Ada Broadbent

The Spy in Black
The Spy in Black (1939)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mrs. Sedley

Wings of the Morning
Wings of the Morning (1937)
GoodWatch score 59

as Aunt Jenepher

The Girl in the Taxi
The Girl in the Taxi (1937)

as Delphine

Cotton Queen
Cotton Queen (1937)

as Margaret Owen

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps (1935)
GoodWatch score 86

as Louisa Jordan

The Dictator
The Dictator (1935)

as Queen Mother Juliana

This Week of Grace
This Week of Grace (1933)

as Lady Warmington

Her First Affaire
Her First Affaire (1932)

as Lady Brogden

The Skin Game
The Skin Game (1931)
GoodWatch score 43

as Mrs. Hillcrist

Knowing Men
Knowing Men (1930)

as Korah's Aunt (Marquise de Jaurmais)

Beyond the Cities
Beyond the Cities (1930)

as Amy Hayes

1920s

3 titles ยท average score 52
Atlantic
Atlantic (1929)
GoodWatch score 52

as Clara Tate-Hughes

The Skin Game
The Skin Game (1921)

as Mrs. Hillcrist

Bleak House
Bleak House (1920)

as Miss Barbay

1910s

1 title
Masks and Faces
Masks and Faces (1917)

as Dame Best