Margaret Hayes
Biography
Margaret Hayes was an American actress who worked in film, stage, and television. Born in Baltimore, she began acting with the Emerson Cook Stock Company while still in high school and later joined the Barnstormers theatrical organization at Johns Hopkins University, where she was its first female member. After using names like Dana Dale and Dana Edwards, she settled on Margaret Hayes. She signed with Warner Bros. and later Paramount, and was often billed as Maggie Hayes. She was perhaps best known for playing schoolteacher Lois Judby Hammond in Blackboard Jungle (1955). Her films included The Glass Key (1942) and Sullivan's Travels (1941), and she also appeared in Damn Citizen (1958). On television she guest-starred on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Perry Mason, Rawhide, and Bonanza. She later worked in journalism as an assistant fashion editor for Life and hosted a daily radio talk show on WPBR. She died in 1977.
60years old at death
- Born Baltimore
- Died Miami Beach
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Maggie Hayes
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 18 years1941 to 1959
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A role that slipped away
Hayes tried out for Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, but she did not get the part. Even so, the unsuccessful screen test brought her a movie contract.
A first
While a student at Johns Hopkins University, Hayes joined a theatrical organization called The Barnstormers and became its first female member.
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Worked with
Margaret Hayes shares two films with Brad Dexter, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Preston SturgesDirector, 1 film, 1941
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Stuart HeislerDirector, 1 film, 1942
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