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My Life in Three Acts (Abridged) Audiobook

By: Helen Hayes, Katherine Hatch
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Read By: Helen Hayes Publisher: Macmillan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0 hours and 00 min. at 1.5x Speed 0 hours and 00 min. at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2001 Format: Abridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781593971052
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In this extremely candid and honest account, Helen Hayes, acclaimed "First Lady of the American Theater", looks back on her life and career, and you are invited to a private listening session. So sit back, relax, and listen to behind-the-scenes portraits and anecdotes of personalities such as Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, John F. Kennedy, Al Capone, and more. She also tells about the pleasures and difficulties that go with being a celebrity, and expresses her strong views on what is wrong with American theater today and what has always been wrong with Hollywood. And, she reflects on painful memories of her past personal life, including her guilt for leaving her young children, and losing her daughter, Mary, and her husband, playwright and screenwriter Charles MacArthur.

At 90, Helen Hayes had moved among the world's most famous and talented people. This is an engrossing account of a uniquely rich and productive life.

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"I loved this book. Another one from the Estate of Aunt Kathy. HH was a very interesting character, a true actress. Loved the stage and talked a lot about the good old days of theatre. I enjoy reading things like this. Always opens up my mind to things I never had the occasion to learn before... ;) "

— Diane (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " A gentle little autobiography, low on drama and backstage gossip but high on the value of family and sacrifices for true love. Hayes doesn't really reveal much, but then again, she was a tremendously ladylike actress - very old school. "

    — Donna, 5/4/2013
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    " This was a fun slice of life from that era. Worth it to read about all the artists she and her hubby hung with. "

    — Margaret, 11/28/2012
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    " Nice memoir, and some enticing behind-the-scenes tidbits. But let's face it, she was just too nice and normal a person to write anything very eye-opening. But it was worth the read, and her love for her husband Charles MacArthur was genuine. It made me want to read more about him, for sure. "

    — Kim, 3/19/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I loved this book. Another one from the Estate of Aunt Kathy. HH was a very interesting character, a true actress. Loved the stage and talked a lot about the good old days of theatre. I enjoy reading things like this. Always opens up my mind to things I never had the occasion to learn before... ;) "

    — Diane, 9/16/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Nice memoir, and some enticing behind-the-scenes tidbits. But let's face it, she was just too nice and normal a person to write anything very eye-opening. But it was worth the read, and her love for her husband Charles MacArthur was genuine. It made me want to read more about him, for sure. "

    — Kim, 5/2/2011

About the Authors

Helen Hayes (1900–1993) was an actress whose career spanned almost seventy years. She eventually garnered the nickname “First Lady of the American Theatre” and was one of a mere handful of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor, from President Ronald Reagan in 1986, and she was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1988. The annual Helen Hayes Awards, which have recognized excellence in professional theater in the greater Washington, DC area since 1984, are her namesake.