Grace Hayle

Grace Hayle (July 24, 1888 – March 20, 1963) was an American actress who appeared in more than 300 films.^[1]

In the fall of 1917, Hayle was the "new leading woman" with the Knickerbocker Players at the Knickerbocker Theatre in Philadelphia.^[2] She portrayed Laura Murdock in The Easiest Way a 1917 production with that group.^[3] On Broadway, she acted in Double Exposure (1918) and The Duchess Misbehaves (1946).^[4]

Hayle died on March 20, 1963, in Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, aged 74.^[1]

Selected filmography

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• Back Street (1932) - Lady in Street (uncredited)
• Evenings for Sale (1932) - Pink Elephant Lady (uncredited)
• The Death Kiss (1932) - Chalmer's Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
• Hard to Handle (1933) - Fat Lady with Vanishing Cream (uncredited)
• The Intruder (1933) - Ship Passenger (uncredited)
• The Mind Reader (1933) - Shill (uncredited)
• Diplomaniacs (1933) - Dowager on Boat (uncredited)
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) - Society Reporter (uncredited)
• Professional Sweetheart (1933) - Fat Reporter (uncredited)
• Baby Face (1933) - Mrs. Hemingway (uncredited)
• Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) - Wealthy Fat Lady (uncredited)
• Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) - Lady Who Wants Her Cook Back (uncredited)
• Bombshell (1933) - Mrs. Titcomb (uncredited)
• Goodbye Love (1933) - Lura 'Ducky' Groggs
• Design for Living (1933) - Woman on Staircase (uncredited)
• Lady Killer (1933) - Fido's Owner (uncredited)
• Bedside (1934) - Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
• The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) - Lettuce (uncredited)
• Wonder Bar (1934) - Fat Dowager (scenes deleted)
• Glamour (1934) - Miss Lang (uncredited)
• Laughing Boy (1934) - Mabel (uncredited)
• Sing and Like It (1934) - Miss Fishbeck - Little Theatre Stage Director
• Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934) - Mrs. Martha Brokman (uncredited)
• Straight Is the Way (1934) - Mrs. Clapman (uncredited)
• Romance in the Rain (1934) - Mrs. Crandall
• The Party's Over (1934) - Society Woman (uncredited)
• Chained (1934) - Edith's Friend - Shipboard Spinster (uncredited)
• Outcast Lady (1934) - First Gossiper (uncredited)
• 6 Day Bike Rider (1934) - Nervous Man's Big Girl Friend (uncredited)
• Music in the Air (1934) - Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
• The Whole Town's Talking (1935) - Reporter (uncredited)
• All the King's Horses (1935) - Henpecked Husband's Wife (uncredited)
• Living on Velvet (1935) - Talkative Woman at Party (uncredited)
• Roberta (1935) - Miss Jones - Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
• The Casino Murder Case (1935) - Fat Lady at Auction (uncredited)
• Mister Dynamite (1935) - Dowager (uncredited)
• Party Wire (1935) - Eleanor (uncredited)
• Calm Yourself (1935)- Mrs. James K. Vallance (uncredited)
• Front Page Woman (1935) - Nell Bonnett (uncredited)
• Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) - Matron Looking at Racing Sheet (uncredited)
• Bright Lights (1935) - Fat Lady on Airplane (uncredited)
• Orchids to You (1935) - Giggly Woman (uncredited)
• She Married Her Boss (1935) - Agnes Mayo
• Music Is Magic (1935) - Laundry Manageress (uncredited)
• Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) - Nurse Jennie
• Dancing Feet (1936) - Mrs. Worthington (uncredited)
• The Great Ziegfeld (1936) - Wife at Chicago World's Fair (uncredited)
• The First Baby (1936) - Effusive Woman (uncredited)
• The Moon's Our Home (1936) - Miss Hambridge
• Small Town Girl (1936) - Nurse Collins (uncredited)
• The Harvester (1936) - Mrs. Kramer
• Ticket to Paradise (1936) - Minnie Dawson
• A Son Comes Home (1936) - Tourist Mother (uncredited)
• Pepper (1936) - Sissie's Mother (uncredited)
• 15 Maiden Lane (1936) - Giddy Guest (uncredited)
• Without Orders (1936) - Fat Lady at Airport (uncredited)
• Theodora Goes Wild (1936)- Mrs. Cobb (uncredited)
• Reunion (1936) - Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
• Winterset (1936) - Woman (uncredited)
• Maytime (1937) - Mrs. Perkin (uncredited)
• Internes Can't Take Money (1937) - Patient (uncredited)
• A Star Is Born (1937) - Woman in Funeral Mob (uncredited)
• The Hit Parade (1937) - Cooking Expert (uncredited)
• Meet the Missus (1937) - Miss Corn Belt (uncredited)
• It Could Happen to You (1937) - Woman Reporter (uncredited)
• The Singing Marine (1937) - Fat Lady with Mob of Women (uncredited)
• Topper (1937) - Outraged Heavy Woman (uncredited)
• Music for Madame (1937) - Fat Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Tovarich (1937) - Mrs. Van Hemert
• Wise Girl (1937) - Fat Mother with Baby Wilbur (uncredited)
• Man-Proof (1938) - Third Gossipy Woman (uncredited)
• Change of Heart (1938) - Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
• Battle of Broadway (1938) - Heavy Woman in Lobby (uncredited)
• Wives Under Suspicion (1938) - Lady in Courtroom (uncredited)
• Men Are Such Fools (1938) - Fat Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
• The Shopworn Angel (1938) - Mistress of Ceremonies (uncredited)
• Letter of Introduction (1938) - Autograph Seeker - Park Plaza (uncredited)
• Keep Smiling (1938) - Fat Woman at Auction (uncredited)
• Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) - First Woman Getting Autograph (uncredited)
• Carefree (1938) - Grace (uncredited)
• Secrets of an Actress (1938) - Fat Visitor in Dressing Room (uncredited)
• Straight Place and Show (1938) - Stout Woman (uncredited)
• Young Dr. Kildare (1938) - Stout Lady (scenes deleted)
• Five of a Kind (1938) - Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
• The Shining Hour (1938) - Mrs. Briggs (uncredited)
• Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938) - Tourist (uncredited)
• Next Time I Marry (1938) - Fat Reporter (uncredited)
• Sweethearts (1938) - Telephone Operator (uncredited)
• Pacific Liner (1939) - Fat Passenger (uncredited)
• Boy Trouble (1939) - Fat Mother
• Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939) - Dibble's Customer (uncredited)
• Risky Business (1939) - Fan (uncredited)
• Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) - Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
• Undercover Doctor (1939) - Mrs. Croyne (uncredited)
• The Forgotten Woman (1939) - Fat Woman in Beauty Shop (uncredited)
• Coast Guard (1939) - Stout Woman (uncredited)
• Death of a Champion (1939) - Stout Woman (uncredited)
• The Star Maker (1939) - Rural Mother (uncredited)
• The Women (1939) - Cyclist (uncredited)
• Espionage Agent (1939) - Mrs. O'Grady
• First Love (1939) - Madame Margarita Catalini (uncredited)
• Our Neighbors – The Carters (1939) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Honeymoon's Over (1939) - Fat Woman (uncredited)
• Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939) - Fat Woman (uncredited)
• The Shop Around the Corner (1940) - Plump Woman (uncredited)
• High School (1940) - Miss Cummings (uncredited)
• I Take This Woman (1940) - Mrs. Farthington (scenes deleted)
• The Farmer's Daughter (1940) - Torsavitch (uncredited)
• Road to Singapore (1940) - Chaperone on Yacht (uncredited)
• Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940) - Mrs. Smythe (uncredited)
• Primrose Path (1940) - Drunk's Wife Leaving Bluebell (uncredited)
• 'Til We Meet Again (1940) - Fussy Woman Passenger (uncredited)
• Girl in 313 (1940) - Mrs. Hudson
• The Ghost Breakers (1940) - Screaming Woman (uncredited)
• Maryland (1940) - Mrs. Carrington (uncredited)
• Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940) - Tom's Wife (uncredited)
• Wildcat Bus (1940) - Fat Woman (uncredited)
• Spring Parade (1940) - Mrs. Burkhart (uncredited)
• Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) - Mrs. Kelland (uncredited)
• The Great Dictator (1940) - Madame Napaloni
• Remedy for Riches (1940) - Investor in Line (uncredited)
• A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940) - Mrs. Alonzo Smith (uncredited)
• Honeymoon for Three (1941) - Fat Book Club Member (uncredited)
• You're the One (1941) - 2nd Woman in Ladies Steam Room
• Knockout (1941) - Mrs. Smithers (uncredited)
• The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) - Mrs. Grebnick (uncredited)
• West Point Widow (1941) - Dowager (uncredited)
• For Beauty's Sake (1941) - Fat Woman (uncredited)
• Puddin' Head (1941) - Dowager (uncredited)
• Unfinished Business (1941) - Woman (uncredited)
• Buy Me That Town (1941) - Woman (uncredited)
• International Lady (1941) - Weighty Dowager (uncredited)
• Birth of the Blues (1941) - Fat Woman in Cafe (uncredited)
• New York Town (1941) - Mrs. Bixby (uncredited)
• Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941) - Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
• The Night of January 16th (1941) - Heavy Woman (uncredited)
• Two-Faced Woman (1941) - Rhumba Dancer (uncredited)
• My Favorite Blonde (1942) - Woman in Theatre Box (uncredited)
• Ship Ahoy (1942) - Merton's Pianist (uncredited)
• Private Buckaroo (1942) - Dowager (uncredited)
• I Married an Angel (1942) - Mrs. Gabby (uncredited)
• Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942) - Overweight Woman (uncredited)
• Just Off Broadway (1942) - Souvenir Hunter (uncredited)
• Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) - Customer (uncredited)
• A Night to Remember (1942) - Irate Tenant at Bruhl's Address (uncredited)
• Madame Spy (1942) - Red Cross Woman (uncredited)
• Slightly Dangerous (1943) - Banana Split Customer (uncredited)
• All by Myself (1943) - Mrs. Stone (uncredited)
• Let's Face It (1943) - Mrs. Wigglesworth
• Footlight Glamour (1943) - Mrs. Cora Dithers (uncredited)
• Hi'ya, Sailor (1943) - Plump Hostess (uncredited)
• She's for Me (1943) - Dowager
• True to Life (1943) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Beautiful But Broke (1944) - Birdie Benson
• Cover Girl (1944) - Food Critic Dipping Soup (uncredited)
• Cowboy and the Senorita (1944) - Fat Woman (uncredited)
• Mrs. Parkington (1944) - Fat Woman at Ball (uncredited)
• Murder in the Blue Room (1944) - Dowager (uncredited)
• Too Young to Kiss (1951) - Chubby Woman Attending Audition (uncredited)
• Flesh and Fury (1952) - Laughing Woman (uncredited)
• Washington Story (1952) - Phone Bit in Montage (uncredited)
• Don't Bother to Knock (1952) - Mrs. McMurdock (uncredited)
• The Turning Point (1952) - Mrs. Martin (uncredited)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1953) - Party Guest (uncredited)
• Houdini (1953) - Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
• The Caddy (1953) - Matron at Party (uncredited)
• Money from Home (1953) - Mrs. Cheshire (uncredited)
• Dangerous Mission (1954) - Mrs. Alvord (uncredited)
• The Big Moment (1954)
• Athena (1954) - Mrs. Griswalde (uncredited)
• Foxfire (1955) - Tourist (uncredited)
• Never Say Goodbye (1956) - Gray-Haired Customer in Tavern (uncredited)
• Bigger Than Life (1956) - Mother at PTA Meeting (uncredited)
• Loving You (1957) - Mrs. Gunderson (uncredited) (final film role)

References

1. ^ "Grace Hayle, 74, Made 300 Films". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 24, 1963. p. 21. Retrieved October 23, 2021. – via Newspapers.com
2. ^ "The Call Boy's Chat". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 9, 1917. p. 37. Retrieved October 23, 2021. – via Newspapers.com
3. ^ "Knickerbocker". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 23, 1917. p. 41. Retrieved October 23, 2021. – via Newspapers.com
4. ^ "Grace Hayle". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived October 23, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
5. ^ Hal Erickson. "Grace Hayle". AllMovie. Retrieved 2018-06-02.

External links

• Grace Hayle at IMDb