Grace Hayle

American actress

Grace Hayle
Hayle in the 1940s
Born	(1888-07-24)July 24, 1888
Died	March 20, 1963(1963-03-20) (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1932–1957

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

^ ^a ^b "Grace Hayle, 74, Made 300 Films". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 24, 1963. p. 21. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Call Boy's Chat". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 9, 1917. p. 37. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Knickerbocker". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 23, 1917. p. 41. Retrieved October 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Grace Hayle". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
^ Hal Erickson. "Grace Hayle". AllMovie. Retrieved June 2, 2018.