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Vina Evelyn Hayes (1 June 1912 - 26 December 1988), better known as Evie Hayes, was an American-born actor and singer, best known for her stage success in Australia. She was once described as "the most popular box office attraction in Australian musical comedy since
Gladys Moncrieff
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Biography
Born in
Seattle
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to George Hayes and Eva, a soubrette, Evie Hayes appeared on stage from an early age and worked steadily in vaudeville, radio and nightclubs. Having moved to New York, she worked as a song plugger at the publishing house of
Irving Berlin
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She was the leading lady for
Will Mahoney, in his tour of the United Kingdom and Europe and sang for the
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and appeared in cabaret and made her own recordings. She appeared in the film ''
Hold Everything'' in 1930 and had other small roles in musicals
Hayes married Mahoney in
Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
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London
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in 1938, and the couple went to Australia to appear on the
Tivoli circuit
The Tivoli Circuit was a successful and popular Australian vaudeville entertainment circuit featuring revue, opera, ballet, dance, singing, musical comedy, old time black and white minstrel and even Shakespeare which flourished from 1893 to th ...
, and proved very popular, eventually deciding to stay in the country permanently. They appeared in the film ''
Come Up Smiling
''Come Up Smiling'' (also known as ''Ants in His Pants'') is a 1939 Australian comedy film starring popular American stage comedian Will Mahoney and his wife Evie Hayes. It was the only feature from Cinesound Productions not directed by Ken G. H ...
'' (1939), managed the Cremorne Theatre in Brisbane, presenting everything from revues, pantomimes and musicals and entertained the American and Australasian troops and raising funds for the war effort. Hayes played the lead role in the Australian production of ''
Annie Get Your Gun'', which ran for more than three years.
On television since its inception, she appeared as a compere, singer, comedian and a commercial presenter on the
Graham Kennedy
Graham Cyril Kennedy AO (15 February 1934 – 25 May 2005) was an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, as well as a personality and star of radio, theatre, television and film. He often performed in the style of vaudevilli ...
show ''
IMT''. Despite being diagnosed with
MS in 1969, she continued her career. She later appeared regularly on television, including as a judge on light entertainment program ''
Young Talent Time
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''. She also opened her own talent school, and acted in productions of ''
Mata Hari
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'', ''The Flame of Istanbul'', ''
Funny Girl'', ''
Kiss Me, Kate
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'', a revival of ''
Oklahoma!
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'' and ''
Call Me Madam
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The musical is a satire on politics and foreign policy that spoofs postwar America's penchant for lending billions of dollars to ...
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She died of a heart attack, early in the morning of 26 December 1988, in
Melbourne
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Victoria
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Evie Hayes
at ''Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Filmography
*''Come Up Smiling
''Come Up Smiling'' (also known as ''Ants in His Pants'') is a 1939 Australian comedy film starring popular American stage comedian Will Mahoney and his wife Evie Hayes. It was the only feature from Cinesound Productions not directed by Ken G. H ...
'' (1939) (Kitty Katkin)
*''Caravan Holiday'' (short) (1972)
References
External links
Evie Hayes
at ''Australian Dictionary of Biography
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Evie Hayes Australian Theatre credits
at AusStage
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at National Film and Sound Archive
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1912 births
1988 deaths
20th-century American actresses
American television actresses
American film actresses
Actresses from Seattle
Actresses from Melbourne
American emigrants to Australia
American stage actresses
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