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Full Name
  
Mary Jane Hayes

Role
  
Film actress

Name
  
Allison Hayes

Years active
  
1954–1967

Occupation
  
Actress, model


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Born
  
March 6, 1930 (
1930-03-06
)

Cause of death
  
Parents
  
Charlotte Gibson Hayes, William E. Hayes

TV shows
  
Movies
  
Similar People
  
Nathan H Juran, Edward L Cahn, Marla English, Rita Gam, Herbert L Strock

Died
  
February 27, 1977 (aged 46) San Diego, California, U.S.

Allison Hayes (March 6, 1930 – February 27, 1977) was an American film and television actress and model.

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Early life

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Allison Hayes was born Mary Jane Hayes to William E. Hayes (1880–1959) and Charlotte Gibson Hayes (1893–1977) in Charleston, West Virginia. She was in the class of 1948 at Calvin Coolidge High School. Hayes won the title of Miss District of Columbia. She went on to represent D.C. in the 1949 Miss America pageant. Although she did not win the competition, it provided her with the opportunity to work in local television before moving to Hollywood to work for Universal Pictures in 1954.

Career

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Hayes made her film debut in the 1954 comedy Francis Joins the WACS. Her second film, Sign of the Pagan, provided her with an important role in a relatively minor film. Opposite Jack Palance, she played the part of a siren who ultimately kills him. Despite the strength of her second film role, she played minor roles in her next few films. Originally cast in Foxfire (1955), she was removed from the film during a lawsuit filed against Universal Pictures for injuries, including broken ribs, that she had sustained during the filming of Sign of the Pagan. Released from her contract, she was signed by Columbia Pictures in 1955.

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Her first film for Columbia, Chicago Syndicate, did not require her to do more than look glamorous in a series of evening gowns. Her next film Count Three and Pray, however, gave her the role that she later described as the best of her career. Hayes played with Van Heflin, co-starring with Raymond Burr and Joanne Woodward in her debut. As an arrogant Southern belle she was in love with Heflin, returning from the Civil War as a minister. After being spurned by him, Hayes is reduced to becoming Burr’s live-in "housekeeper." Hayes had several well-played dramatic scenes. However, when the film was released much of the attention of reviewers was focused on Woodward, and Hayes was largely ignored. She appeared in films such as Steel Jungle, Mohawk, and Gunslinger (all 1956), but a fall from a horse during the filming of the latter left Hayes with a broken arm and unable to work. After she recovered she began appearing in supporting roles in television productions.

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In 1958, she played in several B movies, including Wolf Dog, shot in Canada, as well as taking the lead role in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, where she plays the part of an abused socialite who grows to giant size because of an alien encounter. In this film, she starred with Yvette Vickers and William Hudson, and it is probably her best-known role. With its science fiction storyline and low budget, the film attained popularity with some movie fans, and in the subsequent years has attracted a cult film following based primarily on Hayes spending almost all the time she’s enlarged calling for "Harry!" as she angrily searches for her philandering husband. The film did not lead to better roles, though she remained constantly employed, and also found work as a model. During 1963 and 1964 she played a continuing role in the soap opera General Hospital but by this time her movie career was virtually over.

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That didn't stop her from finding work on television. In 1958 she appeared in the recurring role of Ellie Winters, beautiful poker dealer / secret agent, in seven episodes of the popular western series Bat Masterson starring Gene Barry. A close friend of Raymond Burr since filming Count Three and Pray, she made five guest appearances on his Perry Mason series during this time, including the role of Pearl Chute in the 1962 episode, "The Case of the Bogus Books."

As her acting career declined, she began to experience severe health problems, and was unable to walk without a cane. In severe pain, her usually good-natured personality began to change and she became emotional and volatile, making it difficult for her to secure acting work. She was given a very minor role in the 1965 Elvis Presley film Tickle Me, making her final appearances in a guest role on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. in 1967.

Later years and death

Hayes later said that the pain of her illness caused her to contemplate suicide, and that her symptoms were not taken seriously by doctors. Reading a medical book about the metal poisoning of factory workers, Hayes recognized the symptoms described as being similar to her own. Hayes began to question the ingredients of a calcium supplement she had been taking for a long time and when she employed a toxicologist to test a sample of the product, he determined that it had an extremely high content of lead and concluded that Hayes was most likely suffering from lead poisoning. Hayes mounted a campaign to have the FDA ban the import or sale of the food supplement.

An invalid, Hayes moved to San Clemente, California and her health continued to deteriorate. In 1976, she was diagnosed with Leukemia and was treated regularly at La Jolla. While at the hospital receiving a blood transfusion, her condition unexpectedly and rapidly deteriorated as she experienced chills, flu-like symptoms and intense pain. She was transferred to the University of California Medical Center in San Diego on February 26, 1977, where she died the following day, one week before her 47th birthday. Allison Hayes was interred with her father at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Her mother Charlotte died 8 months later and was buried in a nearby unmarked grave. In a letter that arrived after her death, the FDA advised her that amendments were being made to the laws governing the importation of nutritional supplements, largely as a result of her situation.

Filmography

Actress
1967
Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV Series) as
Rose Pilchek
- A Child Shall Lead Them (1967) - Rose Pilchek
- Gomer Says 'Hey' to the President (1967) - Rose Pilchek
1967
Iron Horse (TV Series) as
Dana Marion
- Death by Triangulation (1967) - Dana Marion
1966
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
Anne Frazier
- The Contaminator (1966) - Anne Frazier
1960
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Cho Sin / Stella Radom / Pearl Chute / ...
- The Case of the Laughing Lady (1965) - Cho Sin
- The Case of the Deadly Debt (1965) - Stella Radom
- The Case of the Bogus Books (1962) - Pearl Chute
- The Case of the Captain's Coins (1962) - Jane Weeks
- The Case of the Singing Skirt (1960) - Sadie Bradford
1965
Tickle Me as
Mabel
1963
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? as
Mrs. Grayson
1963
The Crawling Hand as
Donna
1963
General Hospital (TV Series) as
Priscilla Longsworth
- Episode #1.15 (1963) - Priscilla Longsworth
1962
Ripcord (TV Series) as
Laura Copeland
- Para-Nurse (1962) - Laura Copeland
1962
Kraft Mystery Theater (TV Series) as
Helena Ford
- Change of Heart (1962) - Helena Ford
1962
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Marianne Winston
- The Parallel Caper (1962) - Marianne Winston
1962
Bachelor Father (TV Series) as
Loretta Prentiss
- Summer Romance (1962) - Loretta Prentiss
1962
Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) as
The Barricuda
- Big Fever (1962) - The Barricuda
1961
Surfside 6 (TV Series) as
Lotta
- Prescription for Panic (1961) - Lotta
1961
Laramie (TV Series) as
Francie
- The Fatal Step (1961) - Francie
1961
Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) as
Paris
- Jericho (1961) - Paris
1961
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV Series)
- Design for Death (1961)
1961
Acapulco (TV Series) as
Chloe
- Bell's Half Acre (1961) - Chloe
1959
Shotgun Slade (TV Series) as
Lana Parker / Franci Longo
- The Laughing Widow (1960) - Lana Parker
- The Missing Train (1959) - Franci Longo
1960
Dante (TV Series) as
Margo Rainwater
- San Quentin Quill (1960) - Margo Rainwater
1960
Michael Shayne (TV Series) as
Maureen Boyle
- Call for Michael Shayne (1960) - Maureen Boyle
1958
Bat Masterson (TV Series) as
Ellie Winters
- Murder Can Be Dangerous (1960) - Ellie Winters
- The Elusive Baguette (1960) - Ellie Winters
- The Reluctant Witness (1960) - Ellie Winters
- Deadly Diamonds (1960) - Ellie Winters
- The Secret Is Death (1959) - Ellie Winters
- License to Cheat (1959) - Ellie Winters
- Dude's Folly (1958) - Ellie Winters
1960
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Mrs. Felcher
- The Rusty Heller Story (1960) - Mrs. Felcher
1960
The High Powered Rifle as
Sharon Hill
1960
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) as
Marie
- Kid Brother (1960) - Marie
1957
Tombstone Territory (TV Series) as
Liz Dalton / Elizabeth Blythe / Grace Tuttle / ...
- Memory (1960) - Liz Dalton
- The Writer (1959) - Elizabeth Blythe
- Red Terror of Tombstone (1959) - Grace Tuttle
- A Bullet for an Editor (1957) - Carole Thayer
1960
Men Into Space (TV Series) as
Mandy Holcomb
- Moon Cloud (1960) - Mandy Holcomb
1960
The Hypnotic Eye as
Justine
1960
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) as
Angel Case
- Dead to the World (1960) - Angel Case
1959
The Alaskans (TV Series) as
Stella
- Starvation Stampede (1959) - Stella
1959
Counterplot as
Connie Lane
1959
Markham (TV Series) as
Amy Williams / Marina - Model
- The Father (1959) - Amy Williams
- Vendetta in Venice (1959) - Marina - Model
1959
Pier 5, Havana as
Monica Gray
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Rose Morton
- Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse (1959) - Rose Morton
1959
World of Giants (TV Series)
- The Pool (1959)
1959
Captain David Grief (TV Series) as
Melba
- The Little White Church on Goboto (1959) - Melba
1959
The Rough Riders (TV Series) as
Ellen Johnston
- An Eye for an Eye (1959) - Ellen Johnston
1958
Cool and Lam (TV Movie) as
Evaline Dell (as Alison Hayes)
1958
Hong Kong Confidential as
Elena Martine
1958
Mike Hammer (TV Series) as
Miriam Cordey
- Mere Maid (1958) - Miriam Cordey
1958
A Lust to Kill as
Sherry
1958
Wolf Dog as
Ellen Hughes
1958
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman as
Nancy Fowler Archer
1957
The Disembodied as
Tonda Metz
1957
The Web (TV Series) as
Blonde
- The Gambler (1957) - Blonde
1957
The Unearthly as
Grace Thomas
1957
The Millionaire (TV Series) as
Linda Kendall
- Millionaire Dr. Alan March (1957) - Linda Kendall
1957
Conflict (TV Series)
- A Question of Loyalty (1957)
1957
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Mary Granger
- Lady Engineer (1957) - Mary Granger
1957
Zombies of Mora Tau as
Mona Harrison
1957
The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series) as
Marian Abbott
- Fate Travels East (1957) - Marian Abbott
1957
The Undead as
Livia - a Witch
1956
Gunslinger as
Erica Page
1956
Warner Brothers Presents (TV Series)
- Deep Freeze (1956)
1956
Mohawk as
Greta
1956
The Steel Jungle as
Mrs. Archer
1955
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) as
Christine
- Here Comes the Suit (1955) - Christine
1955
Count Three and Pray as
Georgina Decrais
1955
Chicago Syndicate as
Sue Morton
1955
Double Jeopardy as
Barbara Devery
1955
The Purple Mask as
Irene de Bournotte
1955
The Prodigal as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1954
Sign of the Pagan as
Ildico
1954
So This Is Paris as
Carmen
1954
Francis Joins the WACS as
Lt. Dickson
Self
2004
Naughty Bits (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The Breast (2004) - Self
Archive Footage
2011
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (Documentary)
2006
MythBusters (TV Series documentary)
- Mind Control (2006)
2005
The Naked Archaeologist (TV Series documentary) as
Nancy Archer
- Jezebel: Bible Bad Girl (2005) - Nancy Archer
1964
Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary) as
Nancy Fowler Archer (clip from Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958))
- Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964) - Nancy Fowler Archer (clip from Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)) (uncredited)

References

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