Later in her career, the Sacred Heart nuns tutored her when she returned to Washington between New York theatrical engagements. She was enrolled at the age of five at the Sacred Heart Academy and in Miss Minnie Hawks’s dancing classes and studied subsequently at the Cook School, the John Eaton School, and in New York City at the Dominican Academy. She was entranced by her Irish grandmother’s animated storytelling and mimicry and by the stage plays and silent films to which she was taken. While Essie pursued her stage aspirations in repertory touring shows, Hayes was brought up largely by her beloved grandmother “Graddy” Hayes, who had considerable influence on the child. Hayes was the only child born to a traveling salesman, Francis Van Arnum Brown, and his wife, Catherine Estelle (“Essie”) Hayes, a homemaker and sometime actress. 17 March 1993 in Nyack, New York),Īctress who was widely regarded as the “First Lady of the Stage” in tribute to her long and successful career and the dignity and generosity with which she conducted her offstage life.
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