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Allison Hayes‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1930-03-06

Popularity

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Allison Hayes

Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Allison Hayes

Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1930-03-06

Popularity

star5.1

Biography

Born Mary Jane Hayes 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. Taking the name Allison Hayes, she played small roles in a handful of films at Universal for a couple of years. In 1955 she filed a lawsuit against the studio over injuries she sustained while filming her second picture, SIGN OF THE PAGAN. Universal released Hayes from her contract, and she was subsequently signed by Columbia Pictures. After appearing in a handful of Columbia films including COUNT THREE AND PRAY, MOHAWK, and WOLF DOG, Hayes was given in the lead role in ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN (1958). The film would eventually gain a cult following and become the performance for which she is best known. However, it did not escalate Hayes's career at the time. For several years she remained consistently employed in movies and on television (including an extended stint on the soap opera "General Hospital" and several appearances on her friend Raymond Burr's "Perry Mason" series). By the mid-1960s, though, Allison Hayes's career was all but over and she was beset by health problems. She would later admit that the pain of her illness led her to contemplate suicide, and that her symptoms were not taken seriously by doctors. After reading about metal poisoning in factory workers and recognizing the similarity of the symptoms described to her own, she hired a toxicologist to test a calcium supplement she'd been using for an extended time. The tests revealed that the pills contained an extreme amount of lead, and that Hayes was likely suffering from lead poisoning. She mounted a campaign to pressure the Food and Drug Administration into banning the supplement, but her condition deteriorated to the point of total incapacity. In 1976 she was diagnosed with leukemia, and began regular cancer treatment. Allison Hayes died February 26, 1977 at the UCSD Medical Center in La Jolla, California, just short of her 47th birthday. In a letter that arrived after her death, the FDA informed her of amendments being made to the laws governing the importation of nutritional supplements, largely as a result of her advocacy.

Movie Credits

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

The Unearthly

The Unearthly‌
star3.6
calendar 1957

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy‌
star5.3
calendar 1955

The Undead

The Undead‌
star4.4
calendar 1957

The Hypnotic Eye

The Hypnotic Eye‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Zombies of Mora Tau

Zombies of Mora Tau‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman‌
star4.9
calendar 1958

The Crawling Hand

The Crawling Hand‌
star2.9
calendar 1963

Count Three and Pray

Count Three and Pray‌
star4.8
calendar 1955

The Steel Jungle

The Steel Jungle‌
star5.3
calendar 1956

Francis Joins the WACS

Francis Joins the WACS‌
star5.8
calendar 1954

The Purple Mask

The Purple Mask‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Hong Kong Confidential

Hong Kong Confidential‌
star5.1
calendar 1958

Pier 5, Havana

Pier 5, Havana‌
star4.4
calendar 1959

Counterplot

Counterplot‌
star4.7
calendar 1959

The Disembodied

The Disembodied‌
star4.4
calendar 1957

Gunslinger

Gunslinger‌
star3.9
calendar 1956

Chicago Syndicate

Chicago Syndicate‌
star6.1
calendar 1955

The High Powered Rifle

The High Powered Rifle‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Lust to Kill

Lust to Kill‌
star6.0
calendar 1958

Wolf Dog

Wolf Dog‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

Mohawk

Mohawk‌
star5.6
calendar 1956

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

So This Is Paris

So This Is Paris‌
star8.5
calendar 1954

The Prodigal

The Prodigal‌
star4.0
calendar 1955

Tickle Me

Tickle Me‌
star5.7
calendar 1965

Tv Credits

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.‌
star7.1
calendar 1964

Surfside 6

Surfside 6‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Ripcord

Ripcord‌
star6.5
calendar 1961

Acapulco

Acapulco‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Millionaire

The Millionaire‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective‌
star6.2
calendar 1957

The Alaskans

The Alaskans‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Tombstone Territory

Tombstone Territory‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Men into Space

Men into Space‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957