Allison Hayes
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6 marzo 1930 — 27 febbraio 1977 (46 anni)
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.
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.
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Filmografia
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel · as CastSu Plex |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse · as Dana Marion |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. · as Anne Frazier |
| 1965 | Tickle Me · as Mabel |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. · as Rose Pilchek |
| 1963 | Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? · as Mrs. Grayson |
| 1963 | The Crawling Hand · as DonnaSu Plex |
| 1963 | General Hospital · as Priscilla Longsworth |
| 1961 | Ripcord · as Laura |
| 1961 | Kraft Mystery Theatre · as Helena Ford |
| 1960 | The Case of the Dangerous Robin · as Cast |
| 1960 | Dante · as Margo Rainwater |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne · as Maureen Boyle |
| 1960 | The Hypnotic Eye · as Justine |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade · as Franci Longo |
| 1959 | Pier 5, Havana · as Monica Gray |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye · as The Barricuda |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Counterplot · as Connie Lane |
| 1959 | Men into Space · as Mandy Holcomb |
| 1959 | Laramie · as Francie |
| 1959 | World of Giants · as Diana Lawrence |
| 1959 | Markham · as Amy Williams |
| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Mrs. Felcher |
| 1959 | Rawhide · as Rose Morton |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson · as Ellie WintersSu Plex |
| 1958 | The Rough Riders · as Ellen Johnston |
| 1958 | Hong Kong Confidential · as Elena Martine |
| 1958 | A Lust to Kill · as SherrySu Plex |
| 1958 | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman · as Nancy Fowler Archer |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958) · as Miriam Cordey |
| 1957 | Zombies of Mora Tau · as Mona Harrison |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory · as Carole Thayer |
| 1957 | Captain David Grief · as Melba |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Jane Weeks |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father · as Loretta Prentiss |
| 1957 | The Disembodied · as Tonda Metz |
| 1957 | The Unearthly · as Grace ThomasSu Plex |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo · as Marie |
| 1957 | The Undead · as LiviaSu Plex |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective · as Angel Case |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre · as Paris |
| 1956 | Gunslinger · as Erica PageSu Plex |
| 1956 | Mohawk · as Greta JonesSu Plex |
| 1956 | The Steel Jungle · as Mrs. Archer |
| 1955 | The Purple Mask · as Irene De Bournotte |
| 1955 | Count Three and Pray · as Georgina Decrais |
| 1955 | Chicago Syndicate · as Joyce Kern, Alias Sue Morton |
| 1955 | Double Jeopardy · as Barbara Devery |
| 1955 | The Prodigal · as (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Millionaire · as Linda Kendall |
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan · as Ildico |
| 1954 | So This Is Paris · as Carmen |
| 1954 | Francis Joins the WACS · as Lieutenant Dickson |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Marian Abbott |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse · as ChristineSu Plex |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days · as Mary GrangerSu Plex |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy · as Self (archive Footage) |