Helen Hayes was an American actress. She appeared in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as A Farewell to Arms, Third Man On the Mountain, and Airport, for which she won another Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also starred in Herbie Rides Again and Candleshoe, where she worked with Jodie Foster. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan in 1986.