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My Take
Billie Hayes is the sort of performer I find quietly heroic. Born in tiny Du Quoin, Illinois, she built a long career across stage, television, and voice work, most beloved for her gleefully grotesque Witchiepoo and Mammy Yokum. I'm always drawn to character actors who pour themselves fully into oddball, comic roles rather than chasing leading-lady glamour, and Hayes was a master of making the strange lovable. She kept delighting children for decades and lived to 96. To me, a career spent so generously in service of laughter is a life genuinely well lived.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Billie Hayes
- Name (Japanese)
- ビリー・ヘイズ
- Reading
- びりー・へいず
- Born
- August 5, 1924 – April 29, 2021
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rat
- Origin
- Du Quoin, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.billiehayes.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie%20Hayes
Frequently asked questions
When was Billie Hayes born?
August 5, 1924 – April 29, 2021.
Where is Billie Hayes from?
Billie Hayes is from Du Quoin, Illinois, United States.
What does Billie Hayes do?
Billie Hayes works as actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.