Vina Evelyn Hayes better known as Evie Hayes, was an American-born actor best known for her stage success in Australia. Born in Seattle, she appeared on stage from an early age and worked steadily in vaudeville

Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...

, radio and nightclubs. She was leading lady for Will Mahoney

Will Mahoney

William James Mahoney , better known as Will Mahoney, was an American-born vaudevillian best known for his stage success in Australia. He had extensive experience on the vaudeville circuit in the US, becoming the highest paid variety star in the country by the early 1930s. In 1938 he married Evie...

, to whom she was later married, in 1938. The couple moved to Australia to appear on the Tivoli variety circuit, and proved very popular, eventually deciding to stay in the country permanently. They appeared in the film Come Up Smiling

Come Up Smiling

Come Up Smiling is a 1939 Australian comedy starring popular US stage comedian Will Mahoney.-Synopsis:Barney O'Hara is a performer in a touring carnival who tries to raise money to save the voice of his talented singer daughter Pat Come Up Smiling is a 1939 Australian comedy starring popular US...

(1939), managed the Cremorne Theatre in Brisbane, and entertained the troops. In 1947, Evie Hayes played the lead role in the Australian production of Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun may refer to:*Annie Get Your Gun , a 1946 musical play*Annie Get Your Gun , a 1950 film version of the 1946 musical*Annie Get Your Gun , 1946, with Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton...

, which ran for more than three years. She later appeared regularly on television, including as a judge on Young Talent Time

Young Talent Time

Young Talent Time is an Australian television variety program screened on Network Ten, running from 1971 until 1988. The series features a core group of young performers in the vein of The Mickey Mouse Club, and a weekly junior talent quest. The "Young Talent Team" regularly performed popular...

, as well as acting in productions of Funny Girl and Call Me Madam

Call Me Madam

Call Me Madam is a musical with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.A satire on politics and foreign affairs that spoofs America's penchant for lending billions of dollars to needy countries, it centers on Sally Adams, a well-meaning but ill-informed...

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External Links

• Evie Hayes at Australian Dictionary of Biography
  Australian Dictionary of Biography
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• Evie Hayes at IMDB
• Evie Hayes Australian Theatre credits at Ausstage
  Ausstage
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• Evie Hayes at National Film and Sound Archive
  National Film and Sound Archive
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