Billie Hayes (born August 5, 1932) is an American television, film,
and stage actor, best known for her comic portrayals of Witchiepoo and
Lil' Abner's Mammy Yokum.Billie Hayes was born in the small town of
DuQuoin, Illinois. Hayes started working in entertainment at the age
of nine when she started tap dancing professionally in local theatres.
When she was in her teens, she was working throughout the midwest.
After performing her own act in Chicago, she went to New York.Hayes is
an actress best known for her comic portrayal of Witchiepoo on NBC's
Sid and Marty Krofft television series H.R. Pufnstuf. Her
characteristic cackle and animated physicality were notable during the
show's 17-episode run in 1969â€"70. She reprised this role in The Paul
Lynde Halloween Special and the second and final season of The Banana
Splits Adventure Hour (September 6-December 13, 1969) on NBC. Hayes
portrayed a similar character in other roles, including a 1971 episode
of Bewitched ("Hansel and Gretel in Samantha-Land"), Weenie the Genie
in the Sid and Marty Krofft program Lidsville, and Maw Weskitt in
Episode 39 of the second season of The Monkees ("Hillbilly
Honeymoon").Hayes played Mammy Yokum in the 1956 Broadway musical Li'l
Abner, the 1959 film version, and a 1971 TV special. She appeared on
the soap opera General Hospital as Robert Scorpio's mentor,
"O'Reilly", in 1981 and 1985, and did the voiceover for the character
Mother Mae-Eye on the animated series Teen Titans and the character
Granny Applecheeks in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Hayes also
had a short role in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald as
One-Eyed Sally.[citation needed]
and stage actor, best known for her comic portrayals of Witchiepoo and
Lil' Abner's Mammy Yokum.Billie Hayes was born in the small town of
DuQuoin, Illinois. Hayes started working in entertainment at the age
of nine when she started tap dancing professionally in local theatres.
When she was in her teens, she was working throughout the midwest.
After performing her own act in Chicago, she went to New York.Hayes is
an actress best known for her comic portrayal of Witchiepoo on NBC's
Sid and Marty Krofft television series H.R. Pufnstuf. Her
characteristic cackle and animated physicality were notable during the
show's 17-episode run in 1969â€"70. She reprised this role in The Paul
Lynde Halloween Special and the second and final season of The Banana
Splits Adventure Hour (September 6-December 13, 1969) on NBC. Hayes
portrayed a similar character in other roles, including a 1971 episode
of Bewitched ("Hansel and Gretel in Samantha-Land"), Weenie the Genie
in the Sid and Marty Krofft program Lidsville, and Maw Weskitt in
Episode 39 of the second season of The Monkees ("Hillbilly
Honeymoon").Hayes played Mammy Yokum in the 1956 Broadway musical Li'l
Abner, the 1959 film version, and a 1971 TV special. She appeared on
the soap opera General Hospital as Robert Scorpio's mentor,
"O'Reilly", in 1981 and 1985, and did the voiceover for the character
Mother Mae-Eye on the animated series Teen Titans and the character
Granny Applecheeks in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. Hayes also
had a short role in The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald as
One-Eyed Sally.[citation needed]
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