14 Facts About Allison Hayes

Allison Hayes was born to William E Hayes and Charlotte Gibson Hayes in Charleston, West Virginia.

Allison Hayes was in the class of 1948 at Calvin Coolidge High School.

Allison Hayes represented DC in the 1949 Miss America pageant.

Allison Hayes played with Van Heflin, co-starring with Raymond Burr and Joanne Woodward in her debut.

However, when the film was released much of the attention of reviewers was focused on Woodward, and Allison Hayes was largely ignored.

Allison Hayes appeared in films such as The Steel Jungle, Mohawk, and Gunslinger, but a fall from a horse during the filming of the latter left Hayes with a broken arm and unable to work.

Allison Hayes was given a minor role in the 1965 Elvis Presley film Tickle Me, and made her final appearance in a guest role on Gomer Pyle, USM.

Allison Hayes later said that the pain of her illness caused her to contemplate suicide, and that her doctors did not take her symptoms seriously.

Allison Hayes began to question the ingredients of a calcium supplement made from bone meal she had been taking for a long time.

When she employed a toxicologist to test a sample of the product, he determined that it had an extremely high content of lead and concluded that Allison Hayes was most likely suffering from lead poisoning.

Allison Hayes mounted a campaign to have the FDA ban the import or sale of the food supplement.

An invalid, Allison Hayes moved to San Clemente, California, and her health continued to deteriorate.

Allison Hayes was transferred to the University of California Medical Center in San Diego, California on February 26,1977, where she died the following day, at age 46.

Allison Hayes was interred with her father at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.