Appeared on TV in the original production of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (1951), and in a 1964 German-American production of "The Nutcracker" which had its U.S. premiere in 1965.
Following her 1973 retirement, she taught at the North Carolina School
of the Arts for over 20 years, and authored the books "Melissa Hayden:
Offstage" and "Ballet Exercises.".