Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

  • Birthday: 1905-05-01
  • Deathday: 1977-12-04
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American model, vaudeville and film actress, who came from a show business family. Her relatively short film career began in the 1920s during the era of silent films and ended in 1936. Although her career only lasted around twelve years, the blonde blue-eyed ingenue appeared in more than 50 film roles and remained a press favorite, with numerous magazine covers.

Filmography

Island of Lost Souls

1932

As Ruth Thomas

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935

As Nell Kenner

The Bishop Murder Case

1929

As Belle Dillard

The Big House

1930

As Anne Marlowe

Spite Marriage

1929

As Ethyl Norcrosse

Red-Headed Woman

1932

As Irene 'Rene' Legendre

The Phantom of Paris

1931

As Cecile Bourrelier

The Thirteenth Chair

1929

As Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill

The Constant Woman

1933

As Lou

Sing, Sinner, Sing

1933

As Lela Larson

Way Out West

1930

As Molly Rankin

Way for a Sailor

1930

As Joan

Wonder of Women

1929

As Karen

The Girl Said No

1930

As Mary Howe

Gentleman's Fate

1931

As Marjorie Channing

The Poor Rich

1934

As Grace Hunter

Stepping Out

1931

As Eve Martin

The Big Broadcast

1932

As Anita Rogers

The Flirting Widow

1930

As Evelyn

The Idle Rich

1929

As Joan Thayer

Men Call It Love

1931

As Connie

The Christmas Party

1931

As Herself (uncredited)

Horse Play

1933

As Angelica Wayne

Yellow Dust

1936

As Nellie Brian

Part Time Wife

1930

As Mrs. Murdock (Betty Rogers)

Affairs of a Gentleman

1934

As Gladys Durland

The Wizard

1927

As Anne Webster

Surrender

1931

As Axelle von Meirbach

A Girl in Every Port

1928

As Widow in San Pedro, Belize

$1,000 a Minute

1935

As Dorothy Summers

No Ransom

1934

As Barbara Winfield

Sweethearts and Wives

1930

As Angela Worthington

Saturday's Millions

1933

As Joan Chandler

First Aid

1943

As Red Cross Worker

Dancing Mothers

1926

As Birdie Courtney

The Crimson City

1928

As Nadine Howells

Honor Bound

1928

As Selma Ritchie

Masquerade

1929

As Sylvia Graeme

Freaks

1932

As Venus

People Will Talk

1935

As Peggy Trask

Land of the Silver Fox

1928

As Marie du Fronque

The Branded Sombrero

1928

As Connie Marsh

Sandra

1924

As Mait Stanley

Summer Bachelors

1926

As Willowdean French

Hurricane

1929

As Mary Stevens

The Far Call

1929

As Hilda Larsen

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