Person Details

Birthday: 1905-05-01 21:29:35

Death: 1977-12-04 21:29:35

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Freaks
Average
8

Freaks

(1932) Venus
Island of Lost Souls
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7

Island of Lost Souls

(1932) Ruth Thomas
The Big House
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7

The Big House

(1930) Anne Marlowe
The Thirteenth Chair
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5

The Thirteenth Chair

(1929) Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
The Sins of the Children
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4
Affairs of a Gentleman
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2

Affairs of a Gentleman

(1934) Gladys Durland
The Crimson City
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0

The Crimson City

(1928) Nadine Howells
The Phantom of Paris
Average
6

The Phantom of Paris

(1931) Cecile Bourrelier

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1943 Red Cross Worker
1936 Nellie Brian
1935 Dorothy Summers
Peggy Trask
Nell Kenner
1934 Barbara Winfield
Gladys Durland
Grace Hunter
1933 Joan Chandler
Lela Larson
Angelica Wayne
Lou
1932 Ruth Thomas
Anita Rogers
Irene 'Rene' Legendre
Venus
1931 Herself (uncredited)
Axelle von Meirbach
Dorothy
Cecile Bourrelier
Eve Martin
Connie
Marjorie Channing
1930 Mrs. Murdock (Betty Rogers)
Joan
Molly Rankin
Alma
Angela Worthington
Anne Marlowe
Evelyn
Mary Howe
1929 Belle Dillard
Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
Mary Stevens
Sylvia Graeme
Karen
Joan Thayer
Hilda Larsen
Ethyl Norcrosse
1928 Rose
Marie du Fronque
Selma Ritchie
Nadine Howells
Widow in San Pedro, Belize
Connie Marsh
1927 Anne Webster
1926 Willowdean French
Birdie Courtney
1924 Mait Stanley
Year Character Movie/Tv

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