Leila Hyams
Known For
Acting
Born
1905-05-01 in New York City, New York, USA
Died
1977-12-04
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 Known For
$1,000 a Minute
as Dorothy Summers
Freaks
as Venus
Honor Bound
as Selma Ritchie
Island of Lost Souls
as Ruth Thomas
Red-Headed Woman
as Irene 'Rene' Legendre
Sandra
as Mait Stanley
Way Out West
as Molly Rankin
The Big House
as Anne Marlowe
Men Call It Love
as Connie
The Phantom of Paris
as Cecile Bourrelier
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Nell Kenner
A Girl in Every Port
as Widow in San Pedro, Belize
The Thirteenth Chair
as Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
Spite Marriage
as Ethyl Norcrosse
Horse Play
as Angelica Wayne
Wonder of Women
as Karen
Hurricane
as Mary Stevens
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Gladys Durland
The Constant Woman
as Lou
Yellow Dust
as Nellie Brian