Leila Hyams

Personal Info

Birthday

May 1, 1905

Day of Death

1977-12-04

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Leila Hyams

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.

Known For

Freaks

Affairs of a Gentleman

Island of Lost Souls

Spite Marriage

The Big House

Red-Headed Woman

Ruggles of Red Gap

A Girl in Every Port

Filmography

1943
First Aid
as Red Cross Worker
1936
Yellow Dust
as Nellie Brian
1935
$1,000 a Minute
as Dorothy Summers
People Will Talk
as Peggy Trask
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Nell Kenner
1934
No Ransom
as Barbara Winfield
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Gladys Durland
The Poor Rich
as Grace Hunter
1933
Saturday's Millions
as Joan Chandler
Sing, Sinner, Sing
as Lela Larson
Horse Play
as Angelica Wayne
The Constant Woman
as Lou
1932
Island of Lost Souls
as Ruth Thomas
The Big Broadcast
as Anita Rogers
Red-Headed Woman
as Irene 'Rene' Legendre
Freaks
as Venus
1931
The Christmas Party
as Herself (uncredited)
Surrender
as Axelle von Meirbach
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Dorothy
The Phantom of Paris
as Cecile Bourrelier
Stepping Out
as Eve Martin
Men Call It Love
as Connie
Gentleman's Fate
as Marjorie Channing
1930
Part Time Wife
as Mrs. Murdock (Betty Rogers)
Way for a Sailor
as Joan
Way Out West
as Molly Rankin
The Sins of the Children
as Alma
Sweethearts and Wives
as Angela Worthington
The Big House
as Anne Marlowe
The Flirting Widow
as Evelyn
The Girl Said No
as Mary Howe
1929
The Bishop Murder Case
as Belle Dillard
The Thirteenth Chair
as Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
Hurricane
as Mary Stevens
Wonder of Women
as Karen
Masquerade
as Sylvia Graeme
The Idle Rich
as Joan Thayer
The Far Call
as Hilda Larsen
Spite Marriage
as Ethyl Norcrosse
1928
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Rose
Land of the Silver Fox
as Marie du Fronque
Honor Bound
as Selma Ritchie
The Crimson City
as Nadine Howells
A Girl in Every Port
as Widow in San Pedro, Belize
The Branded Sombrero
as Connie Marsh
1927
The Wizard
as Anne Webster
One-Round Hogan
as Helen Davis
The Bush Leaguer
as Alice Hobbs
The Brute
as Jennifer Duan
1926
Summer Bachelors
as Willowdean French
Dancing Mothers
as Birdie Courtney
1924
Sandra
as Mait Stanley