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

Island of Lost Souls

Spite Marriage

The Big House

Red-Headed Woman

Ruggles of Red Gap

Honor Bound

The Phantom of Paris

All Movies (53)

• First Aid1943 · as Red Cross Worker
• Yellow Dust1936 · as Nellie Brian
• $1,000 a Minute1935 · as Dorothy Summers
• People Will Talk1935 · as Peggy Trask
• Ruggles of Red Gap1935 · as Nell Kenner
• No Ransom1934 · as Barbara Winfield
• Affairs of a Gentleman1934 · as Gladys Durland
• The Poor Rich1934 · as Grace Hunter
• Saturday's Millions1933 · as Joan Chandler
• Sing, Sinner, Sing1933 · as Lela Larson
• Horse Play1933 · as Angelica Wayne
• The Constant Woman1933 · as Lou
• Island of Lost Souls1932 · as Ruth Thomas
• The Big Broadcast1932 · as Anita Rogers
• Red-Headed Woman1932 · as Irene 'Rene' Legendre
• Freaks1932 · as Venus
• The Christmas Party1931 · as Herself (uncredited)
• Surrender1931 · as Axelle von Meirbach
• New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford1931 · as Dorothy
• The Phantom of Paris1931 · as Cecile Bourrelier
• Stepping Out1931 · as Eve Martin
• Men Call It Love1931 · as Connie
• Gentleman's Fate1931 · as Marjorie Channing
• Part Time Wife1930 · as Mrs. Murdock (Betty Rogers)
• Way for a Sailor1930 · as Joan
• Way Out West1930 · as Molly Rankin
• The Sins of the Children1930 · as Alma
• Sweethearts and Wives1930 · as Angela Worthington
• The Big House1930 · as Anne Marlowe
• The Flirting Widow1930 · as Evelyn
• The Girl Said No1930 · as Mary Howe
• The Bishop Murder Case1929 · as Belle Dillard
• The Thirteenth Chair1929 · as Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
• Hurricane1929 · as Mary Stevens
• Wonder of Women1929 · as Karen
• Masquerade1929 · as Sylvia Graeme
• The Idle Rich1929 · as Joan Thayer
• The Far Call1929 · as Hilda Larsen
• Spite Marriage1929 · as Ethyl Norcrosse
• Alias Jimmy Valentine1928 · as Rose
• Land of the Silver Fox1928 · as Marie du Fronque
• Honor Bound1928 · as Selma Ritchie
• The Crimson City1928 · as Nadine Howells
• A Girl in Every Port1928 · as Widow in San Pedro, Belize
• The Branded Sombrero1928 · as Connie Marsh
• The Wizard1927 · as Anne Webster
• One-Round Hogan1927 · as Helen Davis
• The Bush Leaguer1927 · as Alice Hobbs
• White Pants Willie1927 · as Helen Charters
• The Brute1927 · as Jennifer Duan
• Summer Bachelors1926 · as Willowdean French
• Dancing Mothers1926 · as Birdie Courtney
• Sandra1924 · as Mait Stanley