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

Ruggles of Red Gap

The Big Broadcast

Freaks

Acting

1932

Island of Lost Souls

as

Ruth Thomas

1935

Ruggles of Red Gap

as

Nell Kenner

1929

The Bishop Murder Case

as

Belle Dillard

1930

The Big House

as

Anne Marlowe

1928

The Branded Sombrero

as

Connie Marsh

1929

Spite Marriage

as

Ethyl Norcrosse

1931

The Phantom of Paris

as

Cecile Bourrelier

1924

Sandra

as

Mait Stanley

1932

Red-Headed Woman

as

Irene 'Rene' Legendre

1929

The Thirteenth Chair

as

Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill

1929

The Far Call

as

Hilda Larsen

1933

The Constant Woman

as

Lou

1933

Sing, Sinner, Sing

as

Lela Larson

1930

The Sins of the Children

as

Alma

1930

Way Out West

as

Molly Rankin

1930

Way for a Sailor

as

Joan

1929

Wonder of Women

as

Karen

1930

The Girl Said No

as

Mary Howe

1931

Gentleman's Fate

as

Marjorie Channing

1934

The Poor Rich

as

Grace Hunter

1931

Stepping Out

as

Eve Martin

1926

Summer Bachelors

as

Willowdean French

1932

The Big Broadcast

as

Anita Rogers

1930

Part Time Wife

as

Mrs. Murdock (Betty Rogers)

1930

The Flirting Widow

as

Evelyn

1929

The Idle Rich

as

Joan Thayer

1931

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

as

Dorothy

1931

Men Call It Love

as

Connie

1929

Hurricane

as

Mary Stevens

1931

The Christmas Party

as

Herself (uncredited)

1933

Horse Play

as

Angelica Wayne

1936

Yellow Dust

as

Nellie Brian

1934

Affairs of a Gentleman

as

Gladys Durland

1928

Alias Jimmy Valentine

as

Rose

1927

The Wizard

as

Anne Webster

1931

Surrender

as

Axelle von Meirbach

1928

A Girl in Every Port

as

Widow in San Pedro, Belize

1935

$1,000 a Minute

as

Dorothy Summers

1927

One-Round Hogan

as

Helen Davis

1934

No Ransom

as

Barbara Winfield

1930

Sweethearts and Wives

as

Angela Worthington

1933

Saturday's Millions

as

Joan Chandler

1943

First Aid

as

Red Cross Worker

1926

Dancing Mothers

as

Birdie Courtney

1928

The Crimson City

as

Nadine Howells

1929

Masquerade

as

Sylvia Graeme

1928

Honor Bound

as

Selma Ritchie

1932

Freaks

as

Venus

1935

People Will Talk

as

Peggy Trask

1928

Land of the Silver Fox

as

Marie du Fronque

1927

The Bush Leaguer

as

Alice Hobbs

1927

The Brute

as

Jennifer Duan

Production

Crew

Directing