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Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Born: 1905-05-01 • New York City, New York, USA

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.

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