Leila Hyams

Born: 1905-05-01

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.


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Freaks

as Venus
Released: 1932-02-12

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his...

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Island of Lost Souls

as Ruth Thomas
Released: 1932-12-24

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself...

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Ruggles of Red Gap

as Nell Kenner
Released: 1935-03-08

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a...

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The Big House

as Anne Marlowe
Released: 1930-06-14

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where...

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Red-Headed Woman

as Irene 'Rene' Legendre
Released: 1932-06-25

Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an...

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Way for a Sailor

as Joan
Released: 1930-11-01

A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.

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The Phantom of Paris

as Cecile Bourrelier
Released: 1931-09-12

Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is...

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Spite Marriage

as Ethyl Norcrosse
Released: 1929-03-24

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom...

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The Girl Said No

as Mary Howe
Released: 1930-03-15

A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of...

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Way Out West

as Molly Rankin
Released: 1930-08-02

Wise-guy carnival barker Windy bilks a group of cowboys out of their money, gets caught and is...

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$1,000 a Minute

as Dorothy Summers
Released: 1935-10-21

Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't...

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Men Call It Love

as Connie
Released: 1931-03-14

Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.

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Affairs of a Gentleman

as Gladys Durland
Released: 1934-05-01

When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then...

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The Poor Rich

as Grace Hunter
Released: 1934-02-25

Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at...

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The Idle Rich

as Joan Thayer
Released: 1929-06-15

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her...

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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

as Dorothy
Released: 1931-10-03

Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are...

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Honor Bound

as Selma Ritchie
Released: 1928-04-29

When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and...

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The Sins of the Children

as Alma
Released: 1930-06-27

A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier...

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Stepping Out

as Eve Martin
Released: 1931-04-11

After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.

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Yellow Dust

as Nellie Brian
Released: 1936-03-12

After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.

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Summer Bachelors

as Willowdean French
Released: 1926-12-18

Derry Thomas is a pretty girl from a good family who earns her own living, but is disillusioned...

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Horse Play

as Angelica Wayne
Released: 1933-06-01

Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and...

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Gentleman's Fate

as Marjorie Channing
Released: 1931-03-07

A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.

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A Girl in Every Port

as Widow in San Pedro, Belize
Released: 1928-02-26

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally...

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People Will Talk

as Peggy Trask
Released: 1935-05-24

Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple...

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Surrender

as Axelle von Meirbach
Released: 1931-12-06

Story of French prisoner in Germany who falls in love with a German general's daughter. From the...

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Saturday's Millions

as Joan Chandler
Released: 1933-09-30

Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's...

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The Big Broadcast

as Anita Rogers
Released: 1932-10-14

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention...

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The Thirteenth Chair

as Helen 'Nellie' O'Neill
Released: 1929-10-19

Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel, Edward Wales is determined to trap...

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Wonder of Women

as Karen
Released: 1929-07-13

A German pianist is going to break up with his unfaithful wife, when he receives the message...

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The Constant Woman

as Lou
Released: 1933-03-12

A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds...

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The Christmas Party

as Herself (uncredited)
Released: 1931-12-17

In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his...

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Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Rose
Released: 1928-11-15

An Incompetent insurance salesman sells a policy to Jesse James and has to protect his client...

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Hurricane

as Mary Stevens
Released: 1929-09-30

Captain Black and his motley crew of pirates are shipwrecked on a South Sea island, where they...

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Land of the Silver Fox

as Marie du Fronque
Released: 1928-10-18

Rin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in...

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The Crimson City

as Nadine Howells
Released: 1928-04-07

Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.

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Part Time Wife

as Mrs. Murdock (Betty Rogers)
Released: 1930-11-30

The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife...

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First Aid

as Red Cross Worker
Released: 1943-01-02

This Pete Smith Specialty is a semihumorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that...

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The Flirting Widow

as Evelyn
Released: 1930-05-11

An older daughter invents a fiancé so that her father will allow her younger sister to marry....

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The Wizard

as Anne Webster
Released: 1927-11-27

A mad doctor sews human head onto gorilla's body.

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The Bishop Murder Case

as Belle Dillard
Released: 1929-12-31

The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance...

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The Far Call

as Hilda Larsen
Released: 1929-04-28

A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he...

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The Branded Sombrero

as Connie Marsh
Released: 1928-01-08

A cowboy promises his dying foster-father, "Honest" John Maggert, that he will return the cattle...

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Sandra

as Mait Stanley
Released: 1924-09-01

BY DAY a beautiful wife-accepting a husband's humble love, his humble home, his humble...

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Dancing Mothers

as Birdie Courtney
Released: 1926-03-01

An unfaithful husband and his daughter go on nightly club outings, leaving the mother at home....

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