Lela Bliss

Born: 1896-05-11

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lela Bliss (May 11, 1896 – May 15, 1980) was an American actress. She made her first silent film, Pretty Mrs. Smith, in 1915 and appeared in at least over 40 movies until the 1960s. Bliss appeared in supporting roles and bit parts in Hollywood films such as The Dark Mirror (1946), Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and Intruder in the Dust (1949). She often played mothers, neighbours or society women. Since the 1950s, Bliss also appeared frequently on popular television shows including "My Little Margie" as Trixie Wilson, the mother of Margie's boyfriend in the 1952 episode "Vern's Chums", The Twilight Zone, Maverick, Mister Ed and The Addams Family. She ended her acting career with a guest role in That Girl in 1967.


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Miracle on 34th Street

as Mrs. Shellhammer (uncredited)
Released: 1947-06-04

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow...

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Auntie Mame

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1958-12-04

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew...

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The Blue Gardenia

as Miss Stanley (uncredited)
Released: 1953-03-20

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been...

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The Dark Mirror

as Mrs. Didriksen
Released: 1946-10-17

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure...

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The Snake Pit

as Miss Greene
Released: 1948-11-04

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her...

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The Opposite Sex

as Wealthy Matron (uncredited)
Released: 1956-11-15

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an...

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Bells Are Ringing

as Party guest
Released: 1960-06-23

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She...

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Ghost Chasers

as Margo
Released: 1951-04-29

A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.

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Susan Slept Here

as Intoxicated Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
Released: 1954-07-28

On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his...

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-22

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...

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Without Reservations

as Bertha Randall (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-13

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the...

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Ask Any Girl

as Mrs. Webson (uncredited)
Released: 1959-08-21

Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in...

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Young Man with Ideas

as Mrs. Tom Hanley (uncredited)
Released: 1952-05-02

A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.

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Three for Jamie Dawn

as Mrs. Hopp
Released: 1956-07-08

Three jurors are ripe for bribery by the lawyer of a playgirl up for murder.

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To Please a Lady

as Regina's Secretary
Released: 1950-10-13

Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made...

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The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

as Mrs. Chester (archive footage)
Released: 2019-11-14

Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a...

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Intruder in the Dust

as Mrs. Mallison
Released: 1949-11-22

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not...

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Miss Mink of 1949

as Phoebe
Released: 1949-02-11

Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.

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The Rose Bowl Story

as Miss Atkinson
Released: 1952-08-24

The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California...

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Ain't Misbehavin'

as Mrs. Hanover-Burke (uncredited)
Released: 1955-06-30

Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.

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The Big Tip Off

as Mrs. Marshall
Released: 1955-03-20

A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.

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Gas House Kids Go West

as Mrs. Crowley
Released: 1947-06-12

The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing...

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Give My Regards to Broadway

as Mrs. Boyd
Released: 1948-06-08

A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play...

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Army Bound

as Mrs. Harris
Released: 1952-10-05

Race car driver Frank Cermak is in love with Jane Harris. Jane and her parents watch Frank win a...

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Home on the Rage

as Mrs. Clyde (as Leila Bliss)
Released: 1938-12-09

Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him for insurance.

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Hitch Hike To Heaven

as Nadia De La Ney
Released: 1936-03-12

A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts...

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Hook a Crook

as Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)
Released: 1955-11-24

Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace...

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The Twilight Zone

as Mrs. Chester
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Addams Family

as Mrs. Harvey Saunders
First aired: 1964-09-18

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric...

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Maverick

as Mrs. Shelbourne
First aired: 1957-09-22

Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins....

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