Leila Hyams
- Birthday
- May 1, 1905
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
Bio: Born into a family of vaudevillians (her parents were the popular "bickering" comedy team of Johnny Hyams and Leila McIntyre), Leila Hyams started out as a juvenile performer. Leila's movie career was an outgrowth of her many appearances in magazine advertisements of the 1920s. She often played conventional ingenues, though she was allowed a bit more… More Bio: Born into a family of vaudevillians (her parents were the popular "bickering" comedy team of Johnny Hyams and Leila McIntyre), Leila Hyams started out as a juvenile performer. Leila's movie career was an outgrowth of her many appearances in magazine advertisements of the 1920s. She often played conventional ingenues, though she was allowed a bit more three-dimensionality in such roles as a baseball team owner in The Busher (1927), the prime murder suspect in The Thirteenth Chair (1929), and the wisecracking circus-artiste heroine in Freaks (1932). Hyams' finest film hour was as the good-natured saloon girl who teaches Roland Young how to play the drums in Ruggles of Red Gap (1935). Retiring from the screen in 1936, Leila Hyams maintained her show business contacts through the activities of her husband, agent Phil Berg. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Most Popular
Filmography
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Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
- Nell Kenner
- 100%
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Hell in a Circus (1935)
- Actor
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Sing Sinner Sing (1933)
- Lela Larson
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Island of Lost Souls (The Island of Dr. Moreau) (1932)
- Ruth Thomas
- 95%
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The Big Broadcast (1932)
- Anita Rogers
- See all 19 films
Leila Hyams Videos
Freaks
1 minutes 19 seconds
Ruggles Of Red Gap
1 minutes 32 seconds
Island Of Lost Souls
2 minutes 31 seconds
The Sins Of The Children
1 minutes 1 seconds
The Big House
30 seconds
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