Leila Hyams
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Emerging from a Manhattan vaudeville family, she spent her childhood on stage alongside her parents, John Hyams and Leila McIntyre, before turning to modeling when a theatrical career proved elusive. Her entry into cinema arrived in 1924 during the silent era, and by the late 1920s she was securing leading parts, notably starring in MGM’s inaugural talkie, Alias Jimmy Valentine, and delivering a m…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
