Lela Bliss

Lela Bliss

出生 : 1896-05-11, Los Angeles, California, USA

死亡 : 1980-05-15

略歴

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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The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Mrs. Chester (segment "Time Enough at Last")
Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom Event.
Bells Are Ringing
Party guest
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Ask Any Girl
Mrs. Webson (uncredited)
Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.
Auntie Mame
Party Guest (uncredited)
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
The Opposite Sex
Wealthy Matron (uncredited)
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
Three for Jamie Dawn
Mrs. Hopp
An unscrupulous attorney attempts to rig the jury vote in a murder trial. Released in 1956.
Hook a Crook
Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)
Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gorilla.
Ain't Misbehavin'
Mrs. Hanover-Burke (uncredited)
Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.
The Big Tip Off
Mrs. Marshall
A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.
Susan Slept Here
Intoxicated Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
The Blue Gardenia
Miss Stanley
A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may be a murderess.
Army Bound
Mrs. Harris
Race car driver Frank Cermak is in love with Jane Harris. Jane and her parents watch Frank win a tight race from Bill Peters, an army lieutenant on leave. Peters tries to foul Frank, and Frank beats him in a fist fight after the race. Frank is drafted into the army and (against staggering and overwhelming odds) finds Lt. Peters to be his commanding officer.
Young Man with Ideas
Mrs. Tom Hanley (uncredited)
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Ghost Chasers
Margo
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
To Please a Lady
Regina's Secretary
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Independent, beautiful reporter Regina Forbes tries to interview him but is put off by his gruff chauvinism, and when Brannon's daredevil tactics cause the death of a fellow driver, he finds himself a pariah in the sport thanks to her articles. When she finds him earning money as a barnstorming daredevil driver hoping for a comeback, they begin to become mutually attracted.
Intruder in the Dust
Mrs. Mallison
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.
Miss Mink of 1949
Phoebe
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
The Snake Pit
Miss Greene
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions and unable to even recognize her husband, Robert, she is treated by Dr. Mark Kik, who is determined to get to the root of her mental illness. As her treatment progresses, flashbacks depict events in Virginia's life that may have contributed to her instability.
Give My Regards to Broadway
Mrs. Boyd
A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.
Gas House Kids Go West
Mrs. Crowley
The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporation.
三十四丁目の奇蹟
Mrs. Shellhammer (uncredited)
ニューヨークのデパートで、サンタクロースとして雇われた白ヒゲの老人クリス・クリングル。クリングルのサンタは評判を呼ぶが、彼は「自分は本物のサンタだ」と主張し、ついには裁判が開かれる――
The Dark Mirror
Mrs. Didriksen
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
Without Reservations
Bertha Randall (uncredited)
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Home on the Rage
Mrs. Clyde (as Leila Bliss)
Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him for insurance.
Hitch Hike To Heaven
Nadia De La Ney
A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.