Lela Bliss
Nascimento : 1896-05-11, Los Angeles, California, USA
Morte : 1980-05-15
História
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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.
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.
Party guest
Ella Peterson é uma operadora de serviço de atendimento telefônico do Brooklyn, uma espécie de "Secretária Eletrônica" analógica, que tenta melhorar a vida de seus clientes, passando algumas dicas de informação que ela ouve de outros clientes. Ela se apaixona por um de seus clientes, o dramaturgo Jeffrey Moss, e está determinada a conhecê-lo. O problema é que, ao telefone com ele, ela sempre finge ser uma mulher velha que ele chama de "mãe". e Livre (estimado Livre)
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.
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.
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.
Mrs. Hopp
An unscrupulous attorney attempts to rig the jury vote in a murder trial. Released in 1956.
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.
Mrs. Hanover-Burke (uncredited)
Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.
Mrs. Marshall
A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.
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.
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.
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.
Mrs. Tom Hanley (uncredited)
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
Margo
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
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.
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.
Phoebe
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
Miss Greene
Uma crônica detalhada da estadia de uma mulher em uma instituição mental. Virginia Cunningham se encontra em um asilo de loucos... E não consegue se lembrar de como chegou lá. Em flashback, seu marido Robert relata seu namoro, casamento e seus sintomas em desenvolvimento. O pessoal do asilo não é demonizado, mas o medo, a ignorância e os preconceitos mantêm a Virgínia em um estado de miséria, enquanto o Dr. Mark Kik luta para encontrar a raiz de seu problema. Mas uma recaída leva Virgínia de volta para a angustiante 'Cova da Serpente' ...
Mrs. Boyd
A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.
Mrs. Crowley
The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporation.
Mrs. Shellhammer (uncredited)
Quando um velhinho agradável que afirma ser Papai Noel é acusado de insanidade, um jovem advogado decide defendê-lo, argumentando no tribunal que ele de fato é Papai Noel. No desfile do Dia Ação de Graças da Loja de Departamentos Macy's, o ator que interpreta Papai Noel é flagrado por ter bebido por um homem velho bigodudo. Doris Walker, o maluco diretor de eventos especiais da loja, convence o velhinho a assumir o trabalho. O velhinho revela-se uma sensação e é rapidamente recrutado para ser o Papai Noel da saída da principal Macy's. Embora bem sucedido, Walker investiga e descobre que ele se chama Kris Kringle e que ele afirma ser o verdadeiro Papai Noel. Apesar das garantias do médico de que Kringle é inofensivo, Doris ainda tem dúvidas, especialmente porque ele tem cinicamente convencido à si mesmo e especialmente à sua filha, Susan, para rejeitar todas as noções de crença e fantasia.
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.
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.
Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams é um filme de 1939 estrelado por Melvyn Douglas como o tenente de polícia Kenny Williams, que anda ocupado demais resolvendo crimes para passar um tempo com sua noiva Maxine Carroll, interpretada por Joan Blondell.
Mrs. Clyde (as Leila Bliss)
Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him for insurance.
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.
