Lela Bliss

Lela Bliss

Birthday: 1896-05-11

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography: 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
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

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

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Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street

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

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Bells Are Ringing
Bells Are Ringing

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

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The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit

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

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The Dark Mirror
The Dark Mirror

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

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Auntie Mame
Auntie Mame

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

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Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust

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

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Ask Any Girl
Ask Any Girl

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

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Ghost Chasers
Ghost Chasers

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

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To Please a Lady
To Please a Lady

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

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Give My Regards to Broadway
Give My Regards to Broadway

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

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Three for Jamie Dawn
Three for Jamie Dawn

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

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The Blue Gardenia
The Blue Gardenia

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

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The Rose Bowl Story
The Rose Bowl Story

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

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The Big Tip Off
The Big Tip Off

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

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The Amazing Mr. Williams
The Amazing Mr. Williams

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

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Hook a Crook
Hook a Crook

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

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Home on the Rage
Home on the Rage

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

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Army Bound
Army Bound

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

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Without Reservations
Without Reservations

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

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Gas House Kids Go West
Gas House Kids Go West

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

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Hitch Hike To Heaven
Hitch Hike To Heaven

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

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Susan Slept Here
Susan Slept Here

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

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Miss Mink of 1949
Miss Mink of 1949

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

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The Opposite Sex
The Opposite Sex

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

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Young Man with Ideas
Young Man with Ideas

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

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Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't Misbehavin'

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

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The Loves of Letty
The Loves of Letty

Letty Shell, a clerk in a London brokerage office, is discouraged by her lack of fine clothes and so...

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Never a Dull Moment
Never a Dull Moment

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widow...

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The Company She Keeps
The Company She Keeps

A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance....

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Time Enough at Last
Time Enough at Last

A henpecked book lover finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war....

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