
Lela Bliss
Biography
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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.
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Acting History
2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Mrs. Chester (archive footage)
1964The Addams Family as Mrs. Harvey Saunders
1960Bells Are Ringing as Party Guest (uncredited)
1959The Twilight Zone as Mrs. Chester
1959Ask Any Girl as Mrs. Webson (uncredited)
1958Auntie Mame as Party Guest (uncredited)
1957Maverick as Mrs. Shelbourne
1956The Opposite Sex as Wealthy Matron (uncredited)
1956Three for Jamie Dawn as Mrs. Hopp
1955Hook a Crook as Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)
1955Ain't Misbehavin' as Mrs. Hanover-Burke (uncredited)
1955The Big Tip Off as Mrs. Marshall
1954Susan Slept Here as Intoxicated Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
1953The Blue Gardenia as Miss Stanley (uncredited)
1952Army Bound as Mrs. Harris
1952Four Star Playhouse as Emma Kinsolving
1952The Rose Bowl Story as Miss Atkinson
1952Young Man with Ideas as Mrs. Tom Hanley (uncredited)
1951Ghost Chasers as Margo
1951The Company She Keeps as Window Shopper (uncredited)
1950To Please a Lady as Regina's Secretary
1950Never a Dull Moment as Mama Dude (uncredited)
1949Intruder in the Dust as Mrs. Mallison
1949Miss Mink of 1949 as Phoebe
1948The Snake Pit as Miss Greene
1948Give My Regards to Broadway as Mrs. Boyd
1947Gas House Kids Go West as Mrs. Crowley
1947Miracle on 34th Street as Mrs. Shellhammer (uncredited)
1946The Dark Mirror as Mrs. Didriksen
1946Without Reservations as Bertha Randall (uncredited)
1939The Amazing Mr. Williams as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
1938Home on the Rage as Mrs. Clyde (as Leila Bliss)
1936Hitch Hike To Heaven as Nadia De La Ney
1919The Loves of Letty as Hilda Gunning
—Time Enough at Last as Mrs. Chester








