

Cast & creator
Best known for Maverick, Four Star Playhouse, The Twilight Zone
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.
Also known as: Lella Bliss, Lela Bliss-Hayden
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1915–2019 · acting roles
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Mrs. Shelbourne
1957
Emma Kinsolving
1952
Mrs. Chester
1959
Mrs. Harvey Saunders
1964
Mrs. Shellhammer (uncredited)
1947
Miss Stanley (uncredited)
1953
Party Guest (uncredited)
1958
Party Guest (uncredited)
1960
Intoxicated Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
1954
Bertha Randall (uncredited)
1946
Mrs. Chester (archive footage)
2019
Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. Mallison
1949
Mrs. Harris
1952
Miss Greene (uncredited)
1948
Head Nurse (uncredited)
1948
Regina's Secretary
1950
Window Shopper (uncredited)
1951
Wealthy Matron (uncredited)
1956
Mrs. Hopp
1956
Mama Dude (uncredited)
1950
Mrs. Tom Hanley (uncredited)
1952
Mrs. Didriksen
1946
Mrs. Marshall
1955
Miss Atkinson
1952
Phoebe
1949
Mrs. Boyd
1948
Mrs. Crowley
1947
Nadia De La Ney
1936
Mrs. Webson (uncredited)
1959
Mrs. Hanover-Burke (uncredited)
1955
Mrs. Clyde (as Leila Bliss)
1938
Margo
1951
Hilda Gunning
1919
Letitia Proudfoot
1915
Mrs. Van Sickle (uncredited)
1955