Leila Hayes
Leila Hayes is an Australian actress, actors agent, radio presenter, playwright, producer, singer and drama teacher, she featured in the hit 1980s soap opera "Sons and Daughters" as Beryl Palmer (later Hamilton) throughout its entire run. Biography. She began her career as a singer. In the 1970s she acted on television in guest roles in Crawford Productions drama series "Homicide", "Division 4", "Matlock Police", "Bluey" and "Cop Shop", and appeared briefly in their acclaimed serial "The Sullivans". Hayes also acted in television miniseries, including "Power Without Glory" (1976), and in some TV movies. In 1981 she appeared in  several episodes of soap opera "Prisoner" as brothel madam Jeannie Baxter and was in an early episode of "A Country Practice". The same episode starred Peter Phelps who played her stepson John in "Sons and Daughters" only a few months later. Hayes had also acted on stage, taking the leading role of April Delaney in comedy "Dimboola". After this came the role in "Sons and Daughters". Leila ran a drama school for aspiring actors, called the "Leila Hayes drama Studio" in NSW . Hayes had a career in talkback radio for a while.