Career
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 and Bluey, and appeared briefly in their acclaimed serial The Sullivans. Hayes also acted in television miniseries, including Power Without Glory (1976), and in some television 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.
Hayes had also acted on stage, taking the leading role of April Delaney in comedy Dimboola. 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.
