[2] Her mother was Ina Löscht (née Blumenfeld), who later served at a French field hospital during the early months of World War II.
Reportedly, after her contract expired, Lys received a Hollywood movie offer just as she was about to board an ocean liner to return to Europe.
In 1930, Lys returned to Paris to star in Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel's surrealist film, L'Age d'Or (1930), considered by many as her most memorable performance.
[1] Just prior to the outbreak of World War II, Lya Lys was in Paris to perform in the play The King's Dough.
Because of the number of refugees fleeing Europe, Lys was unable to obtain passage on a passenger ship from France and was advised to travel north to a less crowded Scandinavian port.
[10] Their marriage, which Lys later described as the worst mistake of her life, ended in a Mexican divorce in 1943, some nine months after she'd suffered a nervous breakdown.
Lya Lys Feit died on June 2, 1986, at Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, from heart failure at the age of 78.
She was survived by George Feit, her husband of 32 years, daughter Joyce Morton, grandson Randy Caruso, Author, Marisa Rudder and two granddaughters.