Vera Lewis
Born: 1873-06-09 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1956-02-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vera Lewis (June 10, 1873 – February 8, 1956) was an American film and stage actress, beginning in the silent film era. She appeared in 183 films between 1915 and 1947. She was married to actor Ralph Lewis. She was born in Manhattan, where she began acting in stage productions. Her film career started in 1915 with the film Hypocrites, which starred Myrtle Stedman and Courtenay Foote. From 1915 to 1929 she appeared in 63 silent films, including the film classic Intolerance (1916) where she played the "old maid" Miss Jenkins. Unlike many silent film stars, she made a smooth transition to "talking films", starting with her 1930 appearance in Wide Open, starring Patsy Ruth Miller and Edward Everett Horton. Though never what is referred to as a "premier star", she appeared in 58 films during the 1930s, and another 60 during the 1940s. She retired after 1947, and resided at the Motion Picture Country House in Woodland Hills, California at the time of her death on February 8, 1956.
Filmography
1947
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)
- It Had to Be You as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
- It's a Joke, Son! as Hortense Dimwitty
- Wife to Spare
1946
- The Killers as Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
- Spook Busters as Mrs. Grimm
- The Cat Creeps as Cora Williams
1945
- The Suspect as Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
- Rhythm Round-Up as Mrs. Squimp
- Hollywood and Vine as Fanny
1944
- Mr. Skeffington as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
1943
- The Hard Way as 'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)
- Princess O'Rourke as Matilda (uncredited)
- The Gorilla Man as Landlady (uncredited)
- Someone to Remember as Aggressive Miss Green
1942
- Bullet Scars as Indignant Woman in Car
- Lady Gangster as Ma Silsby
- Moontide as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- Busses Roar as Mrs. Dipper
1941
- They Died with Their Boots On as Head Nurse (uncredited)
- Manpower as Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- Bad Men of Missouri as Mrs. Jordan
- Miss Polly as Elvira Pennywinkle
- Four Mothers as Mrs. Ridgefield
- Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos as Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
- One Foot in Heaven as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- Three Girls About Town as Clubwoman
- Remember the Day as Teacher
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Mrs. Slocum
- Here Comes Happiness as Mrs. James
- The Lady and the Lug as Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)
1940
- They Drive by Night as Landlady (uncredited)
- All This, and Heaven Too as Queen Amélia of France (uncredited)
- Money and the Woman as Mrs. Leslie, Depositor (uncredited)
- Granny Get Your Gun as Carrie Ellis
- Father Is A Prince as Carrie
- An Angel from Texas as Mrs. Gates
- She Couldn't Say No as Pansy Hawkins
- The Courageous Dr. Christian as Mrs. Norma Stewart
- Adventure in Diamonds as Mrs. MacPherson
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
- The Roaring Twenties as Mrs. Gray
- Dodge City as League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited)
- Espionage Agent as American Tourist Going to Desert
- Four Wives as Mrs. Ridgefield
- The Return of Doctor X as Miss Sweetman
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as Mrs. Dibble
- Hell's Kitchen as Sarah Krispan
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as Rosemary Turnbull
- On Trial as Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Dowager (uncredited)
- Kid Nightingale as Woman Crashing Vase (uncredited)
- Naughty But Nice as Aunt Annabella Hardwick
- Devil's Island as Gaudet's Housekeeper
- Blackwell's Island as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
- Women in the Wind as Farmer's Wife
- Sweepstakes Winner as Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady
- Private Detective as Mrs. Widner
1938
- In Old Chicago as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Juror (uncredited)
- Broadway Musketeers as Landlady (uncredited)
- Torchy Gets Her Man as Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store (uncredited)
- Nancy Drew… Detective as Miss Van Deering (uncredited)
- Hard to Get as Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)
- Comet Over Broadway as Mrs. Appleton
- Four Daughters as Mrs. Ridgefield
- Racket Busters as Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)
- Boy Meets Girl as Studio Cleaning Woman
- Girls on Probation as Miss Lewis
1937
- Maid of Salem as Townswoman (Uncredited)
1936
- Dancing Pirate as Orville's Mother (uncredited)
- Paddy O'Day as Aunt Flora
- Missing Girls as Ma Barton
- Don’t Get Personal as Spinster (Uncredited)
1935
- Way Down East as Mrs. Poole
- The Daring Young Man as Secretary to the Duchess
- Navy Wife as Bridge Player
- Man on the Flying Trapeze as Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
- Never Too Late as Mother Hartley
1934
- The Meanest Gal in Town as Woman at Mayor's Outing (uncredited)
1933
- Hold Your Man as Mrs. Gargan (uncredited)
- Meet the Baron as Head Housekeeper (uncredited)
1931
- Night Nurse as Miss Dillon
- Command Performance as Queen Elizabeth
1930
- Strictly Unconventional as Duchess of Brocklehurst
- Wide Open as Mrs. Hathaway
1929
- The Iron Mask as Madame Peronne
- Coquette as Miss Jenkins
1928
- The Home Towners as Mrs. Calhoun
- Ramona as Señora Moreno
- Something Always Happens as Gräfin Agathe
- Satan and the Woman as Mrs. Leone Daingerfield
1927
- Resurrection as Aunt Marya
- The Broken Gate as Invalid
- The Small Bachelor as Mrs. Waddington
- What Happened To Father as Mrs. Bradberry
1926
- Ella Cinders as Ma Cinders
- The Lily as Mrs. Arnaud Sr
- Take It from Me as Mrs. Forsythe
- The Gilded Butterfly as Mrs. Ralston
- King of the Pack as "Widder" Gasper
1925
- The Only Thing as Princess Erek
- Who Cares as Grandmother Ludlow
- Eve's Secret as Duchess
- Stella Dallas as Mrs. Tibbets
- Enticement as Mrs. Blake
1924
- How to Educate a Wife as Mrs. Bancks
- Broadway After Dark as Mrs. Smith
- In Every Woman's Life as Diana Lansdale
- The Dark Swan as Mrs. Quinn
1923
- Long Live the King as Archduchess Annuncita
- Brass as Mrs. Jones
- The Marriage Market as Aunt Agnes Piggott
- Desire as Mrs. De Witt Harlan
1922
- The Glorious Fool as Miss Hart
- Peg o' My Heart as Mrs. Chichester
- Nancy from Nowhere as Mrs. Kelly
1920
- A Full House as Aunt Penelope
- The Blooming Angel as Floss's Aunt
- The Devil's Riddle as Leading lady
- She Couldn't Help It as Mother Hogan
- The Poor Simp as Mrs. Adams
- Nurse Marjorie as Duchess of Donegal
1919
- The Pest as Housekeeper
- The Mother and the Law as Miss Mary Jenkins
- The Long Lane's Turning as Charlotte Allen
- The Lamb and the Lion as Mrs. Robert Derby
- Lombardi, Ltd. as Mollie
- Yvonne from Paris as Aunt Marie Provost
- As the Sun Went Down as Ike's Wife
- The Merry-Go-Round as Mrs. Pomeroy
1918
- A Bit of Jade as Mrs. Abigail King
- A Weaver of Dreams as Aunt Hattie Taylor
1917
- Jack and the Beanstalk as The Giantess
- The Trouble Buster as Mrs. Westfall
- Lost in Transit as Mrs. Flint
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
1915
- Hypocrites as Parishioner (uncredited)
- Betty in Search of a Thrill as Mrs. Hastings
- The Caprices of Kitty as Miss Smythe
- Sunshine Molly as Mrs. O'Brien
- The Kid Magicians as Georgie's Mother