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