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's a Joke, Son! as Hortense Dimwitty
- It Had to Be You as Mrs. Brown (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)
- Hollywood and Vine as Fanny
- Rhythm Round-Up as Mrs. Squimp
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)
- Someone to Remember as Aggressive Miss Green
- The Gorilla Man as Landlady (uncredited)
1942
- Moontide as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- Lady Gangster as Ma Silsby
- Bullet Scars as Indignant Woman in Car
- Busses Roar as Mrs. Dipper
1941
- They Died with Their Boots On as Head Nurse (uncredited)
- One Foot in Heaven as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- Manpower as Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- Remember the Day as Teacher
- Four Mothers as Mrs. Ridgefield
- Here Comes Happiness as Mrs. James
- Bad Men of Missouri as Mrs. Jordan
- Three Girls About Town as Clubwoman
- Miss Polly as Elvira Pennywinkle
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Mrs. Slocum
- The Lady and the Lug as Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)
- Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos as Mrs. Marshall (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)
- Father Is A Prince as Carrie
- Granny Get Your Gun as Carrie Ellis
- An Angel from Texas as Mrs. Gates
- The Courageous Dr. Christian as Mrs. Norma Stewart
- Adventure in Diamonds as Mrs. MacPherson
- She Couldn't Say No as Pansy Hawkins
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)
- Hell's Kitchen as Sarah Krispan
- The Return of Doctor X as Miss Sweetman
- Naughty but Nice as Aunt Annabella Hardwick
- Devil's Island as Gaudet's Housekeeper
- Espionage Agent as American Tourist Going to Desert
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as Rosemary Turnbull
- Kid Nightingale as Woman Crashing Vase (uncredited)
- Blackwell's Island as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
- Four Wives as Mrs. Ridgefield
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as Mrs. Dibble
- On Trial as Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown as Dowager (uncredited)
- Women in the Wind as Farmer's Wife
- Private Detective as Mrs. Widner
- Sweepstakes Winner as Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady
1938
- In Old Chicago as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Juror (uncredited)
- Racket Busters as Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)
- Torchy Gets Her Man as Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store (uncredited)
- Four Daughters as Mrs. Ridgefield
- Boy Meets Girl as Studio Cleaning Woman
- Comet Over Broadway as Mrs. Appleton
- Hard to Get as Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)
- Broadway Musketeers as Landlady (uncredited)
- Nancy Drew… Detective as Miss Van Deering (uncredited)
- Girls on Probation as Miss Lewis
1937
- Maid of Salem as Townswoman (Uncredited)
1936
- Missing Girls as Ma Barton
- Don’t Get Personal as Spinster (Uncredited)
- 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
- Never Too Late as Mother Hartley
- Navy Wife as Bridge Player
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
- 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
- The Home Towners as Mrs. Calhoun
- Satan and the Woman as Mrs. Leone Daingerfield
1927
- The Small Bachelor as Mrs. Waddington
- Resurrection as Aunt Marya
- The Broken Gate as Invalid
- 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
- Stella Dallas as Mrs. Tibbets
- Who Cares as Grandmother Ludlow
- Eve's Secret as Duchess
- Enticement as Mrs. Blake
- The Only Thing as Princess Erek
1924
- In Every Woman's Life as Diana Lansdale
- Broadway After Dark as Mrs. Smith
- How to Educate a Wife as Mrs. Bancks
- The Dark Swan as Mrs. Quinn
1923
- Desire as Mrs. De Witt Harlan
- Long Live the King as Archduchess Annuncita
- The Marriage Market as Aunt Agnes Piggott
- Brass as Mrs. Jones
1922
- The Glorious Fool as Miss Hart
- Peg o' My Heart as Mrs. Chichester
- Nancy from Nowhere as Mrs. Kelly
1920
- The Blooming Angel as Floss's Aunt
- The Poor Simp as Mrs. Adams
- The Devil's Riddle as Leading lady
- A Full House as Aunt Penelope
- Nurse Marjorie as Duchess of Donegal
- She Couldn't Help It as Mother Hogan
1919
- The Merry-Go-Round as Mrs. Pomeroy
- The Mother and the Law as Miss Mary Jenkins
- The Lamb and the Lion as Mrs. Robert Derby
- Yvonne from Paris as Aunt Marie Provost
- Lombardi, Ltd. as Mollie
- The Long Lane's Turning as Charlotte Allen
- The Pest as Housekeeper
- As the Sun Went Down as Ike's Wife
1918
- A Weaver of Dreams as Aunt Hattie Taylor
- A Bit of Jade as Mrs. Abigail King
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
- Hypocrites as Parishioner (uncredited)
- The Caprices of Kitty as Miss Smythe
- Sunshine Molly as Mrs. O'Brien
- Betty in Search of a Thrill as Mrs. Hastings
- The Kid Magicians as Georgie's Mother