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