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