Vera Lewis
Actor
Biography
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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
The Killers
as Ma Hirsch (uncredited) 1946
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story) 1916
The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Gray 1939
They Drive by Night
as Landlady (uncredited) 1940
They Died with Their Boots On
as Head Nurse (uncredited) 1941
Dodge City
as League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited) 1939
Night Nurse
as Miss Dillon 1931
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited) 1947
Mr. Skeffington
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited) 1944
The Suspect
as Hannah Barlow (uncredited) 1945
The Return of Doctor X
as Miss Sweetman 1939
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Juror (uncredited) 1938
All This, and Heaven Too
as Queen Amélia of France (uncredited) 1940
In Old Chicago
as Wedding Witness (uncredited) 1938
Moontide
as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited) 1942
The Iron Mask
as Madame Peronne 1929