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