Vera Lewis

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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1873-06-09

Died: 1956-02-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1915	Hypocrites	Parishioner (uncredited)	58
2	1915	The Caprices of Kitty	Miss Smythe	0
3	1915	Sunshine Molly	Mrs. O'Brien	0
4	1915	Betty in Search of a Thrill	Mrs. Hastings	30
5	1916	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages	Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)	71
6	1917	Jack and the Beanstalk	The Giantess	50
7	1918	A Weaver of Dreams	Aunt Hattie Taylor	0
8	1919	The Pest	Housekeeper	0
9	1919	The Mother and the Law	Miss Mary Jenkins	69
10	1919	Lombardi, Ltd.	Mollie	0
11	1920	The Blooming Angel	Floss's Aunt	0
12	1920	Nurse Marjorie	Duchess of Donegal	59
13	1920	She Couldn't Help It	Mother Hogan	0
14	1922	The Glorious Fool	Miss Hart	0
15	1922	Nancy from Nowhere	Mrs. Kelly	0
16	1922	Peg o' My Heart	Mrs. Chichester	70
17	1923	Brass	Mrs. Jones	30
18	1923	The Marriage Market	Aunt Agnes Piggott	0
19	1923	Long Live the King	Archduchess Annuncita	0
20	1924	How to Educate a Wife	Mrs. Bancks	0
21	1924	Broadway After Dark	Mrs. Smith	0
22	1924	The Dark Swan	Mrs. Quinn	0
23	1925	Who Cares	Grandmother Ludlow	0
24	1925	Enticement	Mrs. Blake	0
25	1925	Eve's Secret	Duchess	0
26	1925	Stella Dallas	Mrs. Tibbets	71
27	1925	The Only Thing	Princess Erek	20
28	1926	The Gilded Butterfly	Mrs. Ralston	0
29	1926	Ella Cinders	Ma Cinders	70
30	1926	The Lily	Mrs. Arnaud Sr	0
31	1926	Take It from Me	Mrs. Forsythe	0
32	1927	The Broken Gate	Invalid	0
33	1927	Resurrection	Aunt Marya	0
34	1927	What Happened To Father	Mrs. Bradberry	0
35	1927	The Small Bachelor	Mrs. Waddington	0
36	1928	Ramona	Señora Moreno	64
37	1928	Something Always Happens	Gräfin Agathe	0
38	1928	The Home Towners	Mrs. Calhoun	0
39	1929	The Iron Mask	Madame Peronne	67
40	1929	Coquette	Miss Jenkins	57
41	1930	Wide Open	Mrs. Hathaway	53
42	1930	Strictly Unconventional	Duchess of Brocklehurst	35
43	1931	Command Performance	Queen Elizabeth	41
44	1931	Night Nurse	Miss Dillon	67
45	1933	Hold Your Man	Mrs. Gargan (uncredited)	61
46	1933	Meet the Baron	Head Housekeeper (uncredited)	43
47	1934	The Meanest Gal in Town	Woman at Mayor's Outing (uncredited)	65
48	1935	The Daring Young Man	Secretary to the Duchess	0
49	1935	Man on the Flying Trapeze	Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode	59
50	1935	Navy Wife	Bridge Player	50
51	1935	Way Down East	Mrs. Poole	30
52	1935	Never Too Late	Mother Hartley	40
53	1936	Paddy O'Day	Aunt Flora	70
54	1936	Dancing Pirate	Orville's Mother (uncredited)	54
55	1936	Missing Girls	Ma Barton	50
56	1937	Maid of Salem	Townswoman (Uncredited)	59
57	1938	In Old Chicago	Wedding Witness (uncredited)	65
58	1938	Racket Busters	Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)	51
59	1938	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse	Juror (uncredited)	72
60	1938	Four Daughters	Mrs. Ridgefield	66
61	1938	Boy Meets Girl	Studio Cleaning Woman	65
62	1938	Broadway Musketeers	Landlady (uncredited)	43
63	1938	Girls on Probation	Miss Lewis	59
64	1938	Hard to Get	Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)	60
65	1938	Torchy Gets Her Man	Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store (uncredited)	59
66	1938	Nancy Drew… Detective	Miss Van Deering (uncredited)	63
67	1938	Comet Over Broadway	Mrs. Appleton	50
68	1939	Devil's Island	Gaudet's Housekeeper	54
69	1939	Blackwell's Island	Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)	50
70	1939	Torchy Blane in Chinatown	Dowager (uncredited)	60
71	1939	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Mrs. Dibble	40
72	1939	On Trial	Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8	55
73	1939	Dodge City	League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited)	69
74	1939	Women in the Wind	Farmer's Wife	68
75	1939	Sweepstakes Winner	Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady	37
76	1939	Naughty But Nice	Aunt Annabella Hardwick	62
77	1939	Hell's Kitchen	Sarah Krispan	62
78	1939	Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase	Miss Rosemary Turnbull	68
79	1939	Espionage Agent	American Tourist Going to Desert	59
80	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)	79
81	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Mrs. Gray	75
82	1939	Kid Nightingale	Woman Crashing Vase (uncredited)	55
83	1939	The Return of Doctor X	Miss Sweetman	59
84	1939	Private Detective	Mrs. Widner	60
85	1939	Four Wives	Mrs. Ridgefield	53
86	1940	Granny Get Your Gun	Carrie Ellis	35
87	1940	Adventure in Diamonds	Mrs. MacPherson	52
88	1940	The Courageous Dr. Christian	Mrs. Norma Stewart	54
89	1940	An Angel from Texas	Mrs. Gates	48
90	1940	All This, and Heaven Too	Queen Amélia of France (uncredited)	71
91	1940	They Drive by Night	Landlady (uncredited)	69
92	1940	Money and the Woman	Mrs. Leslie, Depositor (uncredited)	43
93	1940	Father Is A Prince	Carrie	50
94	1940	She Couldn't Say No	Pansy Hawkins	68
95	1941	Four Mothers	Mrs. Ridgefield	62
96	1941	Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos	Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)	10
97	1941	Here Comes Happiness	Mrs. James	50
98	1941	The Lady and the Lug	Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)	0
99	1941	Bad Men of Missouri	Mrs. Jordan	56
100	1941	Manpower	Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)	67
101	1941	Nine Lives Are Not Enough	Mrs. Slocum	50
102	1941	Three Girls About Town	Clubwoman	53
103	1941	One Foot in Heaven	Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)	66
104	1941	Miss Polly	Elvira Pennywinkle	50
105	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Head Nurse (uncredited)	66
106	1941	Remember the Day	Teacher	66
107	1942	Bullet Scars	Indignant Woman in Car	62
108	1942	Lady Gangster	Ma Silsby	55
109	1942	Moontide	Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)	64
110	1942	Busses Roar	Mrs. Dipper	66
111	1943	The Hard Way	'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)	66
112	1943	The Gorilla Man	Landlady (uncredited)	50
113	1943	Someone to Remember	Aggressive Miss Green	70
114	1943	Princess O'Rourke	Matilda (uncredited)	63
115	1944	Mr. Skeffington	Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)	66
116	1945	The Suspect	Hannah Barlow (uncredited)	67
117	1945	Hollywood and Vine	Fanny	40
118	1945	Rhythm Round-Up	Mrs. Squimp	0
119	1946	The Cat Creeps	Cora Williams	48
120	1946	Spook Busters	Mrs. Grimm	48
121	1946	The Killers	Ma Hirsch (uncredited)	74
122	1947	It's a Joke, Son!	Hortense Dimwitty	69
123	1947	It Happened on Fifth Avenue	Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)	70
124	1947	Wife to Spare		0
125	1947	It Had to Be You	Mrs. Brown (uncredited)	65

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