
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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It Had to Be You
Character:Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Release Date:07/12/1947

Wife to Spare
Character:
Release Date:20/11/1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Character:Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)
Release Date:17/04/1947

It's a Joke, Son!
Character:Hortense Dimwitty
Release Date:15/01/1947

The Killers
Character:Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
Release Date:30/08/1946

Spook Busters
Character:Mrs. Grimm
Release Date:24/08/1946

The Cat Creeps
Character:Cora Williams
Release Date:17/05/1946

Rhythm Round-Up
Character:Mrs. Squimp
Release Date:06/09/1945

Hollywood and Vine
Character:Fanny
Release Date:25/04/1945

The Suspect
Character:Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Release Date:31/01/1945

Mr. Skeffington
Character:Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Release Date:25/05/1944

Princess O'Rourke
Character:Matilda (uncredited)
Release Date:23/10/1943

Someone to Remember
Character:Aggressive Miss Green
Release Date:21/08/1943

The Gorilla Man
Character:Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:16/01/1943

The Hard Way
Character:'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)
Release Date:13/01/1943

Busses Roar
Character:Mrs. Dipper
Release Date:19/09/1942

Moontide
Character:Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
Release Date:29/05/1942

Lady Gangster
Character:Ma Silsby
Release Date:01/04/1942

Bullet Scars
Character:Indignant Woman in Car
Release Date:07/03/1942

Remember the Day
Character:Teacher
Release Date:25/12/1941

They Died with Their Boots On
Character:Head Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1941

Miss Polly
Character:Elvira Pennywinkle
Release Date:14/11/1941

One Foot in Heaven
Character:Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1941

Three Girls About Town
Character:Clubwoman
Release Date:23/10/1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Character:Mrs. Slocum
Release Date:20/09/1941

Manpower
Character:Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Release Date:09/08/1941

Bad Men of Missouri
Character:Mrs. Jordan
Release Date:26/07/1941

The Lady and the Lug
Character:Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)
Release Date:22/03/1941

Here Comes Happiness
Character:Mrs. James
Release Date:15/03/1941

Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Character:Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
Release Date:08/03/1941

Four Mothers
Character:Mrs. Ridgefield
Release Date:04/01/1941

She Couldn't Say No
Character:Pansy Hawkins
Release Date:07/12/1940

Father Is A Prince
Character:Carrie
Release Date:18/11/1940

Money and the Woman
Character:Mrs. Leslie, Depositor (uncredited)
Release Date:17/08/1940

They Drive by Night
Character:Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:26/07/1940

All This, and Heaven Too
Character:Queen Amélia of France (uncredited)
Release Date:05/07/1940

An Angel from Texas
Character:Mrs. Gates
Release Date:27/04/1940

The Courageous Dr. Christian
Character:Mrs. Norma Stewart
Release Date:04/04/1940

Adventure in Diamonds
Character:Mrs. MacPherson
Release Date:08/03/1940

Granny Get Your Gun
Character:Carrie Ellis
Release Date:10/02/1940

Four Wives
Character:Mrs. Ridgefield
Release Date:22/12/1939

Private Detective
Character:Mrs. Widner
Release Date:09/12/1939

The Return of Doctor X
Character:Miss Sweetman
Release Date:23/11/1939

Kid Nightingale
Character:Woman Crashing Vase (uncredited)
Release Date:04/11/1939

The Roaring Twenties
Character:Mrs. Gray
Release Date:28/10/1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1939

Espionage Agent
Character:American Tourist Going to Desert
Release Date:30/09/1939

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Character:Rosemary Turnbull
Release Date:09/09/1939

Hell's Kitchen
Character:Sarah Krispan
Release Date:08/07/1939

Naughty But Nice
Character:Aunt Annabella Hardwick
Release Date:23/06/1939

Sweepstakes Winner
Character:Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady
Release Date:20/05/1939

Women in the Wind
Character:Farmer's Wife
Release Date:15/04/1939

Dodge City
Character:League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited)
Release Date:08/04/1939

On Trial
Character:Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8
Release Date:01/04/1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter
Character:Mrs. Dibble
Release Date:25/02/1939

Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Character:Dowager (uncredited)
Release Date:02/02/1939

Blackwell's Island
Character:Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:24/01/1939

Devil's Island
Character:Gaudet's Housekeeper
Release Date:07/01/1939

Comet Over Broadway
Character:Mrs. Appleton
Release Date:03/12/1938

Nancy Drew… Detective
Character:Miss Van Deering (uncredited)
Release Date:19/11/1938

Torchy Gets Her Man
Character:Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store (uncredited)
Release Date:12/11/1938

Hard to Get
Character:Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1938

Girls on Probation
Character:Miss Lewis
Release Date:22/10/1938

Broadway Musketeers
Character:Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:08/10/1938

Boy Meets Girl
Character:Studio Cleaning Woman
Release Date:27/08/1938

Four Daughters
Character:Mrs. Ridgefield
Release Date:09/08/1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Character:Juror (uncredited)
Release Date:20/07/1938

Racket Busters
Character:Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)
Release Date:16/07/1938

In Old Chicago
Character:Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Release Date:15/04/1938

Maid of Salem
Character:Townswoman (Uncredited)
Release Date:12/02/1937

Missing Girls
Character:Ma Barton
Release Date:10/09/1936

Dancing Pirate
Character:Orville's Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:22/05/1936

Paddy O'Day
Character:Aunt Flora
Release Date:17/01/1936

Never Too Late
Character:Mother Hartley
Release Date:27/11/1935

Way Down East
Character:Mrs. Poole
Release Date:25/10/1935

Navy Wife
Character:Bridge Player
Release Date:17/09/1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze
Character:Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
Release Date:03/08/1935

The Daring Young Man
Character:Secretary to the Duchess
Release Date:17/07/1935

The Meanest Gal in Town
Character:Woman at Mayor's Outing (uncredited)
Release Date:12/01/1934

Meet the Baron
Character:Head Housekeeper (uncredited)
Release Date:20/10/1933

Hold Your Man
Character:Mrs. Gargan (uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1933

Night Nurse
Character:Miss Dillon
Release Date:16/07/1931

Command Performance
Character:Queen Elizabeth
Release Date:19/01/1931

Strictly Unconventional
Character:Duchess of Brocklehurst
Release Date:03/05/1930

Wide Open
Character:Mrs. Hathaway
Release Date:01/02/1930

Coquette
Character:Miss Jenkins
Release Date:30/03/1929

The Iron Mask
Character:Madame Peronne
Release Date:21/02/1929

The Home Towners
Character:Mrs. Calhoun
Release Date:03/11/1928

Something Always Happens
Character:Gräfin Agathe
Release Date:28/03/1928

Ramona
Character:Señora Moreno
Release Date:27/03/1928

The Small Bachelor
Character:Mrs. Waddington
Release Date:06/11/1927

What Happened To Father
Character:Mrs. Bradberry
Release Date:25/06/1927

Resurrection
Character:Aunt Marya
Release Date:19/03/1927

The Broken Gate
Character:Invalid
Release Date:15/02/1927

Take It from Me
Character:Mrs. Forsythe
Release Date:10/10/1926

The Lily
Character:Mrs. Arnaud Sr
Release Date:03/10/1926

Ella Cinders
Character:Ma Cinders
Release Date:06/06/1926

The Gilded Butterfly
Character:Mrs. Ralston
Release Date:03/01/1926

The Only Thing
Character:Princess Erek
Release Date:22/11/1925

Stella Dallas
Character:Mrs. Tibbets
Release Date:16/11/1925

Eve's Secret
Character:Duchess
Release Date:11/05/1925

Enticement
Character:Mrs. Blake
Release Date:01/03/1925

Who Cares
Character:Grandmother Ludlow
Release Date:01/02/1925

The Dark Swan
Character:Mrs. Quinn
Release Date:26/11/1924

In Every Woman's Life
Character:Diana Lansdale
Release Date:28/09/1924

Broadway After Dark
Character:Mrs. Smith
Release Date:19/05/1924

How to Educate a Wife
Character:Mrs. Bancks
Release Date:01/05/1924

Long Live the King
Character:Archduchess Annuncita
Release Date:26/11/1923

The Marriage Market
Character:Aunt Agnes Piggott
Release Date:25/10/1923

Desire
Character:Mrs. De Witt Harlan
Release Date:01/10/1923

Brass
Character:Mrs. Jones
Release Date:04/03/1923

Peg o' My Heart
Character:Mrs. Chichester
Release Date:17/12/1922

Nancy from Nowhere
Character:Mrs. Kelly
Release Date:22/01/1922

The Glorious Fool
Character:Miss Hart
Release Date:01/01/1922

She Couldn't Help It
Character:Mother Hogan
Release Date:14/12/1920

A Full House
Character:Aunt Penelope
Release Date:24/10/1920

The Poor Simp
Character:Mrs. Adams
Release Date:20/08/1920

Nurse Marjorie
Character:Duchess of Donegal
Release Date:03/04/1920

The Blooming Angel
Character:Floss's Aunt
Release Date:08/02/1920

Lombardi, Ltd.
Character:Mollie
Release Date:01/10/1919

The Mother and the Law
Character:Miss Mary Jenkins
Release Date:18/08/1919

Yvonne from Paris
Character:Aunt Marie Provost
Release Date:13/07/1919

The Pest
Character:Housekeeper
Release Date:20/04/1919

The Lamb and the Lion
Character:Mrs. Robert Derby
Release Date:24/03/1919

The Long Lane's Turning
Character:Charlotte Allen
Release Date:10/02/1919

As the Sun Went Down
Character:Ike's Wife
Release Date:10/02/1919

A Bit of Jade
Character:Mrs. Abigail King
Release Date:01/04/1918

A Weaver of Dreams
Character:Aunt Hattie Taylor
Release Date:02/03/1918

The Trouble Buster
Character:Mrs. Westfall
Release Date:08/10/1917

Lost in Transit
Character:Mrs. Flint
Release Date:03/09/1917

Jack and the Beanstalk
Character:The Giantess
Release Date:30/07/1917

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Character:Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
Release Date:04/09/1916

The Kid Magicians
Character:Georgie's Mother
Release Date:29/06/1915

Betty in Search of a Thrill
Character:Mrs. Hastings
Release Date:17/05/1915

Sunshine Molly
Character:Mrs. O'Brien
Release Date:18/03/1915

The Caprices of Kitty
Character:Miss Smythe
Release Date:08/03/1915

Hypocrites
Character:Parishioner (uncredited)
Release Date:20/01/1915