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