Vera Lewis
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: June 9, 1873
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
The Roaring Twenties
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
The Killers
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
All This, and Heaven Too
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Stella Dallas
An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter starts growing up.
Ella Cinders
Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.
Paddy O'Day
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.
Filmography
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
as Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)
as Hortense Dimwitty
as Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
as Mrs. Grimm
as Cora Williams
as Mrs. Squimp
as Fanny
as Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
as Matilda (uncredited)
as Aggressive Miss Green
as Landlady (uncredited)
as 'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Dipper
as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
as Ma Silsby
as Indignant Woman in Car
as Teacher
as Head Nurse (uncredited)
as Elvira Pennywinkle
as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
as Clubwoman
as Mrs. Slocum
as Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
as Mrs. Jordan
as Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)
as Mrs. James
as Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
as Mrs. Ridgefield
as Pansy Hawkins
as Carrie
as Mrs. Leslie, Depositor (uncredited)
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Queen Amélia of France (uncredited)
as Mrs. Gates
as Mrs. Norma Stewart
as Mrs. MacPherson
as Carrie Ellis
as Mrs. Ridgefield
as Mrs. Widner
as Miss Sweetman
as Woman Crashing Vase (uncredited)
as Mrs. Gray
as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
as American Tourist Going to Desert
as Rosemary Turnbull
as Sarah Krispan
as Aunt Annabella Hardwick
as Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady
as Farmer's Wife
as League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited)
as Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8
as Mrs. Dibble
as Dowager (uncredited)
as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
as Gaudet's Housekeeper
as Mrs. Appleton
as Miss Van Deering (uncredited)
as Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store (uncredited)
as Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)
as Miss Lewis
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Studio Cleaning Woman
as Mrs. Ridgefield
as Juror (uncredited)
as Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)
as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
as Townswoman (Uncredited)
as Ma Barton
as Orville's Mother (uncredited)
as Aunt Flora
as Mother Hartley
as Mrs. Poole
as Bridge Player
as Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
as Secretary to the Duchess
as Woman at Mayor's Outing (uncredited)
as Head Housekeeper (uncredited)
as Mrs. Gargan (uncredited)
as Miss Dillon
as Queen Elizabeth
as Duchess of Brocklehurst
as Mrs. Hathaway
as Miss Jenkins
as Madame Peronne
as Mrs. Calhoun
as Gräfin Agathe
as Señora Moreno
as Mrs. Waddington
as Mrs. Bradberry
as Aunt Marya
as Invalid
as Mrs. Forsythe
as Mrs. Arnaud Sr
as Ma Cinders
as Mrs. Ralston
as Princess Erek
as Mrs. Tibbets
as Duchess
as Mrs. Blake
as Grandmother Ludlow
as Mrs. Quinn
as Diana Lansdale
as Mrs. Smith
as Mrs. Bancks
as Archduchess Annuncita
as Aunt Agnes Piggott
as Mrs. De Witt Harlan
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Chichester
as Mrs. Kelly
as Miss Hart
as Mother Hogan
as Aunt Penelope
as Mrs. Adams
as Duchess of Donegal
as Leading lady
as Floss's Aunt
as Mollie
as Miss Mary Jenkins
as Aunt Marie Provost
as Housekeeper
as Mrs. Robert Derby
as Charlotte Allen
as Ike's Wife
as Mrs. Abigail King
as Aunt Hattie Taylor
as Mrs. Westfall
as Mrs. Flint
as The Giantess
as Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
as Mrs. Hastings
as Mrs. O'Brien
as Parishioner (uncredited)