Vera Lewis
142 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 9, 1873
- Died
- Feb 8, 1956 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Vera Mackey · Miss Lewis
Biography
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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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.8 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Film
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★ 7.4 The Killers
1946 · Film
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★ 7.1 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Film
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★ 7.5 The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Film
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★ 6.9 They Drive by Night
1940 · Film
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★ 6.7 They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Film
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★ 6.9 Dodge City
1939 · Film
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★ 6.8 Night Nurse
1931 · Film
Vera Lewis: movies and TV shows
Acting (142)
- 1947 It Had to Be You
as Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
- 1947
- 1947 It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)
- 1947 It's a Joke, Son!
as Hortense Dimwitty
- 1946 The Killers
as Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
- 1946 Spook Busters
as Mrs. Grimm
- 1946 The Cat Creeps
as Cora Williams
- 1945 Rhythm Round-Up
as Mrs. Squimp
- 1945 Hollywood and Vine
as Fanny
- 1945 The Suspect
as Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
- 1944 Mr. Skeffington
as Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
- 1943 Princess O'Rourke
as Matilda (uncredited)
- 1943 Someone to Remember
as Aggressive Miss Green
- 1943 The Gorilla Man
as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1943 The Hard Way
as 'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)
- 1942 Busses Roar
as Mrs. Dipper
- 1942 Moontide
as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- 1942 Lady Gangster
as Ma Silsby
- 1942 Bullet Scars
as Indignant Woman in Car
- 1941 Remember the Day
as Teacher
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Head Nurse (uncredited)
- 1941 Miss Polly
as Elvira Pennywinkle
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven
as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
- 1941 Three Girls About Town
as Clubwoman
- 1941 Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Mrs. Slocum
- 1941 Manpower
as Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- 1941 Bad Men of Missouri
as Mrs. Jordan
- 1941 The Lady and the Lug
as Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)
- 1941 Here Comes Happiness
as Mrs. James
- 1941 Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
as Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
- 1941 Four Mothers
as Mrs. Ridgefield
- 1940 She Couldn't Say No
as Pansy Hawkins
- 1940 Father Is A Prince
as Carrie
- 1940 Money and the Woman
as Mrs. Leslie, Depositor (uncredited)
- 1940 They Drive by Night
as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1940 All This, and Heaven Too
as Queen Amélia of France (uncredited)
- 1940 An Angel from Texas
as Mrs. Gates
- 1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian
as Mrs. Norma Stewart
- 1940 Adventure in Diamonds
as Mrs. MacPherson
- 1940 Granny Get Your Gun
as Carrie Ellis
- 1939 Four Wives
as Mrs. Ridgefield
- 1939 Private Detective
as Mrs. Widner
- 1939 The Return of Doctor X
as Miss Sweetman
- 1939 Kid Nightingale
as Woman Crashing Vase (uncredited)
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties
as Mrs. Gray
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
- 1939 Espionage Agent
as American Tourist Going to Desert
- 1939 Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Rosemary Turnbull
- 1939 Hell's Kitchen
as Sarah Krispan
- 1939 Naughty but Nice
as Aunt Annabella Hardwick
- 1939 Sweepstakes Winner
as Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady
- 1939 Women in the Wind
as Farmer's Wife
- 1939 Dodge City
as League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited)
- 1939 On Trial
as Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8
- 1939 Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Mrs. Dibble
- 1939 Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Dowager (uncredited)
- 1939 Blackwell's Island
as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
- 1939 Devil's Island
as Gaudet's Housekeeper
- 1938 Comet Over Broadway
as Mrs. Appleton
- 1938 Nancy Drew… Detective
as Miss Van Deering (uncredited)
- 1938 Torchy Gets Her Man
as Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store (uncredited)
- 1938 Hard to Get
as Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)
- 1938 Girls on Probation
as Miss Lewis
- 1938 Broadway Musketeers
as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1938 Boy Meets Girl
as Studio Cleaning Woman
- 1938 Four Daughters
as Mrs. Ridgefield
- 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Juror (uncredited)
- 1938 Racket Busters
as Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1938 In Old Chicago
as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
- 1937 Maid of Salem
as Townswoman (Uncredited)
- 1936 Missing Girls
as Ma Barton
- 1936 Dancing Pirate
as Orville's Mother (uncredited)
- 1936 Don’t Get Personal
as Spinster (Uncredited)
- 1936 Paddy O'Day
as Aunt Flora
- 1935 Never Too Late
as Mother Hartley
- 1935 Way Down East
as Mrs. Poole
- 1935 Navy Wife
as Bridge Player
- 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
- 1935 The Daring Young Man
as Secretary to the Duchess
- 1934 The Meanest Gal in Town
as Woman at Mayor's Outing (uncredited)
- 1933 Meet the Baron
as Head Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1933 Hold Your Man
as Mrs. Gargan (uncredited)
- 1931 Night Nurse
as Miss Dillon
- 1931 Command Performance
as Queen Elizabeth
- 1930 Strictly Unconventional
as Duchess of Brocklehurst
- 1930 Wide Open
as Mrs. Hathaway
- 1929 Coquette
as Miss Jenkins
- 1929 The Iron Mask
as Madame Peronne
- 1928 The Home Towners
as Mrs. Calhoun
- 1928 Something Always Happens
as Gräfin Agathe
- 1928 Ramona
as Señora Moreno
- 1928 Satan and the Woman
as Mrs. Leone Daingerfield
- 1927 The Small Bachelor
as Mrs. Waddington
- 1927 What Happened To Father
as Mrs. Bradberry
- 1927 Resurrection
as Aunt Marya
- 1927 The Broken Gate
as Invalid
- 1926 Take It from Me
as Mrs. Forsythe
- 1926 King of the Pack
as "Widder" Gasper
- 1926 The Lily
as Mrs. Arnaud Sr
- 1926 Ella Cinders
as Ma Cinders
- 1926 The Gilded Butterfly
as Mrs. Ralston
- 1925 The Only Thing
as Princess Erek
- 1925 Stella Dallas
as Mrs. Tibbets
- 1925 Eve's Secret
as Duchess
- 1925 Enticement
as Mrs. Blake
- 1925 Who Cares
as Grandmother Ludlow
- 1924 The Dark Swan
as Mrs. Quinn
- 1924 In Every Woman's Life
as Diana Lansdale
- 1924 Broadway After Dark
as Mrs. Smith
- 1924 How to Educate a Wife
as Mrs. Bancks
- 1923 Long Live the King
as Archduchess Annuncita
- 1923 The Marriage Market
as Aunt Agnes Piggott
- 1923 Desire
as Mrs. De Witt Harlan
- 1923 Brass
as Mrs. Jones
- 1922 Peg o' My Heart
as Mrs. Chichester
- 1922 Nancy from Nowhere
as Mrs. Kelly
- 1922 The Glorious Fool
as Miss Hart
- 1920 She Couldn't Help It
as Mother Hogan
- 1920 A Full House
as Aunt Penelope
- 1920 The Poor Simp
as Mrs. Adams
- 1920 Nurse Marjorie
as Duchess of Donegal
- 1920 The Devil's Riddle
as Leading lady
- 1920 The Blooming Angel
as Floss's Aunt
- 1919 Lombardi, Ltd.
as Mollie
- 1919 The Merry-Go-Round
as Mrs. Pomeroy
- 1919 The Mother and the Law
as Miss Mary Jenkins
- 1919 Yvonne from Paris
as Aunt Marie Provost
- 1919 The Pest
as Housekeeper
- 1919 The Lamb and the Lion
as Mrs. Robert Derby
- 1919 The Long Lane's Turning
as Charlotte Allen
- 1919 As the Sun Went Down
as Ike's Wife
- 1918 A Bit of Jade
as Mrs. Abigail King
- 1918 A Weaver of Dreams
as Aunt Hattie Taylor
- 1917 The Trouble Buster
as Mrs. Westfall
- 1917 Lost in Transit
as Mrs. Flint
- 1917 Jack and the Beanstalk
as The Giantess
- 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
- 1915 The Kid Magicians
as Georgie's Mother
- 1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill
as Mrs. Hastings
- 1915 Sunshine Molly
as Mrs. O'Brien
- 1915 The Caprices of Kitty
as Miss Smythe
- 1915 Hypocrites
as Parishioner (uncredited)