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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.
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.
Movies
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
The Return of Doctor X
Miss Sweetman
Lady Gangster
Ma Silsby
The Roaring Twenties
Mrs. Gray
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Miss Rosemary Turnbull
Four Daughters
Mrs. Ridgefield
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
Spook Busters
Mrs. Grimm
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Mrs. Slocum
Missing Girls
Ma Barton
Four Mothers
Mrs. Ridgefield
She Couldn't Say No
Pansy Hawkins
Hell's Kitchen
Sarah Krispan
Wide Open
Mrs. Hathaway
Never Too Late
Mother Hartley
Way Down East
Mrs. Poole
Comet Over Broadway
Mrs. Appleton
Night Nurse
Miss Dillon
The Iron Mask
Madame Peronne
Ramona
Señora Moreno
The Small Bachelor
Mrs. Waddington
Stella Dallas
Mrs. Tibbets
Strictly Unconventional
Duchess of Brocklehurst
The Mother and the Law
Miss Mary Jenkins
How to Educate a Wife
Mrs. Bancks
Broadway After Dark
Mrs. Smith
Command Performance
Queen Elizabeth
Ella Cinders
Ma Cinders
Racket Busters
Jordan's Neighbor (uncredited)
Boy Meets Girl
Studio Cleaning Woman
The Only Thing
Princess Erek
Naughty But Nice
Aunt Annabella Hardwick
Paddy O'Day
Aunt Flora
Girls on Probation
Miss Lewis
Four Wives
Mrs. Ridgefield
Devil's Island
Gaudet's Housekeeper
Blackwell's Island
Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Dodge City
League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited)
Women in the Wind
Farmer's Wife
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
American Tourist Going to Desert
Kid Nightingale
Woman Crashing Vase (uncredited)
Nurse Marjorie
Duchess of Donegal
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Dowager (uncredited)
Hypocrites
Parishioner (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
Secretary to the Duchess
Moontide
Mrs. Simpson
The Killers
Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
Queen Amélia of France (uncredited)
Father Is A Prince
Carrie
They Drive by Night
Landlady (uncredited)
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Mrs. Norma Stewart
Mr. Skeffington
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
Mrs. Gates
Meet the Baron
Head Housekeeper (uncredited)
Someone to Remember
Aggressive Miss Green
The Meanest Gal in Town
Woman at Mayor's Outing (uncredited)
Broadway Musketeers
Landlady (uncredited)
Private Detective
Mrs. Widner
The Dark Swan
Mrs. Quinn
Three Girls About Town
Clubwoman
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Mrs. Dibble
Rhythm Round-Up
Mrs. Squimp
Bad Men of Missouri
Mrs. Jordan
They Died with Their Boots On
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Remember the Day
Teacher
The Home Towners
Mrs. Calhoun
Peg o' My Heart
Mrs. Chichester
What Happened To Father
Mrs. Bradberry
Enticement
Mrs. Blake
Sweepstakes Winner
Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady
Navy Wife
Bridge Player
On Trial
Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8
In Old Chicago
Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Mrs. Marshall (uncredited)
Long Live the King
Archduchess Annuncita
The Cat Creeps
Cora Williams
The Gorilla Man
Landlady (uncredited)
Sunshine Molly
Mrs. O'Brien
Torchy Gets Her Man
Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store (uncredited)
Princess O'Rourke
Matilda (uncredited)
Adventure in Diamonds
Mrs. MacPherson
Hard to Get
Mrs. Petewyler (uncredited)
Here Comes Happiness
Mrs. James
The Lily
Mrs. Arnaud Sr
The Marriage Market
Aunt Agnes Piggott
Money and the Woman
Mrs. Leslie, Depositor (uncredited)
The Lady and the Lug
Elsa's Society Friend (uncredited)
Hollywood and Vine
Fanny
Granny Get Your Gun
Carrie Ellis
Eve's Secret
Duchess
The Hard Way
'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Townswoman (Uncredited)
Dancing Pirate
Orville's Mother (uncredited)
Resurrection
Aunt Marya
Bullet Scars
Indignant Woman in Car
A Weaver of Dreams
Aunt Hattie Taylor
She Couldn't Help It
Mother Hogan
Nancy from Nowhere
Mrs. Kelly
One Foot in Heaven
Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Giantess
Nancy Drew… Detective
Miss Van Deering (uncredited)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Juror (uncredited)
The Broken Gate
Invalid
The Glorious Fool
Miss Hart
The Pest
Housekeeper
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)
Lombardi, Ltd.
Mollie
Miss Polly
Elvira Pennywinkle
It's a Joke, Son!
Hortense Dimwitty
Take It from Me
Mrs. Forsythe
The Caprices of Kitty
Betty in Search of a Thrill
Manpower
Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Blooming Angel
Floss's Aunt
The Suspect
Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Wife to Spare
Busses Roar
Mrs. Dipper
Coquette
Miss Jenkins