🎬Vera Lewis

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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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)	Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)		7.5
2	The Killers (1946)	Ma Hirsch (uncredited)		6.3
3	The Cat Creeps (1946)	Cora Williams		6
4	The Suspect (1945)	Hannah Barlow (uncredited)		7
5	Mr. Skeffington (1944)	Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)		6
6	The Hard Way (1943)	'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)		5
7	Princess O'Rourke (1943)	Matilda (uncredited)	-	-
8	Moontide (1942)	Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)		7
9	They Died with Their Boots On (1941)	Head Nurse (uncredited)		7
10	Three Girls About Town (1941)	Clubwoman		8
11	Manpower (1941)	Wife of the Justice of the Peace (uncredited)		5
12	One Foot in Heaven (1941)	Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)		1
13	They Drive by Night (1940)	Landlady (uncredited)		5
14	All This, and Heaven Too (1940)	Queen Amélia of France (uncredited)		3
15	The Return of Doctor X (1939)	Miss Sweetman		2
16	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)	Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)		7.6
17	The Roaring Twenties (1939)	Mrs. Gray		6
18	Dodge City (1939)	League Member in Polka-Dot Dress (uncredited)		4
19	In Old Chicago (1938)	Wedding Witness (uncredited)		6
20	Four Daughters (1938)	Mrs. Ridgefield		6
21	Night Nurse (1931)	Miss Dillon		8
22	Coquette (1929)	Miss Jenkins	-	-
23	The Iron Mask (1929)	Madame Peronne		3
24	Ella Cinders (1926)	Ma Cinders		8
25	Stella Dallas (1925)	Mrs. Tibbets		5
26	The Mother and the Law (1919)	Miss Mary Jenkins		7
27	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)	Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)		5.4
28	Hypocrites (1915)	Parishioner (uncredited)		5