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Vera Lewis 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.
Birth Name
Vera Mackey
Born
Tuesday, 10 June 1873
Died
Wednesday, 08 February 1956
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| It Had to Be You | Mrs. Brown | 1947 |
| Wife to Spare | Mrs. Upton | 1947 |
| It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Woman in Chauffeured Car | 1947 |
| Stallion Road | Mrs. Pelton, Engagement Party Guest | 1947 |
| It's a Joke, Son! | Hortense Dimwitty / Hortense | 1947 |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Scrubwoman | 1946 |
| The Killers | Ma Hirsch | 1946 |
| Spook Busters | Mrs. Grimm / Grimm | 1946 |
| The Cat Creeps | Cora Williams | 1946 |
| Cinderella Jones | Woman in Courtroom | 1946 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| It Had to Be You | Mrs. Brown | 1947 |
| Wife to Spare | Mrs. Upton | 1947 |
| It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Woman in Chauffeured Car | 1947 |
| Stallion Road | Mrs. Pelton, Engagement Party Guest | 1947 |
| It's a Joke, Son! | Hortense Dimwitty / Hortense | 1947 |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Scrubwoman | 1946 |
| The Killers | Ma Hirsch | 1946 |
| Spook Busters | Mrs. Grimm / Grimm | 1946 |
| The Cat Creeps | Cora Williams | 1946 |
| Cinderella Jones | Woman in Courtroom | 1946 |
| Rhythm Round-Up | Mrs. Squimp | 1945 |
| Hollywood and Vine | Fanny | 1945 |
| The Suspect | Hannah Barlow | 1945 |
| I Was a Criminal | 1945 | |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | Undetermined Suecondary Role | 1944 |
| Mr. Skeffington | Wife of Justice of the Peace | 1944 |
| Princess O'Rourke | Matilda | 1943 |
| Someone to Remember | Aggressive Miss Green | 1943 |
| The Gorilla Man | Landlady | 1943 |
| The Hard Way | Actress as 'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' / 'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited) | 1943 |
| Busses Roar | Mrs. Dipper | 1942 |
| The Gay Sisters | Courtroom Visitor with Dog | 1942 |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Actress | 1942 |
| Moontide | Mrs. Simpson | 1942 |
| Larceny, Inc | First Customer | 1942 |
| Lady Gangster | Ma Silsby | 1942 |
| Bullet Scars | Charles' Wife / Indignant Woman in Car | 1942 |
| Remember the Day | Teacher | 1941 |
| The Body Disappears | Mrs. Moggs | 1941 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Head Nurse | 1941 |
| Miss Polly | Elvira Pennywinkle | 1941 |
| One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Simpson | 1941 |
| Three Girls About Town | Clubwoman | 1941 |
| Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Mrs. Slocum | 1941 |
| The Smiling Ghost | Mrs. Crockett | 1941 |
| Passage from Hong Kong | Tourist | 1941 |
| Manpower | Wife of the Justice of the Peace | 1941 |
| Bad Men of Missouri | Mrs. Jordan | 1941 |
| Million Dollar Baby | (scenes deleted) | 1941 |
| Model Wife | Mrs. Leahy | 1941 |
| Knockout | Mrs. Turner | 1941 |
| Here Comes Happiness | Mrs. James | 1941 |
| Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos | Mrs. Marshall | 1941 |
| Honeymoon for Three | Book Club Member | 1941 |
| Four Mothers | Mrs. Ridgefield | 1941 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Pansy Hawkins | 1940 |
| A Night at Earl Carroll's | Maidy, Wardrobe Woman | 1940 |
| Father Is a Prince | Carrie | 1940 |
| Always a Bride | Second Old Maid | 1940 |
| Calling All Husbands | Mrs. McGillicuddy | 1940 |
| Money and the Woman | Mrs. Leslie, First Bank Depositor | 1940 |
| They Drive by Night | Landlady | 1940 |
| All This, and Heaven Too | Queen Amélia of France | 1940 |
| The Man Who Talked Too Much | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1940 |
| Women in War | Pierre's Wife | 1940 |
| An Angel from Texas | Mrs. Gates | 1940 |
| The Courageous Dr. Christian | Mrs. Norma Stewart | 1940 |
| Adventure in Diamonds | Mrs. MacPherson | 1940 |
| Granny Get Your Gun | Carrie / Carrie Ellis | 1940 |
| Four Wives | Mrs. Ridgefield | 1939 |
| Private Detective | Mrs. Widner | 1939 |
| The Return of Doctor X | Miss Sweetman | 1939 |
| Kid Nightingale | Woman Crashing Vase Over Husband's Head | 1939 |
| The Roaring Twenties | Mrs. Gray | 1939 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Mrs. Edwards | 1939 |
| Espionage Agent | American Tourist Going to Desert | 1939 |
| Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Miss Rosemary Turnbull | 1939 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Sarah Krispan | 1939 |
| Naughty But Nice | Aunt Annabella Hardwick | 1939 |
| Sweepstakes Winner | Mrs. McCarthy, the Landlady / Mrs. McCarthy | 1939 |
| Women in the Wind | Farmer's Wife | 1939 |
| Dodge City | League Member in Polka-Dot Dress | 1939 |
| On Trial | Mrs. Leeds - Juror #8 / Mrs. Leeds-Juror #8 | 1939 |
| Yes, My Darling Daughter | Mrs. Dibble | 1939 |
| Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Dowager | 1939 |
| Blackwell's Island | Desk Nurse | 1939 |
| Devil's Island | Gaudet's Housekeeper | 1939 |
| Comet Over Broadway | Mrs. Appleton | 1938 |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Soapy's Mother | 1938 |
| Nancy Drew: Detective | Miss Van Deering | 1938 |
| Torchy Gets Her Man | Woman at Schmidt's Pet Store | 1938 |
| Hard to Get | Mrs. Petewyler | 1938 |
| Girls on Probation | Miss Lewis - Secretary / Miss Lewis | 1938 |
| The Sisters | Dowager at Ball | 1938 |
| Broadway Musketeers | Landlady | 1938 |
| Boy Meets Girl | Studio Cleaning Woman | 1938 |
| Four Daughters | Mrs. Ridgefield | 1938 |
| Mr. Chump | Mrs. Fletcher | 1938 |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Juror | 1938 |
| Racket Busters | Jordan's Neighbor | 1938 |
| Little Miss Thoroughbred | Accident Spectator | 1938 |
| Crime School | Aunt Liz | 1938 |
| In Old Chicago | 1938 | |
| Nothing Sacred | Miss Sedgewick | 1937 |
| Maid of Salem | Townswoman / Townswoman (Uncredited) | 1937 |
| Missing Girls | Ma Barton | 1936 |
| Dancing Pirate | Orville's Mother | 1936 |
| Don't Get Personal | Spinster | 1936 |
| Paddy O'Day | Aunt Flora | 1936 |
| Never Too Late | Mother Hartley | 1935 |
| Way Down East | Mrs. Poole | 1935 |
| Navy Wife | Bridge Player | 1935 |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | Mrs. Neselrode / Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode | 1935 |
| The Daring Young Man | Secretary to the Duchess | 1935 |
| Alias Mary Dow | Party Guest | 1935 |
| Roaring Roads | Aunt Harriet | 1935 |
| The Meanest Gal in Town | Woman at Mayor's Outing | 1934 |
| After Tonight | Anna Huber--a Cleaner | 1933 |
| Meet the Baron | Head Housekeeper | 1933 |
| My Lips Betray | Gossipy Woman in Curlers | 1933 |
| Hold Your Man | Mrs. Gargan | 1933 |
| King Kong | New York Theatergoer | 1933 |
| Night Nurse | Miss Dillon | 1931 |
| Command Performance | Queen Elizabeth | 1931 |
| Just Imagine | 1980 Census Taker | 1930 |
| Strictly Unconventional | Duchess of Brocklehurst | 1930 |
| Wide Open | Mrs. Hathaway - Agatha's Mother / Mrs. Hathaway | 1930 |
| The Drake Case | 'Miss' Drake | 1929 |
| Coquette | Miss Jenkins | 1929 |
| The Iron Mask | Madame Peronne | 1929 |
| The Home Towners | Mrs. Calhoun | 1928 |
| Ramona | Señora Moreno | 1928 |
| Satan and the Woman | Mrs. Leone Daingerfield | 1928 |
| The Small Bachelor | Mrs. Waddington | 1927 |
| What Happened to Father | Mrs. Bradberry | 1927 |
| Thumbs Down | Mrs. Hale | 1927 |
| Take It from Me | Mrs. Forsythe | 1926 |
| King of the Pack | 'Widder' Gasper | 1926 |
| The Lily | Mrs. Arnaud Sr | 1926 |
| The Passionate Quest | Mrs.Gardner | 1926 |
| Ella Cinders | Ma Cinders | 1926 |
| The Gilded Butterfly | Mrs. Ralston | 1926 |
| The Only Thing | Princess Erek | 1925 |
| Stella Dallas | Mrs. Tibbets | 1925 |
| Enticement | Mrs. Blake | 1925 |
| The Dark Swan | Mrs. Quinn | 1924 |
| Broadway After Dark | Mrs. Smith | 1924 |
| How to Educate a Wife | Mrs. Bancks | 1924 |
| Innocence | Wedding Guest | 1923 |
| The Marriage Market | Aunt Agnes Piggott | 1923 |
| Desire | Mrs. De Witt Harlan | 1923 |
| Peg o' My Heart | Mrs. Chichester | 1922 |
| Nancy from Nowhere | Mrs. Kelly | 1922 |
| She Couldn't Help It | Mother Hogan | 1920 |
| Nurse Marjorie | Duchess of Donegal | 1920 |
| The Blooming Angel | Floss's Aunt | 1920 |
| Lombardi, Ltd. | Mollie | 1919 |
| The Merry-Go-Round | Mrs. Pomeroy | 1919 |
| The Mother and the Law | Miss Mary Jenkins / Miss Mary T. Jenkins | 1919 |
| Yvonne from Paris | Aunt Marie Provost | 1919 |
| The Lamb and the Lion | Mrs. Robert Derby | 1919 |
| The Long Lane's Turning | Charlotte Allen | 1919 |
| A Bit of Jade | Mrs. Abigail King | 1918 |
| A Weaver of Dreams | Aunt Hattie Taylor | 1918 |
| The Trouble Buster | Mrs. Westfall | 1917 |
| Jack and the Beanstalk | The Giantess | 1917 |
| The Argonauts of California - 1849 | 1916 | |
| Intolerance | Mary Jenkins / Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story) | 1916 |
| Betty in Search of a Thrill | Mrs. Hastings | 1915 |
| Sunshine Molly | Mrs. O'Brien | 1915 |
| The Caprices of Kitty | Miss Smyth | 1915 |
| Hypocrites | Parishioner | 1915 |
