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Vera Lewis is a Actor American born on 9 june 1873 at New York City (USA)

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis
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Birth name Vera Mackey
Nationality USA
Birth 9 june 1873 at New York City (USA)
Death 8 february 1956 (at 82 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

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.

Biography

Vera Lewis (épouse de l'acteur Ralph Lewis) débute au cinéma en 1915 et contribue jusqu'en 1947 (année où elle se retire) à cent-quatre-vingt-cinq films américains — parfois dans des petits rôles non crédités —, dont une soixantaine muets.

Épouse de l'acteur américain Ralph Lewis (1872-1937), elle tourne sept films muets à ses côtés, dont Intolérance de D. W. Griffith (1916, avec Lillian Gish et Mae Marsh). Parmi ses autres films notables, citons Ramona d'Edwin Carewe (1928, avec Dolores del Río et Warner Baxter), L'Ange blanc de William A. Wellman (1931, avec Barbara Stanwyck et Ben Lyon), Rêves de jeunesse de Michael Curtiz (1938, avec Priscilla Lane et Claude Rains), ou encore La Péniche de l'amour d'Archie Mayo (1942, avec Jean Gabin et Ida Lupino).

Usually with

Jack Mower
Jack Mower
(33 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(28 films)
Frank Mayo
Frank Mayo
(27 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(26 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(23 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Vera Lewis (114 films)

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Actress

It Happened on Fifth Avenue, 1h56
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles, Victor Moore, Gale Storm, Johnny Arthur
Roles Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7955353.7955353.7955353.7955353.795535
Aloysius T. McKeever (Victor Moore), a New York City hobo, makes his home in a boarded-up Fifth Avenue mansion, using the back door, while its owner, multi-millionaire ("the second richest man in the world") Michael J. O'Connor (Charles Ruggles), winters in the South. McKeever winds up taking in homeless ex-G.I. Jim Bullock (Don DeFore), who has been evicted from an apartment building O'Connor is tearing down for a new skyscraper, and runaway 18-year-old Trudy "Smith" (Gale Storm) who is actually O'Connor's daughter. Soon Jim invites war buddies Whitey (Alan Hale, Jr.), Hank (Edward Ryan) and their families to share the vast mansion while they seek permanent homes of their own.
It's a Joke, Son!, 1h3
Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Kenny Delmar, Una Merkel, June Lockhart, Douglass Dumbrille, Jimmy Conlin, Ralph Sanford
Roles Hortense Dimwitty
Rating59% 2.960532.960532.960532.960532.96053
When the Daughters of Dixie nominate Magnolia Claghorn as a candidate for State Senator, the local political machine run by Northerners fear their candidate will be defeated. Through the Claghorn's daughter's boyfriend Jeff, the machine gets the idea to run Magnolia's husband Beauregard as a candidate in order to split the anti-machine vote.
The Killers, 1h38
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Albert Dekker, Vince Barnett
Roles Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.846713.846713.846713.846713.84671
Two hitmen, Max and Al (William Conrad and Charles McGraw), come to a small town to kill Ole "the Swede" Andreson (Burt Lancaster). The Swede's coworker at a gas station warns him but, strangely, he makes no attempt to flee, and they kill him in his hotel room.
Spook Busters, 1h8
Directed by William Beaudine
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, William Benedict, Gabriel Dell, David Gorcey
Roles Mrs. Grimm
Rating59% 2.9511452.9511452.9511452.9511452.951145
All of the boys have just graduated from school where they learned exterminating, except for Sach who flunked out. They set up their new business in a corner of Louie's Sweet Shop and quickly get a job to remove ghosts from an old abandoned mansion. Upon arrival they discover weird events taking place, such as lights turning on when a match is lit, and a disappearing organ. Soon they discover that these events are not the actions of ghosts, but of a mad scientist who is conducting illegal experiments in the basement.
The Time, The Place and The Girl, 1h45
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Martha Vickers, S.Z. Sakall, Alan Hale
Rating59% 2.952072.952072.952072.952072.95207
Deux hommes de chant et de danse luttent pour produire un spectacle de Broadway. David Butler 1946 Dennis Morgan stars de la musique, Jack Carson, Martha Vickers, Janis Paige, SZ Sakall, Angela Greene, Florence Bates, Donald Woods, Alan Hale et Mimi Aguglia.
The Suspect, 1h25
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Charles Laughton, Ella Raines, Stanley Ridges, Henry Daniell, Rosalind Ivan, Molly Lamont
Roles Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.6933.6933.6933.6933.693
Philip Marshall (Charles Laughton) is a kind, henpecked accountant who strikes up an innocent friendship with a young stenographer (Ella Raines) who had approached him looking for work. He gradually finds himself falling in love with her, but keeps the relationship platonic.
Hollywood and Vine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors James Ellison, Wanda McKay, Ralph Morgan, June Clyde, Franklin Pangborn, Emmett Lynn
Roles Fanny
Rating55% 2.7625752.7625752.7625752.7625752.762575
Martha Manning is on her way to imagined fame and fortune in Hollywood and stops off at Pop Barkley's hamburger stand thirty miles from the city of her dreams. A stray dog enters as does Larry Winters who thinks the dog belongs to Martha. Feeding the dog his hamburger Larry notices the dog dancing to The Emperor's Waltz on Pop's jukebox and thinks the dog belongs to Martha. Martha feels Larry is a wolf and leaves the cafe with Larry vowing to track her down in Hollywood to return her dog who he has named "Emperor".
Mr. Skeffington, 2h25
Directed by Vincent Sherman, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Richard Waring, John Alexander
Roles Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7945953.7945953.7945953.7945953.794595
In 1914, spoiled Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) is a renowned beauty, with many suitors. She loves her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) and would do anything to help him. When Fanny learns that Trippy has embezzled money from his stockbroker employer Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), she marries the lovestruck businessman in order to save her brother. Disgusted by the arrangement, in part because of his prejudice against Skeffington being Jewish, Trippy leaves home to fight in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.
Princess O'Rourke, 1h34
Directed by Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Harry Davenport
Roles Matilda (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3454453.3454453.3454453.3454453.345445
During World War II, Princess Maria (Olivia de Havilland) and her uncle Holman (Charles Coburn), exiles from their conquered European country, live in New York City. Holman hopes that his niece will marry and produce a male heir as soon as possible, but she is not interested in his preferred choice, Count Peter de Chandome (Curt Bois) or the other candidates that her uncle discusses.
Someone to Remember, 1h20
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mabel Paige, Harry Shannon, John Craven, Dorothy Morris, Charles Dingle, David Bacon
Roles Aggressive Miss Green
Rating71% 3.566153.566153.566153.566153.56615
The Hard Way, 1h49
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Gladys George, Faye Emerson, Joan Leslie, Paul Cavanagh
Roles 'Aunt Vera Elliott' in 'Morning Melody' (Uncredited)
Rating70% 3.543563.543563.543563.543563.54356
Helen Chernen (Ida Lupino) is an ambitious woman, determined to once and for all become rich. She pushes her younger sister Katie (Joan Leslie) into a marriage with singer/dancer Albert Runkel (Jack Carson). Katie has no interest in the man, but is desperate to leave the poor conditions she and her sister live in, a dirty steel town. Runkel's partner Paul Collins (Dennis Morgan) sees what Helen's real intentions are and tries to stop her from breaking Runkel's heart.
The Gorilla Man, 1h24
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors John Loder, Ruth Ford, Richard Fraser, Paul Cavanagh, Mary Field, Lumsden Hare
Roles Landlady (uncredited)
Rating51% 2.5925552.5925552.5925552.5925552.592555
They Died with Their Boots On, 2h20
Directed by Raoul Walsh, B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, John Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin, Gene Lockhart
Roles Head Nurse (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.594443.594443.594443.594443.59444
George Armstrong Custer (Errol Flynn) enters West Point and quickly establishes himself as a troublemaker by showing up in an outlandish uniform he had designed himself, which makes him appear to be a visiting foreign general. After the misunderstanding, he signs up as a cadet, and begins to stack up demerits for pranks and a general disregard for rules while at the Point. When the Civil War breaks out, Custer is at the bottom of his class.
Bullet Scars, 59minutes
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Regis Toomey, Howard Da Silva, Ben Welden, John Ridgely, Frank Wilcox, Tod Andrews
Roles Indignant Woman in Car
Rating58% 2.9112252.9112252.9112252.9112252.911225
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Lady Gangster, 1h2
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films based on plays
Actors Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Roland Drew, Jackie Gleason, Ruth Ford
Roles Ma Silsby
Rating57% 2.855492.855492.855492.855492.85549
Dorothy "Dot" Burton (Faye Emerson) is a member of a gang of bank robbers. Using her femininity and a cute dog provided her by her male cohorts who dognapped him, she is able to enter a bank before opening time, leaving the door open and the bank guard holding her dog, thus enabling a successful robbery. When police interfere with the getaway she faints and proclaims her innocence, however the police have strong doubts as "her" dog won't come to her and has a different name on his collar than what she calls him. After she confesses to her part in the robbery, she is sent to women's prison where she makes enemies of fellow inmates seeking Dot's share of the money.