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Vera Lewis(1873-1956)

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Vera Lewis
Vera Lewis was born on 10 June 1873 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Roaring Twenties (1939), Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915) and Four Daughters (1938). She was married to Ralph Lewis. She died on 8 February 1956 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 10, 1873
DiedFebruary 8, 1956(82)
BornJune 10, 1873
DiedFebruary 8, 1956(82)
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Known for

Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Priscilla Lane in The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Roaring Twenties
7.9
  • Mrs. Gray
  • 1939
Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915)
Betty in Search of a Thrill
6.5
  • Mrs. Hastings
  • 1915
John Garfield, Lola Lane, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, and Gale Page in Four Daughters (1938)
Four Daughters
6.9
  • Mrs. Ridgefield
  • 1938
Alice Lake and Bert Lytell in Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
Lombardi, Ltd.
  • Mollie
  • 1919

Credits

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  • Ginger Rogers and Cornel Wilde in It Had to Be You (1947)
    It Had to Be You
    6.5
    • Mrs. Brown (scenes deleted)
    • 1947
  • Wife to Spare
    5.5
    Short
    • Mrs. Upton
    • 1947
  • Don DeFore, Victor Moore, Charles Ruggles, and Gale Storm in It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
    It Happened on Fifth Avenue
    7.6
    • Woman in Chauffeured Car (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Ronald Reagan, Zachary Scott, and Alexis Smith in Stallion Road (1947)
    Stallion Road
    5.9
    • Mrs. Pelton, Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Kenny Delmar in It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
    It's a Joke, Son!
    5.9
    • Hortense
    • 1947
  • Jack Carson, Carmen Cavallaro, Dennis Morgan, Janis Paige, S.Z. Sakall, and Martha Vickers in The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
    The Time, the Place and the Girl
    5.9
    • Scrubwoman (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, William Conrad, and Charles McGraw in The Killers (1946)
    The Killers
    7.7
    • Ma Hirsch (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Tanis Chandler, Gabriel Dell, Douglass Dumbrille, Leo Gorcey, and Huntz Hall in Spook Busters (1946)
    Spook Busters
    5.9
    • Grimm
    • 1946
  • Frederick Brady, Lois Collier, Paul Kelly, and Vera Lewis in The Cat Creeps (1946)
    The Cat Creeps
    5.2
    • Cora Williams
    • 1946
  • Cinderella Jones (1946)
    Cinderella Jones
    5.2
    • Woman in Courtroom (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Ken Curtis, Raymond Hatton, Victor Potel, Gil Taylor, Paul Trietsch, Ken Trietsch, Cheryl Walker, Charles Ward, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, The Hoosier Hotshots, and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in Rhythm Round-Up (1945)
    Rhythm Round-Up
    7.0
    • Mrs. Squimp
    • 1945
  • James Ellison, Wanda McKay, Franklin Pangborn, and Daisy in Hollywood and Vine (1945)
    Hollywood and Vine
    5.5
    • Fanny
    • 1945
  • I Was a Criminal (1945)
    I Was a Criminal
    8.0
    • 1945
  • Charles Laughton and Ella Raines in The Suspect (1944)
    The Suspect
    7.3
    • Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Cary Grant in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
    Arsenic and Old Lace
    7.9
    • Undetermined Suecondary Role (uncredited)
    • 1944

Soundtrack

  • Kenny Delmar in It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
    It's a Joke, Son!
    5.9
    • performer: "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (uncredited)
    • 1947

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Miss Lewis
  • Height
    • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
  • Born
    • June 10, 1873
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • February 8, 1956
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(arteriosclerosis)
  • Spouse
    • Ralph Lewis
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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    Sharp-featured small part character actress who played innumerable vitriolic, thoroughly unpleasant spinsters, gossips, stepmothers, landladies and other assorted harridans and dragons from the mid-1910's to the mid-40's. Unlike her screen personae, she was said to have been a really sweet person in real life.
  • Nickname
    • Lou, Mama Lou

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