Vera Lewis
actress, soundtrack
- Birth name:
- Vera Mackey
- Born:
- 1873-06-10, New York City, New York, USA
- Died:
- 1956-02-08, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress, soundtrack
Biography
Born in the bustle of 19th-century Manhattan on 10 June 1873, Vera Lewis grew up to haunt stages and screens with a quiet, steel-spined authority. Moviegoers remember her as the sharp-eyed society matron in *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), the adventurous aunt in *Betty in Search of a Thrill* (1915), and the wise neighbor steering *Four Daughters* (1938) through heartbreak. Off-camera she shared her life with fellow actor Ralph Lewis. Her final curtain fell on 8 February 1956 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, closing a career that spanned the birth of Hollywood and the boom of talkies.
