Ida Lewis (actress)
Ida Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ida May Lewis May 1848(or 1855) New York City, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 1935 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1911 to 1932 |
Ida May Lewis (May 1848 - April 21, 1935) [1] was an American stage and screen actress. She started in the theater when Daly and Wallack were the top manager impresarios. She later appeared in many silent films allegedly beginning with David Horsley studios in 1911.[2] From 1913 she did much silent film work. She appeared in Frank Keenan's version of The Bells in 1918.[3] Her final film was in 1932 in an uncredited role in the May Robson 'Grandma' segment of If I Had a Million.
Lewis died at her home in Los Angeles on April 21, 1935,[4] and was buried somewhere in Hollywood Forever Cemetery as her listed plot had been removed by 1935.[citation needed]
Selected filmography
[edit]- A Man's Man (1918)
- Humdrum Brown (1918)
- Blue Blood (1918)
- More Trouble (1918)
- Patriotism (1918)
- Wedlock (1918)
- Maid o' the Storm (1918)
- Inside the Lines (1918)
- The Bells (1918)
- Dangerous Waters (1919)
- Mary's Ankle (1920)
- Paris Green (1920)
- Peaceful Valley (1920)
- A Man's Man (1923) (*a rerelease of the 1918 film)
- Some Pun'kins (1925)
- Sweet Adeline (1926)
- Law of Fear (1928)
- Sinners in the Sun (1932)
- If I Had a Million (1932)*uncredited
References
[edit]- ^ American and British Theatrical Biography, p.593 c.1979 by J.P. Wearing ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
- ^ Who Was Who on the Screen, p.275 c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt ISBN 0-8352-0914-8
- ^ Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.157 c.1953 by Daniel Blum
- ^ "Ida Lewis". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 23, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Ida Lewis at IMDb.com
- Ida Lewis at IBDb.com
- sheet music with portrait and inscription of Ida Lewis (NYPublic Library)
- kinotv(*note; woman in photo is Sylvia Ashton)