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Ida Lewis (actress)

Ida Lewis (actress)

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For other people named Ida Lewis, see Ida Lewis (disambiguation).

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.

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    American and British Theatrical Biography, p.593 c.1979 by J.P. Wearing ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
  2. [2]
    Who Was Who on the Screen, p.275 c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt ISBN 0-8352-0914-8
  3. [3]
    Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.157 c.1953 by Daniel Blum
  4. [4]
    "Ida Lewis". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 23, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
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