Ida Lewis | |
Birth Name: | Ida May Lewis |
Birth Date: | May 1848(or 1855) |
Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
Death Date: | April 21, 1935 |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Occupation: | Actress |
Yearsactive: | 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.