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Vera Reynolds
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Occupation
Actress
Name
Vera Reynolds
Role
Film actress
Born
November 25, 1889 (
1889-11-25
)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Died
April 22, 1962, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse
Robert Ellis (m. 1926–1962), Earl Montgomery (m. ?–1926)
Movies
The Monster Walks, Borrowed Wives, Dragnet Patrol, Shadows of Paris, Tangled Destinies
Similar People
Robert Ellis, Cecil B DeMille, Louis King, Herbert Brenon, William K Howard
Movie Legends - Vera Reynolds
Vera Reynolds (November 25, 1899 – April 22, 1962) was an American film actress.
Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1899, she started out as a dancer, worked as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties, and became a leading lady in silent motion pictures. Among her film credits are starring roles in Sam Wood's Prodigal Daughters (1923), and Cecil B. DeMille's Feet of Clay (1924), The Golden Bed (1925), and The Road to Yesterday (1925).
Controversy
On August 28, 1927, police in Hollywood reported that Reynolds had taken poison. Later the same evening she clarified what had occurred. She explained that an excited telephone operator had phoned the police when her mother requested a doctor. The police arrived along with an ambulance. The actress was found unconscious on the floor of a bathroom in her Hollywood home. Police responded initially to moans from the actress's mother who was outside the bathroom. When the door was opened they found the younger woman writhing in pain. Reynolds' mother believed her daughter had taken the poison by mistake, believing it to be medicine. Despite the actress's protestations she was transported to the emergency room and given emergency treatment. The attending physician said that he failed to find any trace of poison. Instead he thought Reynolds may have suffered an attack brought on by acute indigestion or ptomaine poisoning. Police had discovered a half-filled bottle of poison in the bathroom which led to their initial conclusion. Vera, upon returning to her home, described the initial report as "ridiculous"; saying I have too much to live for. she said. Life is indeed very sweet and I am certainly not ready to end it yet.
Marriages
She married twice:
To comedian Earl Montgomery; they divorced in 1926.
To Robert Ellis Reel (1892–1974). In March 1938, Reynolds brought a breach of promise suit against Reel was reported. She sued Reel for $150,000, and contended she lived with Reel for nine years before she learned that they were not married. The suit claimed he promised to marry her, but failed to do so. During a recess in the trial Hollywood film director Bob Vignola, who believed the case could be reconciled out of court, assumed the role of peacemaker. Reynolds claimed to have had a marriage ceremony with Reel in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1926. Reel denied there had been a wedding, and stated the two had lived together unmarried. He remarked they "had the edge" on their unhappy married friends.
Death
Reynolds died in Hollywood on April 22, 1962, aged 62, at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. She was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood.
