Vera Sisson

Vera Sisson (July 31, 1891 – August 6, 1954)

Biography Vera Sisson was born on July 31, 1891, in Salt Lake City. She received her education at Brownlee Collegiate School for Girls in Denver, Colorado. In 1912, Sisson applied for work as an extra at Universal Pictures and made her film debut in The Helping Hand (1913). Sisson received recognition as J. Warren Kerrigan's leading lady in seven successful films, including The Sandhill Lovers (1914), The Oyster Dredger (1915), and A Bogus Bandit (1915).

In 1915, Sisson was offered a contract with Biograph Studios, and the following year she married actor and director Richard Rosson.

Sisson costarred with Harold Lockwood and Virginia Rappe in Paradise Garden (1917), Rudolph Valentino in The Married Virgin (1918), and Constance Talmadge in Experimental Marriage (1919). Her final film appearance was in Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926), starring Evelyn Brent and Louise Brooks.

On May 1, 1939, Sisson and her husband Rosson, along with two other British nationals, were arrested on a charge of espionage in Vienna, Austria by the Gestapo, allegedly for filming military hardware. They were held in solitary confinement for 34 days and released.

On May 31, 1953, Richard Rosson committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. A year later, on August 6, 1954, Sisson committed suicide by barbiturate overdose. She is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery near her brother in law Arthur Rosson.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1913 A Mix-Up in Pedigrees The Stenographer Short Always Together The Old Bricklayer's Daughter Short The House in the Tree May – age 18 Short The Helping Hand Ellen – age 19 Short How Freckles Won His Bride Vera Short, Unconfirmed Helen's Stratagem Helen Rockwood – John's Sister Short 1914 The Ten of Spades Jess – the Waif Short An Academy Romance Vera Short The Rival Dentists Jane Payne Short Some Boy Short A Murderous Elopement Mabel Short Hawkeye and the Cheese Mystery Pansy Buttermilk Short Too Much Married Tottie Coughdrop Short The Seat of the Trouble Edna Short The Bolted Door Natalie Judson Short The Lion Harriet Courtney Short Women and Roses Wallace's Wife Short As Fate Willed Marion Stearns Short Toilers of the Sea Jessie Scott Short The Call Back Emily Forbes Short The Golden Ladder Short The Sandhill Lovers Meg, Hardy's Daughter Short The Silent Witness Vera Short A Twentieth Century Pirate Penelope Hampton Short At Mexico's Mercy Brenda Short Value Received Frances De Vere Short Out of the Valley Mrs. Osborne Short A Man and His Brother Eleanor Hess – the Farmer's Daughter Short Weights and Measures Kitty Donely Short There Is a Destiny Jeanne de Jean – the Fisherman's Daughter Short The Man from Nowhere Lolita – the Stranger's Sweetheart Short Little Meg and I Meg Anderson Short A Gentleman from Kentucky Nell Hastings Short The Proof of a Man Alma Wilson Short Disillusioned Velma Benning Short His Father's Son Mrs. Horton - Cal Jr.’s Mother Short His Heart His Hand and His Sword Princess Beatrix de Grandlieu Short The Empire of Illusion Princess Beatrix de Grandlieu Short The Inn of the Winged Gods Princess Beatrix de Grandlieu Short 1915 A Bogus Bandit The Drifter's Daughter Short Martin Lowe, Financier Short The Storm Helen Cartwright Short The Guardian of the Flock Rosaria Short The Stool Pigeon Mildred Moore Short For Cash Vera Ronceval Short The Oyster Dredger Vera – an Heiress Short Martin Lowe, Fixer Helen Stebbins Short The Trust Florence Allison Short According to Value Mabel Stewart – Arthur's Sweetheart Short The Chimney's Secret Short, Uncredited The Rehearsal Evelyn Payne Short His Wife's Story Louise Blair Short The Worth of a Woman Mrs. Holmes Short His Hand and Seal Short The Laurel of Tears Esther Browne Short The Chief Inspector Lucille Palmer – George's Daughter Short A Woman Without a Soul Cora Martin Short Her Stepchildren Rose Short The Tides of Retribution Nellie Carpenter Short 1916 The Avenging Shot Short Stronger Than Woman's Will Short The Iron Will Henrietta Short The Guilt of Stephen Eldridge Eleanor Curzon Short The Mystery of Orcival Laurence Short The Battle of Truth Belle Bolter Short The Man Who Called After Dark Dorothy – Whitmore's Ward Short The Larrimore Case The Girl in the Case Short Fit for Burning Constance Grey Short The Iron Woman Elizabeth Ferguson That Sharp Note Short 1917 The Hidden Spring Thora Erickson Paradise Garden Una Habberton 1918 The Married Virgin Mary McMillan 1919 Experimental Marriage Dot Harrington The Veiled Adventure Eve Gardiner The Heart of Youth Evie Atherton His Official Fiancée Cicely Harradine 1920 The Marriage Blunder 1921 The Avenging Arrow Unconfirmed The Sage–Brush Musketeers Short 1926 Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Mrs. Whinfer