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Vera Sisson (July 31, 1891 – August 6, 1954) was an American actress of the silent era.
Vera Sisson. Actress: The Married Virgin. Vera Sisson was born on July 31, 1891 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was educated at the Brownlee Collegiate school for girls in Denver, Colorado.
She had quite a hard life growing up. She served with the Women's Battalion of Death for three years when she was in her late teens. Their job was to inspire the Russian soliders and help stir up propaganda and support from the country. While serving, she was arrested and thrown into a prison in Siberia.
Mar 25, 2014 · A former extra, early silent screen actress Vera Sisson skyrocketed to fame opposite one of the era’s great matinee idols, J. Warren Kerrigan, with whom she did a series of popular outdoor melodramas in 1915-1916. Vera was a character actress who made a total of 79 Silent Films during her career.
The Married Virgin (also known as Frivolous Wives) is a 1918 American silent drama film starring Vera Sisson, Kathleen Kirkham and Rudolph Valentino (credited as Rodolfo di Valentina). During the early part of his career, Valentino was often cast as a villain or "heavy", his part in The Married Virgin reflects this typecasting.
Actress. Born in Salt Lake City, she made her movie debut as an extra in 1913 and shot to fame as the leading lady of cowboy superstar J. Warren Kerrigan in seven very successful westerns, beginning with A Bogus Bandit (1915). Sisson went on to enjoy top billing in such melodramas as The Iron Will (1916), The...
A former extra, early silent screen actress Vera Sisson skyrocketed to fame opposite one of the era's great matinee idols, J. Warren Kerrigan, with whom she did a series of popular outdoor melodramas in 1915-1916.
