Vera Reynolds

Reynolds was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1899.^{[citation needed]} Her mother was Mrs. Lillie Reynolds.^[1] She first worked in films at age 12.^[2] She began 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), The Road to Yesterday (1925) and Dragnet Patrol (1931) with George "Gabby" Hayes.

On August 28, 1927, police in Hollywood reported that Reynolds had attempted suicide. An ambulance took her to a hospital, where doctors classified her condition as extremely critical. Reynolds, her mother, and her doctor said that food poisoning caused her illness and denied an attempt to end her life.^[1]

She married twice:

• To comedian Earl Montgomery;^[3] they divorced in 1926.
• To Robert Ellis du Reel (1892–1974). In March 1938, Reynolds reportedly brought a breach of promise suit against Reel. 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 Robert G. 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.

Reynolds died in Hollywood on April 22, 1962, aged 62, at the Motion Picture Country Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.^[4] She was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood.