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==