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Agnes Vernon (December 27, 1895 – February 21, 1948) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 90 films between 1914 and 1921. She made a number of films in Australia, having been brought out there by Snowy Baker and E.J. Carroll. She sometimes appeared credited as Brownie Vernon or Bernice Vere.
Biography
Vernon was born December 27, 1895 in La Grande, Oregon.
She appeared in a number of films in the United States, including for Universal Pictures. She appeared in several Westerns with Lon Chaney, including The Old Cobbler, and A Ranch Romance (both 1914). Vernon starred in several multi-reel films for Carl Laemmle, including The Girl of the Dance Hall (1915). She also co-starred with Gloria Swanson in the comedy Dangers of a Bride (1917).
In the early 1920s, Vernon relocated to Australia to appear in films produced by Snowy Baker and E.J. Carroll. Among these pictures were The Man from Kangaroo (1920), The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1920), and Silks and Saddles (1921).
Vernon died on February 21, 1948, in San Diego, California.
Filmography
 | Denotes a lost or presumed lost film. |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | The Triumph of Mind | Daisy | ||
| 1914 | Avenged | Agnes | ||
| 1914 | The Old Cobbler | Jess | ||
| 1914 | A Ranch Romance | Kate Preston | ||
| 1914 | Her Grave Mistake | Isabel Norris | ||
| 1914 | By the Sun's Rays | Dora Davis | ||
| 1914 | An Awkward Cinderella | Brownie | ||
| 1914 | The Oubliette | |||
| 1914 | A Miner's Romance | Lucy Williams | ||
| 1914 | The Old Bell Ringer | Mary | ||
| 1914 | A Law Unto Herself | Elsie Levine | ||
| 1914 | The Wall of Flame | Agnes Fenton | ||
| 1914 | The Star Gazer | Old Astronomer's Daughter | ||
| 1914 | Ninety Black Boxes | Mme. De Breuil | ||
| 1914 | For I Have Toiled | Marshall's Daughter | ||
| 1914 | When It's One of Your Own | Marie Gerhardt | ||
| 1915 | His Last Performance | Mary Jackson | ||
| 1915 | The Dear Old Hypocrite | Alice Wilson | ||
| 1915 | Alias Mr. Smith | Alice Andrews | ||
| 1915 | Seven and Seventy | Mrs. Charles Mortimer | ||
| 1915 | Dad | Kitty Norman | ||
| 1915 | An Example | Nell Bohn | ||
| 1915 | A Prayer of a Horse or: His Life Story Told by Himself | Dolly Grey | ||
| 1915 | Wheels within Wheels | Vera de Lancey | ||
| 1915 | The Truth About Dan Deering | Mary Lee | ||
| 1915 | At His Own Terms | Marjorie Burton | ||
| 1915 | No. 239 | |||
| 1915 | The Cameo Ring | Helen Brown | ||
| 1915 | Putting One Over | Mamie | ||
| 1915 | The Old Tutor | Agnes | ||
| 1915 | The Troubadour | Torquessa Morilla | ||
| 1915 | The Fear Within | Unconfirmed | ||
| 1915 | Where Brains are Needed | Lillian | ||
| 1915 | The Dancer | Myrtle | ||
| 1915 | When Love is Love | Sylvia Smith | ||
| 1915 | The Old Doctor | Enid Emerson | ||
| 1915 | The Hear of Cerise | Mlle. Suzanne Bluet | ||
| 1915 | In His Mind's Eye | Margaret von Helm | ||
| 1915 | The Tinker of Stubbenville | Mary Haskins | ||
| 1915 | Jane's Declaration of Independence | Jane Howe Proctor | ||
| 1915 | The People of the Pit | |||
| 1915 | The Flight of a Night Bird | Jane | ||
| 1915 | Misjudged | Jane | ||
| 1915 | The Deceivers | Rita Waverly | ||
| 1915 | Agnes Kempler's Sacrifice | The Heiress | ||
| 1915 | Her Three Mothers | Carolyn Drexler | ||
| 1915 | The Silent Battle | Audrey Parkinson | ||
| 1915 | The Girl of the Dance Hall | Dora Matthews | ||
| 1915 | In Search of a Wife | Mary Trevors | ||
| 1915 | As the Shadows Fall | Winnie Perry | ||
| 1916 | The Family Short | Madge Alston | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1916 | The Dupe | Jennie | ||
| 1916 | Tangled Hearts | Lucille Seaton | ||
| 1916 | Public Approval | Bertha Deverell | ||
| 1916 | The Mark of a Gentleman | Sylvia Bryant | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1916 | Darcy of the Northwest Mounted | Annie Paul | ||
| 1916 | The Wire Pullers | Joan | ||
| 1916 | The Rose Colored Scarf | Sylvia Carrington | ||
| 1916 | The False Part | Dorothy Moore | ||
| 1916 | They Wouldn't Take Him Seriously | Lucy | ||
| 1916 | A Dead Yesterday | Ella Ford | ||
| 1916 | Nature Incorporated | Beulah Tonson | ||
| 1916 | Lee Blount Goes Home | Jane Blount | ||
| 1916 | Won by Valor | |||
| 1916 | A Daughter of the Night | The Woman | ||
| 1916 | The Toll of the Law | Annie Murray | ||
| 1916 | The Call of the Past | Mary Phagan | ||
| 1916 | Main 4400 | Joyce Bruce | ||
| 1916 | Stumbling | Grace O'Neil | ||
| 1916 | The Eyes of Love | Mary | ||
| 1916 | A Stranger from Somewhere | Grace Darling | ||
| 1916 | Little Partner | Sunny Lewis | ||
| 1916 | The Prodigal Daughter | Dorothy | ||
| 1917 | How to Be Happy Though Married | Ethel Kenyon | ||
| 1917 | A Slave of Fear | Kate O'Connor | ||
| 1917 | Dangers of a Bride | |||
| 1917 | The Man Who Took a Chance | Constance Lanning | ||
| 1917 | The Clock | Vivian Graham | ||
| 1917 | Bringing Home Father | Jackie Swazey | ||
| 1917 | The Car of Chance | Ruth Rennett | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1917 | Hatton of Headquarters | Rose | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1917 | The Clean-Up | Hazel Richards | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1917 | A Stormy Knight | Mary Weller | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1917 | Flirting with Death | Jane Higginbotham | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1917 | Fear Not | Hilda Mornington | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1917 | The High Sign | Hulda Maroff | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1917 | The Coming of the Law | Nellie Hazleton | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1919 | Bare-Fisted Gallagher | Jem Mason | ||
| 1919 | Widow by Proxy | Dolores Pennington | As Brownie Vernon | |
| 1920 | The Man from Kangaroo | Muriel Hammond | As Brownie Vernon Also known as: The Better Man | |
| 1920 | The Jackeroo of Coolabong | The Moll | As Bernice Vere | |
| 1921 | The Betrayer | Eleanor Barris | As Bernice Vere | |
| 1921 | Silks and Saddles | Bobbie Morton | As Brownie Vernon Also known as: Queen of the Turf | |
| 1921 | The Shadow of Lightning Ridge | Dorothy Harden | As Bernice Vere | |
| 1921 | The Blue Mountains Mystery | PaulineTracey | As Bernice Vere |
