Verree
Verree is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Verree Teasdale (1903-1987), American actress *John Paul Verree (1817-1889), American politician and businessman See also *Verree Road, a major road in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - see Bustleton, Philadelphia The Bustleton section of Northeast Philadelphia is located in the Far Northeast, north of Rhawnhurst and Fox Chase and south of Somerton; sitting between Roosevelt Boulevard to the east, the city boundary to the west, Red Lion Road to the nor ...

John Paul Verree
John Paul Verree (March 9, 1817 – June 27, 1889) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Paul Verree was born at "Verree Mills," on Pennypack Creek, near what is now Fox Chase Station, Philadelphia. He engaged in the manufacture of iron and subsequently was a dealer in edged tools and also in iron and steel. He was a member of the select council of Philadelphia from 1851 to 1857, serving as president from 1853 to 1857. Verree was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862. He resumed his former manufacturing pursuits, and was also interested in life insurance and served as president of a company. He founded Bringhurst & Verree Tool Company in 1866 and Verree Iron & Bridge Company. He was the president of the Philadelphia Union League in 1875 and 1876. He retired from active business pursuits, and died at "Verree Mills" in Philadelphia in 1889. ...
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Verree Teasdale
Verree Teasdale (March 15, 1903 – February 17, 1987) was an American actress born in Spokane, Washington. Early years A second cousin of Edith Wharton, Teasdale attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and trained as a stage actress at the New York School of Expression. Career Teasdale debuted on Broadway in the role of Augusta Winslow Martin in ''The Youngest'' (1924) and performed there regularly until 1932. After co-starring in Somerset Maugham's play ''The Constant Wife'' with Ethel Barrymore in 1926–1927, she was offered a film contract, and her first film, ''Syncopation'', was released in 1929. Teasdale appeared older than her physical age, which enabled her to play bored society wives, scheming other women and second leads in comedies such as ''Roman Scandals'' (1933). In 1935, she played Hippolyta in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Personal life and death Teasdale married actor William O'Neal in 1927, and they divorced in 1933. In 1935, she married ...
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