They cast her in the silent feature The Shadow of Lightning Ridge, where she acted alongside American actress Agnes Vernon.

Vere immigrated to the United States and married a prominent American writer while continuing her career as a stock actor.

Bernice was a gifted violinist, and when she was 6, she became the "youngest candidate in the violin section at the recent examination by the Incorporated Society of Musicians.

The newspaper reviewer states: Miss Bernice Vert showed much artistic talent in the chief role.

July 1919 would see performances in A Tailor-Made Man[10][11][12][13] The ship SS Ventura sailed from San Francisco and arrived in Sydney on September 2, 1919.

[21] The Australian media claimed Wilfred Lucas had trouble finding a suitable actress to play the part of Portuguese Annie.

Movie fans will gush over the expression she puts into her eyes, and she imparts to every movement artistry which many seasoned actresses might envy.

[24] A reviewer for the April 15, 1920, issue of The Bulletin wrote: For the story of "The Shadow of Lightning Ridge' Snowy Baker caught a novice, Bernice Vere, who has discovered the art of facial expression and possesses the appearance suitable for passionate females torn by the headlong emotions.

In the film, Bernice makes her debut as Portuguese Annie, a vixenish, jealous barmaid whom the young Australian pictures with the success of a veteran.

In the June 18, 1920 issue of the Australian newspaper Leader, the reviewer wrote:Bernice is young and pretty and combines brains with her good looks, and better still, mobility of feature and natural dramatic intensity of expression quite out of the ordinary.

The Director explained "I did not intend to bring to Australia a leading artist, it is the policy of the Carroll film to make and feature our stars here.

"[23] This statement offers a partial explanation of why Bernice Vere and other Australian celebrities were passed over for ingenue leads.

A reviewer for the May 18, 1921, issue of The Register wrote: The Betrayer is an Australian Film Classic— a remarkable six-reel photo-drama — is, it is claimed, Australia's greatest picture.

[34][35][36][37] A reviewer for the November 10, 1921, issue of the newspaper THE BULLETIN wrote: Though the "heavy" villainess work falls to Marjorie Osborne, an equal share of emotional acting is in the hands of Bernice Vere; both are temperamental without being tempestuous.

Marjorie Osborne, as the adventuress, looks her handsomest in the Court scene and does her most thrilling turn when she punctures her husband's chest, the supposed Henry Tracey.

As the ingenue daughter, Bernice is natural and pretty in the opening carefree scenes, and as Lady Macbethish as her inches will allow for a sleepwalking act.

[38] A reviewer for the December 10, 1921, issue of the magazine TRIAD wrote: "The Blue Mountain Mystery" is a melodrama of the most ordinary type.

One is tempted to wonder what the Director imagines the average intelligence of an Australian audience is, that he produces so thoroughly uninteresting and disconnected a picture.

[40][41] In February 1922, the Australian media showed Bernice was in Los Angeles "appearing as Sara to Wilfred Lucas's Abraham in a set of Biblical pictures the Famous Players Lasky firm is producing."

The Bulletin article further stated, "The Sydney girl has had luck in her adventure in America's film world and had to step into an up-to-the-minute shadow drama, Burning Sands, in the making of which she has camped for days in something so close to a desert that a bath was out of the question."

George Melford directed Burning Sands, which starred Gloria Swanson and was released in September 1922 by Famous Players–Lasky Corporation.

[44][45][46] A Billboard article published in September, claimed "films in which she played the leading parts are The Green Temptation, Abraham and Sara, My American Wife, and Burning Sands.

A media search likewise discovered no credited role in My American Wife starring Gloria Swanson produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released in December 1922.

[47][48][49][50][51] An article published in the February 1924 issue of the Australian magazine The Bulletin stated "Bernice Vere has left the movies and is working in legitimate drama in the USA."

The October 16, 1924, issue of the Los Angeles Times pointed out "Miss Bernice Vert of Australia returned last week from New York City .

Since leaving Hollywood two years ago, she has been associated with various companies in the east and played with Frank Keenan in the play- "Peter Weston.

After her appearance in this movie, Bernice Vert would return to the stage, especially if the part called for a woman with an English or Irish accent.

[58] The Courier News of Bridgewater, New Jersey, in an article published in 1947, that " Mrs. A. G. Tait of Scotch Plains, formerly a well-known actress, Bernice Vert, will direct the play "Suspect" to be produced in November."

[73] Some reviewers have inferred Agnes "Brownie" Vernon changed her stage name to Bernice Vere to continue acting in Australian pictures.

The trio of films was released between 1920 and 1921: Bernice Vere made four movies in Australia before heading to Hollywood in November 1921.