Vera Gordon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vera Pogorelsky Gordon (June 11, 1886 - May 8, 1948) was a stage and screen actress. Vera Pogorelsky was born in Ekaterinoslav, Russia, on June 11, 1886, the daughter of Boris Pogorelsky and Teigan Nemirovsky. She emigrated with her family to the United States when she was seven years old. Pogorelsky was a child actor but she was fired by the directors of the Shevchenko Imperial Company when they learned she was of Jewish heritage. After immigrating in the United States, Pogorelsky, now Gordon, appeared in smaller theater like The Liberty and The Lyric in New York’s Lower East Side. In 1916 Gordon went on a tour in England, appearing in vaudeville and theatre. Gordon starred in several motion pictures such as Humoresque and The Cohens and Kellys. She represented the archetypical Jewish mother. She contributed to newspapers and magazines on marriage and children, and supported Jewish children orphanages. She was a member of Actors' Equity Association, Russian-American Art Club of Los Angeles, Grand Street Boys, New York.

Known For

Mrs. Esther Meyers

Your Best Friend

Sister Lapidus

The Living Ghost

Sara Goldberg

Private Izzy Murphy

Mrs. Levine

You and Me

Esther Rubens

Millionaires

Mrs. Cohen

The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland

Mrs. Cohen

The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa

Rosie Potash

Potash and Perlmutter

Rosie Potash

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

Rose Finklebaum

Sweet Daddies

Mrs. Cohen

Abie's Irish Rose

Mama Kantor

Humoresque

Vera Gordon

Stage Door Canteen

Mrs. Lefkowitz

The Big Street

Mrs. Lantini

The Greatest Love

Mrs. Cohen

The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris

Becky Binswanger

The Good Provider

Mrs. Feinbaum

Kosher Kitty Kelly

An Affair of the Follies

Benny's Mother

Four Walls

Mrs. Cohen

The Cohens and Kellys

Mrs. Levinsky

Michael O'Halloran

Rachel Guth

The North Wind's Malice

One of Henry VIII's Wives

Madam Satan