Vera Gordon
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Madam Satan
as One of Henry VIII's Wives 1930
The Living Ghost
as Sister Lapidus 1942
The Big Street
as Mrs. Lefkowitz 1942
Stage Door Canteen
as Vera Gordon 1943
Humoresque
as Mama Kantor 1920
Four Walls
as Benny's Mother 1928
Your Best Friend
as Mrs. Esther Meyers 1922
Private Izzy Murphy
as Sara Goldberg 1926
Millionaires
as Esther Rubens 1926
The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland
as Mrs. Cohen 1930
The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa
as Mrs. Cohen 1930
Potash and Perlmutter
as Rosie Potash 1923
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
as Rosie Potash 1924
Sweet Daddies
as Rose Finklebaum 1926
Abie's Irish Rose
as Mrs. Cohen 1946
The Greatest Love
as Mrs. Lantini 1920