Vera Gordon

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: Acting

Born: null, 1886-06-09

Died: 1948-05-08

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1920	Humoresque	Mama Kantor	55
2	1920	The North Wind's Malice	Rachel Guth	0
3	1920	The Greatest Love	Mrs. Lantini	0
4	1922	Your Best Friend	Mrs. Esther Meyers	0
5	1922	The Good Provider	Becky Binswanger	0
6	1923	Potash and Perlmutter	Rosie Potash	0
7	1924	In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter	Rosie Potash	0
8	1926	The Cohens and Kellys	Mrs. Cohen	0
9	1926	Sweet Daddies	Rose Finklebaum	0
10	1926	Kosher Kitty Kelly	Mrs. Feinbaum	0
11	1926	Millionaires	Esther Rubens	0
12	1926	Private Izzy Murphy	Sara Goldberg	0
13	1927	An Affair of the Follies		0
14	1928	The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris	Mrs. Cohen	0
15	1928	Four Walls	Benny's Mother	70
16	1930	The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland	Mrs. Cohen	0
17	1930	Madam Satan	One of Henry VIII's Wives	58
18	1930	The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa	Mrs. Cohen	0
19	1937	Michael O'Halloran	Mrs. Levinsky	0
20	1938	You and Me	Mrs. Levine	67
21	1942	The Living Ghost	Sister Lapidus	43
22	1942	The Big Street	Mrs. Lefkowitz	58
23	1943	Stage Door Canteen	Vera Gordon	58
24	1946	Abie's Irish Rose	Mrs. Cohen	0

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