Vera Gordon
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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.
Acting
Movie
You and Me
as Mrs. Levine
1938
Movie
Madam Satan
as One of Henry VIII's Wives
1930
Movie
The Living Ghost
as Sister Lapidus
1942
Movie
The Big Street
as Mrs. Lefkowitz
1942
Movie
Stage Door Canteen
as Vera Gordon
1943
Movie
Humoresque
as Mama Kantor
1920
Movie
Four Walls
as Benny's Mother
1928
Movie
Your Best Friend
as Mrs. Esther Meyers
1922
Movie
Private Izzy Murphy
as Sara Goldberg
1926
Movie
Millionaires
as Esther Rubens
1926
Movie
The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland
as Mrs. Cohen
1930
Movie
The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa
as Mrs. Cohen
1930
Movie
Potash and Perlmutter
as Rosie Potash
1923
Movie
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
as Rosie Potash
1924
Movie
Sweet Daddies
as Rose Finklebaum
1926
Movie
Abie's Irish Rose
as Mrs. Cohen
1946
Movie
The Greatest Love
as Mrs. Lantini
1920
Movie
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
as Mrs. Cohen
1928
Movie
The Good Provider
as Becky Binswanger
1922
Movie
Kosher Kitty Kelly
as Mrs. Feinbaum
1926
Movie
An Affair of the Follies
1927
Movie
The Cohens and Kellys
as Mrs. Cohen
1926
Movie
Michael O'Halloran
as Mrs. Levinsky
1937
Movie
The North Wind's Malice
as Rachel Guth
1920