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