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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
You and Me
as Mrs. Levine
Stage Door Canteen
as Vera Gordon
The Big Street
as Mrs. Lefkowitz
The Living Ghost
as Sister Lapidus
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
as Rosie Potash
Madam Satan
as One of Henry VIII's Wives
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
as Mrs. Cohen
Abie's Irish Rose
as Mrs. Cohen
Four Walls
as Benny's Mother
The Cohens and Kellys
as Mrs. Cohen
