Vera Gordon

Acting

Born June 9, 1886

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.

Filmography

• 1946Abie's Irish Rose — Mrs. Cohen
• 1943Stage Door Canteen — Vera Gordon
• 1942The Big Street — Mrs. Lefkowitz
• 1942The Living Ghost — Sister Lapidus
• 1938You and Me — Mrs. Levine
• 1937Michael O'Halloran — Mrs. Levinsky
• 1930Madam Satan — One of Henry VIII's Wives
• 1930The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa — Mrs. Cohen
• 1930The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland — Mrs. Cohen
• 1929The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City — Melitta Cohen
• 1928Four Walls — Benny's Mother
• 1928The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris — Mrs. Cohen
• 1927An Affair of the Follies
• 1926Kosher Kitty Kelly — Mrs. Feinbaum
• 1926Millionaires — Esther Rubens
• 1926Private Izzy Murphy — Sara Goldberg
• 1926Sweet Daddies — Rose Finklebaum
• 1926The Cohens and Kellys — Mrs. Cohen
• 1924In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter — Rosie Potash
• 1923Potash and Perlmutter — Rosie Potash
• 1922The Good Provider — Becky Binswanger
• 1922Your Best Friend — Mrs. Esther Meyers
• 1920Humoresque — Mama Kantor
• 1920The Greatest Love — Mrs. Lantini
• 1920The North Wind's Malice — Rachel Guth