Vera Gordon

1886-06-09

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Abie's Irish Rose	Mrs. Cohen	1946-12-27
	Stage Door Canteen	Vera Gordon	1943-06-24
	The Big Street	Mrs. Lefkowitz	1942-08-13
	The Living Ghost	Sister Lapidus	1942-08-11
	You and Me	Mrs. Lewine	1938-06-01
	Michael O'Halloran	Mrs. Levinsky	1937-05-15
	The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland	Mrs. Cohen	1930-03-01
	The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa	Mrs. Cohen	1930-12-21
	Four Walls	Benny's Mother	1928-08-11
	The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris		1928-01-15
	An Affair of the Follies		1927-02-13
	Millionaires	Esther Rubens	1926-10-01
	Private Izzy Murphy	Sara Goldberg	1926-10-30
	The Cohens and Kellys	Mrs. Cohen	1926-02-28
	Sweet Daddies	Rose Finklebaum	1926-06-12
	Kosher Kitty Kelly	Mrs. Feinbaum	1926-09-05
	In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter	Rosie Potash	1924-09-28
	Potash and Perlmutter	Rosie Potash	1923-09-10
	Your Best Friend	Mrs. Esther Meyers	1922-03-26
	The Good Provider		1922-04-02
	Humoresque	Mama Kantor	1920-05-29
	The Greatest Love	Mrs. Lantini	1920-12-01