From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaVera 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.
Mrs. Esther Meyers
Film 1922
Sister Lapidus
Film 1942
Sara Goldberg
Film 1926
Esther Rubens
Film 1926
Mrs. Cohen
Film 1930
Mrs. Cohen
Film 1930
Rosie Potash
Film 1923
Rosie Potash
Film 1924
Rose Finklebaum
Film 1926
Mrs. Cohen
Film 1946
Mama Kantor
Film 1920
Vera Gordon
Film 1943
Mrs. Lefkowitz
Film 1942
Mrs. Lantini
Film 1920
Mrs. Cohen
Film 1928
Becky Binswanger
Film 1922
Mrs. Feinbaum
Film 1926
Film 1927
Benny's Mother
Film 1928
Mrs. Cohen
Film 1926
Mrs. Levinsky
Film 1937
Rachel Guth
Film 1920
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