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