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Vera Pogorelsky
Vera Gordon
Acting
Biography
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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 …
Filmography
Movies
Abie's Irish Rose
as Mrs. Cohen
Stage Door Canteen
as Vera Gordon
The Big Street
as Mrs. Lefkowitz
The Living Ghost
as Sister Lapidus
You and Me
as Mrs. Levine
Michael O'Halloran
as Mrs. Levinsky
Madam Satan
as One of Henry VIII's Wives
The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland
as Mrs. Cohen
The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa
as Mrs. Cohen
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
as Melitta Cohen