Vera Gordon(1886-1948)
- Actress
American character actor of Russian heritage in silent films and early
talkies. She emigrated with her family to the U.S. when she was seven
years old. She became involved in the theatre even as a child and
participated for several years in the Jewish theatre in New York. At
the age of 34 she was cast by Frank Borzage in his version of 'Humoresque
(1920)', and thereafter played in dozens of films, often as the family
matriarch. She appeared in several films in the comedic Cohens and
Kellys series. She died in 1948.
