Biography

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.

Actress

Abie's Irish Rose(1946)as Mrs. Cohen

Stage Door Canteen(1943)as Vera Gordon

The Living Ghost(1942)as Sister Lapidus

The Big Street(1942)as Mrs. Lefkowitz

Having Wonderful Time(1938)as Tenement Neighbor

Self

The Voice of Hollywood No. 14(1930)as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 19(1921)as Self

Known for

50 Million Frenchmen1931 · Actress Sweet Daddies1926 · Actress Abie's Irish Rose1946 · Actress Millionaires1926 · Actress

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Billie Dove and Vera Gordon in An Affair of the Follies (1927)

James Dunn, Vera Gordon, and Joan Woodbury in The Living Ghost (1942)

Robert Gordon, Vera Gordon, Olive Hasbrouck, Charles Murray, Kate Price, Jason Robards Sr., and George Sidney in The Cohens and Kellys (1926)

Barney Bernard, Vera Gordon, and Martha Mansfield in Potash and Perlmutter (1923)

Credit Score: Vera Gordon

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The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland

Mrs. Cohen

Sat Mar 01 1930

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Votes
1	The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland	3.25	1930	•	6.2	13
2	The Cohens and Kellys	3.25	1926	•	6.0	23
3	The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa	2.60	1930	•	4.7	26
4	Abie's Irish Rose	2.38	1946	•	5.2	111
5	50 Million Frenchmen	2.00	1931	•	4.9	207
6	The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris	1.63	1928	•	0.0	0
7	Millionaires	1.63	1926	•	0.0	0
8	Sweet Daddies	1.63	1926	•	0.0	0
9	In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter	1.63	1924	•	0.0	0
10	Potash and Perlmutter	1.63	1923	•	0.0	0