Jesse De Vorska
Jesse De Vorska | |
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| Born | Jesse Dvorska July 13, 1898 |
| Died | December 27, 1999 (aged 101) Westwood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1923–1936 (film) |
Jesse De Vorska (July 13, 1898 – December 27, 1999) was a Russian-born American film actor.[1]
De Vorska was born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1898. He lived on the streets after his parents were killed in pogroms directed at Jewish people. After he began working as a baker's helper, he lived in the bakery. In 1914 a relative who lived in Syracuse, New York, provided funds for him to move there. After being employed as a delivery boy for a Syracuse pharmacy, he found work in a theater there. That job led to an opportunity in vaudeville, and later he began acting in silent films. A heavy Yiddish accent kept him from performing in talking films.[2]
De Vorska was in the Navy in World War I and World War II. He died on December 27, 1999, in Veterans Hospital in Westwood, California, aged 101.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Unknown Soldier (1926)
- Rose of the Tenements (1926)
- Jake the Plumber (1927)
- Around the Corner (1930)
- The Last Parade (1931)
- Women of All Nations (1931)
- Goldie (1931)
- Bad Girl (1931)
- The Spider (1931)
- Symphony of Six Million (1932)
- The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932)
- Pier 13 (1932)
- Employees Entrance (1933)
- Wine, Women and Song (1933)
- The Call of the Wild (1935)
References
- ^ Neibaur p. 38
- ^ a b "Jesse Dvorska; Vaudevillian, Silent Film Actor". Los Angeles Times. December 31, 1999. p. A 25. Retrieved October 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
- James L. Neibaur. James Cagney Films of the 1930s. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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