Jesse De Vorska

Jesse De Vorska
Born	Jesse Dvorska July 13, 1898 Kovno, Russian Empire (present-day Kaunas, Lithuania)
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

1. Neibaur p. 38
2. "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.

External links

• Jesse De Vorska at IMDb