| Jesse De Vorska | |
| Birth Date: | July 13, 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Kovno, Russian Empire (present-day Kaunas, Lithuania) |
| Death Date: | December 27, 1999 (aged 101) |
| Death Place: | Westwood, California, U.S. |
| Birthname: | Jesse Dvorska |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 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.