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Apr 2, 2024 · Molly Picon (born June 1, 1898, New York, New York, U.S.—died April 6, 1992, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was an American actress and singer, the “Sweetheart of Second Avenue” in Yiddish theatre in New York City during the 1920s and ’30s. She was known for her impish charm and comedic talents, notably in such productions as Yankele, Raizele ...
Who Was Molly Picon? This Yiddish film and theater star had a versatile career and also did humanitarian work. By Michael Feldberg
Apr 7, 1992 · Molly Picon, the comedic actress and singer who lightened and brightened the often dolorous themes of Yiddish theater with shows that were sprightly operettas, died yesterday in Lancaster, Pa....
February 28, 1898–April 6, 1992. by Joann Green. Molly Picon. Courtesy of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. In Brief. A lively comic actress, Molly Picon brought Yiddish theater to a wider American audience. Picon began her acting career in vaudeville before her director/producer husband drew her to Yiddish theater.
Throughout their more than 50 years together Molly Picon, the “Darling of the Yiddish theater” and her husband and collaborator Yonkel (Jacob) Kalish kept scrapbooks brimming with clippings, reviews and interviews, fan letters, programs, telegrams and other ephemera.
views 3,163,771 updated. Picon, Molly. ( b. 28 February 1898 in New York City; d. 5 April 1992 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania), greatest attraction of the Yiddish musical theater for more than sixty years, during the most cataclysmic period of Jewish history.
Diminutive superstar of Yiddish stage and screen Molly Picon ( b. New York City, February 28 or June 1, 1898; d. Lancaster, PA, April 5, 1992 ), over her course of eighty years as an entertainer, had an enormous impact on Jewish culture in Europe and Israel as well as in America.
