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Molly Picon

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress | * 06/01/1898 († 93, 04/05/1992) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Molly Picon (Yiddish: מאָלי פּיקאָן; born Malka Opiekun; February 28, 1898 – April 5, 1992) was an American actress of stage, screen, radio and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller. She began her career in Yiddish theatre and film, rising to a star, before transitioning into character roles in English-language productions. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Action

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Mamele embraces the entire gamut of interwar Jewish life in Lodz--tenements and unemployed Jews, nightclubs and gangsters, religious Jews celebrating sukkot--but the film belongs to Molly Picon who ro ...

Mamele

Certification unknown

1938 | 1h 43min
Comedy
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In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words ...

Fiddler on the Roof

Certification unknown

1971 | 3.9/5 | 3h 1min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U. ...

The Cannonball Run

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1981 | 3.1/5 | 1h 35min
Action, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Molly Picon

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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Movies with Molly Picon as Actress(12)

as Mrs. Goldfarb1984 Cannonball Run II
as Mom Goldfarb1981 The Cannonball Run
as Ida Goldman1975 Murder on Flight 502
as Mrs. Cherry1974 For Pete's Sake
as Yente1971 Fiddler on the Roof
as Self (uncredited)1971 Norman Jewison, Film Maker
as Mrs. Sophie Baker1963 Come Blow Your Horn
1938 Mamele
as Specialty Act1937 Let's Make a Night of It
1929 Molly Picon, The Celebrated Character Comedienne
as Mollie1923 East and West
1922 Hütet eure Töchter

TV Shows/Series with Molly Picon as Actress(7)

1979 The Facts of Life
1979 Trapper John, M.D.
1978 Vega$
1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as herself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Ida Forman1961 Dr. Kildare
as Self - Singer1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Molly Picon
Born: Wednesday, 06/01 1898 (June) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 04/05 1992 (April) in Lancaster (aged: 93)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Yiddish (YI)
Spouses (current/former): Jacob Kalich
Other names for Molly Picon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Malka Opiekun"
Molly Picon frequently works together with these people:
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (6x, Actor)
Debbie Reynolds (6x, Actress)
Red Buttons (6x, Actor)
Art Carney (6x, Actor)
Sergio Franchi (6x, Actor)
Hal Needham (5x, Crew)
Jack Carter (5x, Actor)
Barbara McNair (5x, Actress)
Polly Bergen (5x, Actress)
Ned Glass (5x, Actor)
Count Basie (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:619411, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024