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[ 0 => '{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2013}}', 1 => '{{Infobox person', 2 => '|name=Molly Picon', 3 => '|image=Picon.jpg', 4 => '|caption=', 5 => '|birthname=Małka Opiekun', 6 => '|birth_date={{Birth date|1898|02|28}}', 7 => '|birth_place=New York City, [[New York (U.S. state)|New York]], USA', 8 => '|death_date={{Death date and age|1992|4|5|1898|2|28}}', 9 => '|death_place=[[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania]]', 10 => '|death_cause =[[Alzheimer's disease]]', 11 => '|resting_place=[[Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City)|Mount Hebron Cemetery]] in New York City', 12 => '|occupation=Actress', 13 => '|othername=', 14 => '|spouse=[[Jacob Kalich]] (1919–1975, his death)', 15 => '|domesticpartner=', 16 => '|yearsactive = 1904–1984}}', 17 => false, 18 => ''''Molly Picon''' ({{lang-yi|מאָלי פּיקאָן}}; February 28, 1898<ref>[http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1787 Jewish Theatre.com]</ref> – April 5, 1992) was an American actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a lyricist and [[diseuse|dramatic storyteller]].<ref>''Tucson Daily Citizen'' ([[Tucson, Arizona]]), August 29, 1952, p. 16</ref>', 19 => false, 20 => 'She was first and foremost a star in [[Yiddish theatre]] and film, but in time she turned to English-language productions.', 21 => false, 22 => '==Early life==', 23 => 'Picon was born as '''Małka Opiekun''' in New York City, the daughter of [[Poles|Polish]] Jewish emigrants: Clara (née Ostrow), a wardrobe mistress, and Louis Opiekun, a shirtmaker.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/26/Molly-Picon.html Picon's Film Reference bio]</ref> Opiekun is a [[Polish language]] name meaning "guardian" or "caretaker". Her surname was later changed to Picon. Her career began at the age of six in the [[Yiddish Theatre]]. In 1912, she debuted at the ''Arch Street Theatre'' in New York and became a star of the [[Yiddish Theater District]], performing in plays in the District for seven years.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0HqhGvQF4CQC&pg=RA1-PA315&lpg=RA1-PA315&dq=picon+%22seven+years%22+yiddish&source=bl&ots=JqpakK-KRC&sig=e9z-KDcnybA_BjOWK-_rcEjgWEE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=W_0_UfDvGqiy0AH78YC4Dw&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=picon%20%22seven%20years%22%20yiddish&f=false |author= |title=Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary', 24 => '|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC |date= |accessdate=March 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=oQYq8AhjI1wC&q=%22yiddish+theater+district%22&dq=%22yiddish+theater+district%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7ms7UZHcLIK-0gHhqYHwDA&ved=0CJUBEOgBMBI |title=Jewish life in twentieth-century America: challenge and accommodation |author=Milton Plesur |publisher= Nelson-Hall|year=1982 |accessdate=March 10, 2013}}</ref>', 25 => false, 26 => '==Career==', 27 => 'Picon was so popular in the 1920s that many shows had her adopted name, Molly, in their title. In 1931, she opened the [[New Century Theatre|Molly Picon Theatre]]. She appeared in many films, starting with silent movies. Her earliest film still existing is the 1923 ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014339 East and West]'', which deals with the clash of new and old Jewish cultures. She played an American-born daughter who travels with her father back to [[Galicia (Central Europe)|Galicia]] in East Central Europe. Her real-life husband [[Jacob Kalich]] played one of her relatives. {{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}', 28 => false, 29 => '[[File:Molly picon car 54 1962.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Picon as Mrs. Bronson, 1962.]]', 30 => false, 31 => 'Picon's most famous film, ''[[Yidl Mitn Fidl]]'' (1936), was made on location in Poland and has her wearing male clothing through most of the film. In the film, a girl and her father are forced by poverty to set out on the road as traveling musicians. For her safety, she disguises herself as a boy, which becomes inconvenient when she falls in love with one of the other musicians in the troupe. Later ''[[Mamele]]'' was made in Poland. <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030407/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_18]</ref>', 32 => 'Picon made her English language debut on stage in 1940. On Broadway, she starred in the [[Jerry Herman]] musical ''[[Milk and Honey (musical)|Milk and Honey]]'' in 1961. In 1966 she quit the disastrous ''[[Chu Chem]]'' during previews in [[Philadelphia]]; the show closed before reaching Broadway.', 33 => false, 34 => 'She had a bit part in the 1948 film ''[[The Naked City]]'' as the woman running a newsstand and soda fountain towards the climax of the film. Her first major English-speaking role in the movies was in the film version of ''[[Come Blow Your Horn (film)|Come Blow Your Horn]]'' (1963), with [[Frank Sinatra]]. She portrayed Yente the Matchmaker in the film adaptation of the Broadway hit ''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'' in 1971.', 35 => false, 36 => 'On an ironic note, in 1959 she was featured on an episode of the NBC-TV series [[Startime (TV series)|Startime]]. This particular episode was an adaptation of Samuel Raphaelson's play "The Jazz Singer" starring Jerry Lewis, in which she played Lewis's mother, Sarah Rabinowitz. In one scene, Lewis says the line, referring to Picon as his mother, "She's still in our presence, ladies and gentlemen, the Matchmaker".', 37 => false, 38 => 'In the 1970s, she was featured as a madam named Mrs. Cherry in ''[[For Pete's Sake (film)|For Pete's Sake]]'', starring [[Barbra Streisand]]. She played the role of Molly Gordon in an episode of [[CBS]]'s ''[[Gomer Pyle, USMC]]'' and had a recurring role as Mrs. Bronson in the [[NBC]] police comedy ''[[Car 54, Where Are You?]]''. She later played a role on television on the soap opera ''[[Somerset (TV series)|Somerset]]'' and appeared in a couple of episodes of ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'' as Natalie's grandmother, and her final roles were cameo appearances in the comedies [[The Cannonball Run (film)|Cannonball Run]] & [[Cannonball Run II]] as [[Roger Moore]]'s mother.', 39 => false, 40 => '==Books==', 41 => 'Picon wrote a biography about her family called ''So Laugh a Little'' in 1962. Later, in 1980, she published an autobiography, ''Molly''.', 42 => false, 43 => '==Legacy==', 44 => '* An entire room was filled with her memorabilia at the [[2nd Avenue Deli|Second Avenue Deli]] in New York (now closed at that location).', 45 => false, 46 => '* She was inducted into the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]] in 1981.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/03/theater/26-elected-theater-hall-fame-26-broadway-voted-into-theater-hall-fame.html "26 Elected to the Theater Hall of Fame."] ''The New York Times'', March 3, 1981.</ref>', 47 => false, 48 => '* Costumes she wore in various theater productions are displayed at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.', 49 => false, 50 => '* In 2007, she was featured in the film Making Trouble, a tribute to female Jewish comedians, produced by the [[Jewish Women’s Archive]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Deming|first=Mark|title=Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/400302/Making-Trouble-Three-Generations-of-Funny-Jewish-Women/overview|accessdate=April 14, 2012|newspaper=New York Times}}</ref>', 51 => false, 52 => '* [[Picon Pie]], a biographical play, ran off-Broadway from 2004 to 2005.', 53 => false, 54 => '==Death==', 55 => 'Picon died on April 6, 1992, aged 94, from [[Alzheimer's disease]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], [[Pennsylvania]]. [[Jacob Kalich|Yankel Kalich]], her husband from 1919 until his death in 1975, died from cancer. They had no children. She and her husband are interred in the Yiddish Theater section of the [[Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City)|Mount Hebron Cemetery]] in New York City.<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=6754559&PIpi=3845686www.Find-A-Grave.com]</ref>', 56 => false, 57 => '==References==', 58 => '{{reflist}}', 59 => false, 60 => '{{Portal|Biography|New York|California|Pennsylvania|Theatre|Film|Television}}', 61 => false, 62 => '==Sources==', 63 => '* Eth Clifford. ''Molly Picon – so laugh a little'', Messner, 1962 (see [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sYI4AAAAIAAJ]).', 64 => '* Lila Perl, Donna Ruff. ''Molly Picon: a gift of laughter'', Jewish Publication Society, 1990, ISBN 0-8276-0336-3.', 65 => false, 66 => '==External links==', 67 => '{{commons category}}', 68 => '*{{IMDb name|682000}}', 69 => '*{{IBDB name|13198}}', 70 => '*[http://www.ajhs.org/scholarship/Molly/index.cfm Pages from a Performing Life: The Scrapbooks of Molly Picon] at [http://www.ajhs.org American Jewish Historical Society]', 71 => '*[http://jwa.org/womenofvalor/picon Women of Valor exhibit on Molly Picon] at the [http://www.jwa.org Jewish Women's Archive]', 72 => '*{{Find a Grave|6754559}}', 73 => false, 74 => '{{Authority control|VIAF=85974651}}', 75 => false, 76 => '{{Persondata', 77 => '|NAME = Picon, Molly', 78 => '|ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Opiekun, Malka', 79 => '|SHORT DESCRIPTION = American actress', 80 => '|DATE OF BIRTH = June 1, 1898', 81 => '|PLACE OF BIRTH = [[New York City, New York]], U.S.', 82 => '|DATE OF DEATH = April 5, 1992', 83 => '|PLACE OF DEATH = [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]], U.S.}}', 84 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Picon, Molly}}', 85 => '[[Category:1898 births]]', 86 => '[[Category:1992 deaths]]', 87 => '[[Category:Jewish comedians]]', 88 => '[[Category:American film actresses]]', 89 => '[[Category:American people of Polish-Jewish descent]]', 90 => '[[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]]', 91 => '[[Category:Disease-related deaths in Pennsylvania]]', 92 => '[[Category:Jewish American actresses]]', 93 => '[[Category:Vaudeville performers]]', 94 => '[[Category:Yiddish theatre performers]]', 95 => '[[Category:Yiddish film actors]]', 96 => '[[Category:Actresses from New York City]]', 97 => '[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]', 98 => '[[Category:American child actresses]]' ]