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Molly Picon

Biography

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Molly Picon ( February 28, 1898 – April 6, 1992) was an American actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a lyricist. She was first and foremost a star in Yiddish theatre and film, but as Yiddish theatre faded she began to perform in English-language productions.

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Known For

Come Blow Your Horn
Come Blow Your Horn
Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof
The Great Yiddish Love
The Great Yiddish Love
East and West
East and West

Filmography

2007 Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
as Self (archive footage)
2002 The Great Yiddish Love
as Self - Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
1984 Cannonball Run II
as Mrs. Goldfarb
1981 The Cannonball Run
as Mom Goldfarb
1979 Trapper John, M.D.
as
1979 The Facts of Life
as
1978 Vega$
as
1975 Murder on Flight 502
as Ida Goldman
1974 Dinah!
as Self
1974 For Pete's Sake
as Mrs. Cherry
1971 Fiddler on the Roof
as Yente
1971 Norman Jewison, Film Maker
as Self (uncredited)
1964 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as
1963 Come Blow Your Horn
as Mrs. Sophie Baker
1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1961 The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961 The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961 Dr. Kildare
as Ida Forman
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1938 Mamele
as