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Jan 3, 2023 · Molly Picon - אַבי געזונט (Abi gezunt (Abi gezint)) lyrics (Yiddish) + English translation: A little bit of sun, / a little bit of rain, / A quiet place
This exhibition provides a glimpse beyond Molly Picon’s international career and into the Yiddishkeit of her abundant life. “Pages from a Performing Life” draws on the Molly Picon Papers, which include 22 scrapbooks, at the American Jewish Historical Society as well as material from the collections of the YIVO Institute, a fellow partner ...
May 31, 2014 · May 31, 2014. June 1, 1898, is one of two birthdays that were claimed by Molly Picon, the beloved performer best known for her work in Yiddish theater, whose career spanned more than eight decades. (One version says that her actual date of birth was February 28, and that her grandmother invented June 1 so that Molly could celebrate her birthday ...
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. Picon, born Margaret Pyekoon on New York ’s Lower East Side, was the first of two daughters of Clara Ostrow ...
Jun 28, 1980 · At the age of 81, Picon created a new one-woman show, Hello, Molly (1979), which traced her long relationship with the Yiddish theatre. In 1980, she published her autobiography, titled simply Molly!. On June 28, 1980, she received a Creative Achievement Award from the Performing Arts Unit of B'nai B'rith; the following year, she was elected to ...
The inimitable Molly Picon — actress, singer, dancer and comedienne — has been celebrated for her work not only in the Yiddish theater, but also on Broadway ...
