Molly Picon

Title: Molly Picon

Inclusive Dates: ca. 1900-1972

ID: RG 738

Extent Information

3'4"; 5 5"lgl; 1 2.5"lgl; 3 3"lgl; 1 3"ovr; 1 box recordings

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in 5 series: I) Photographs (folders 1-24); II) Theater - Vilna (25-30); III) Records (31-64); IV) Plaques, Awards & Citations (65-108); V) Original Art & Misc. Pictorial Items (109-122)

Creators

Picon, Molly (1898-1992)

Administrative/Biographical History

Popular U.S. actress. Performed in Yiddish and English. Played in Kessler's Theater as well as in many other groups. In 1935, toured in a vaudeville show together with her husband Jacob Kalich. From 1942 managed the Molly Picon Theater in N.Y. After World War II, visited displaced persons camps and went on tours in Australia, South Africa and Europe. In the 1960s she played on the English stage and appeared on television and in films.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Art
Australia
Film and Cinema
Music
Poland
South Africa
Theater
United States

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Papers

Finding Aid Information

Inventory: English, 11 pp., typed; Music cataloged in Sound Archives as part of the 78 collection; Photographs are cataloged in STAGEPIX

Administrative Information

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Description: Photographs, scripts, playbills, musical scores, correspondence, recordings, plaques and art objects relating to Picon's theatrical career. Personal photographs of Picon and her husband Jacob Kalich. Photographs of Picon in various stage and film productions including the films *Fiddler on the Roof*, *East and West*, *Mamele*, *Yidl mitn fidl*, *Milk and Honey*, and the plays, *Kuni Leml*, *Motel Payse*. Manuscripts of plays including *Shmendrik* and *Yankele*. Music by Abe Ellstein, Mordecai Gebirtig, Abraham Goldfaden, Molly Picon, Joseph Rumshinsky. Playbills and programs from films and theater. Scrapbook of correspondence, theater tickets. Recordings of songs performed by Picon. Plaques, citations, awards. Original art items including portraits, illustrations and cartoons on various topics, many of them studies of Picon.