Molly Picon
Also Known As: Malka Opiekun
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Molly Picon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: May 31, 1898
Age: 126 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 05, 1992
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Come Blow Your Horn
Overview: The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-05
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Fiddler on the Roof
Overview: In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-03
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Murder on Flight 502
Overview: On a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the airliner before it lands.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-21
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Yiddle with His Fiddle
Overview: A young woman poses as a man in a group of klezmer musicians in Poland.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1936-09-30
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The Cannonball Run
Overview: 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.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Genres: Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-19
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Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Overview: A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and gender. The film profiles Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as contemporary comedians Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-16
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The Great Yiddish Love
Overview: Set in Berlin and New York's Lower East Side, The Great Yiddish Love stars the self-exiled Marlene Dietrich and her Nazi-endorsed replacement, Zarah Leander. It is a melodrama of love, emigration, and betrayal reassembled from Hollywood, German Ufa and Yiddish films from the 1930s and 40s.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Let's Make a Night of It
Overview: Unbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-28
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Molly Picon, The Celebrated Character Comedienne
Overview: A young actress is interviewed and flashes back to her tenement days.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-30
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East and West
Overview: Morris Brown, a New York gambler acquainted more with his checkbook than his prayer book, returns to Galicia with his very American daughter, Mollie (Molly Picon) for a family wedding. But Mollie, whose exuberant antics fill the film, unexpectedly meets her match--an engaging young yeshiva scholar who forsake tradition and joins the secular world to win her heart.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1923-08-17
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Mamele
Overview: 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 romps undaunted through her dutiful daughter role saving siblings, keeping the family intact, singing and acting her way through the stages of a woman's life from childhood to old age.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: yi
Release Date: 1938-04-04
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Hütet eure Töchter
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1922-04-14
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For Pete's Sake
Overview: Henrietta Robbins borrows money from a loan shark to finance her husband's investment in the stock market. However, when their stock plummets, she scrambles to find a way to pay the money back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-26
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Norman Jewison, Film Maker
Overview: Toronto-born Norman Jewison first gained prominence producing for Canadian television, then went on to greater success making Hollywood theatrical features. In this film he is seen directing a large international cast and crew in the film version of the musical hit 'Fiddler on the Roof'. Between scenes, Jewison talks freely about many aspects of the film industry and some of his experiences in it. A candid study of a director in action.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Cannonball Run II
Overview: When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast. Legendary driver J.J. McClure enters the competition along with his friend Victor and together they set off across the American landscape in a madcap action-adventure destined to test their wits and automobile skills.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-29
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