3519) Molly Picon (28.02.1898- 05.04.1992), American actress of stage, screen, radio and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller, United States of America (USA): The Jewish-American Hall of Fame medal (2024 Edition):
The Jewish-American Hall of Fame medal series continues
with a 2024 edition honouring actor Molly Picon.
The Jewish-American Hall of Fame medal program returns in
2024 after a brief hiatus.
Molly Picon was a star of stage and movies about a century ago.
The medal series had been halted earlier in 2024, when
Wacks, the Director of JAHF, couldn’t find a mint that could strike the medals in high quality at a
reasonable cost.
That forced Wacks to pivot, seeking out the assistance of
Jim Licaretz, who has been producing JAHF plaques for a number of years. These
plaques are exhibited at the Virginia Holocaust Museum.
Eugene Daub, winner of the American Medal of the Year
award in 2024, designed the medal.
1) Eugene Daub work awarded 2024 American Medal of the Year
Licaretz was enlisted for producing the
medals rather than just the plaques.
Jim has made some wonderful cast medals in recent years,
including Volodymyr Zelensky, winner of the prestigious 2023 award for the
American Medal of the Year.
For the Molly Picon medals, Licaretz made a 3-D printed
model directly from Daub’s plaster-of-paris original; he then cast medals in
cold-cast bronze and hand-applied a handsome patina.
About Molly Picon:
Molly Picon (February 28, 1898–April 5, 1992) was an American actress of
stage, screen, radio and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic
storyteller.
She began her career in Yiddish theatre and film, rising
to a star, before transitioning into character roles in English-language
productions. She is most widely known for her role as "Yente the Matchmaker" in
the 1971 musical film "Fiddler on the Roof".
Picon became a star of the Yiddish Theatre District,
performing in plays in the District for seven years. She was so popular
in the 1920s, many shows had her adopted name, Molly, in their title.
In 1931,
she opened the Molly Picon Theatre.
Picon appeared in many films, beginning with silent
movies. Her early films were made in Europe; among the first, and earliest to
survive, was the Yiddish language East and West, a film adaptation of the 1921
play "Mezrach und Maarev" produced in Vienna in 1923.
The film depicts a
clash of New and Old World Jewish cultures. She plays a US-born daughter who
travels with her father back to Galicia in East Central Europe.
In 1934, Picon had a musical comedy radio show, "The Molly
Picon Program", broadcast on WMCA in New York City.
In 1938, she starred another
radio program on WMCA, "I Give You My Life". That programme "combined music
and dramatic episodes that purported to be the story of her life."
Two
years later, she starred in "Molly Picon's Parade", a variety show on WMCA.
Picon made her English language debut on stage in 1940.
On Broadway, she starred in the Jerry Herman musical "Milk and Honey" in 1961.
In
1966, she dropped out of the disastrous Chu Chem during previews in
Philadelphia; the show closed before it reached Broadway.
Picon had a bit part in the 1948 film "The Naked City" as
the woman running a news-stand and soda fountain towards the climax of the
film.
Her first major Anglophonic role in the movies was in the film version of "Come Blow Your Horn" (1963), with Frank Sinatra.
One of her best-known film
roles was as "Yente the Matchmaker" in the 1971 film adaptation of the Broadway
hit "Fiddler on the Roof".
Picon appeared as 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?".
In the comedy "For Pete's Sake" (1974), she
appeared as an elderly madam ("Mrs. Cherry") who arranges a
disastrous stint for Barbra Streisand on a job as a call girl.
She later had television roles as Mother Mishkin in the third episode of Vega$,
a role on the soap opera Somerset and appeared in a few episodes of The Facts
of Life as Natalie's grandmother.
Picon's final role was as Roger Moore's
mother in the comedies "Cannonball Run" and its sequel "Cannonball Run II" in 1981
and 1984, respectively.
Books:
Picon wrote "So Laugh a Little" (1962), a biography about
her family.
In 1980, she published her autobiography, "Molly".
The Coin/Medal:
The large 3.5-inch medal features a pensive portrait of
Molly Picon on the obverse.
The Reverse celebrates her role in the 1923-to-1924
Yiddish musical Yankele, that played at New York’s 2nd Avenue Theatre.
The
medal’s illustrated opening notes to the title song are taken from Picon’s own
copy of the sheet music, in the collection of the American Jewish Historical
Society.
No more than 100 Molly Picon medals will be made, and
these are available for $160 (half of the cost can be considered a
tax-deductible contribution to the non-profit JAHF).
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