Lil Picard, born Lilli Elisabeth Benedick (October 4, 1899 – May 10, 1994), was a cabaret actress, artist, journalist and critic, born in Landau, Germany, who took part in several generations of counterculture and avant-garde art in Berlin and in New York City.

[2] In 1918, at the age of 19, Lil met Fritz Picard, an antiquarian bookseller[3] and intellectual with whom she lived in Berlin against her parents' wishes.

Surrounded by dynamic artists, writers, composers, and filmmakers who moved to Berlin after World War I, the couple married in 1921.

Struggling with the skin condition shingles, her career in show business ended and Picard turned her attention to journalism.

[1] Due to the persecution of Jews and Hans' career pursuits, he changed his name to Henry Odell or O'Dell.