Molly Picon (Yiddish: מאָלי פּיקאָן; Malka Opiekun; February 28, 1898[2] – April 5, 1992) was an American actress of stage, screen, radio and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller.

[3] She began her career in Yiddish theatre and film, rising to a star, before transitioning into character roles in English-language productions.

She plays a US-born daughter who travels with her father back to Galicia in East Central Europe.

In 1966, she dropped out of the disastrous Chu Chem during previews in Philadelphia; the show closed before it reached Broadway.

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.