Molly Picon (1898-1992) The comedienne and singer was born on New York's Lower East Side, where its Second Avenue theaters were a welcoming home to her early career. A star of Yiddish theater and film, she helped keep Yiddish culture alive by bringing it into mainstream American life. Her most famous film remains YIDL MIT'N FIDL. An entire room is filled with her memorabilia at New York's Second Avenue Deli.