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By FANNY MERRILL
It's been twenty-one years since -I first met Molly Goldberg. I'm greyer now and a little bit heavier. Molly is, too. But then she wears her avoirdupois like some women wear mink.
Before I go any further, I think you ought to know that there are two Mollys: there's Molly Goldberg of Tremont Avenue, The Bronx, whom you see on television. Then there's her creator, Gertrude Berg, of Park Avenue. Judging by your letters, there are countless other Mollys — women you know who are as lovable and loving as Molly.
But to get to know my two Mollys, you'll have to know a little about me, too, for I've been a part of the Goldberg story almost from the beginning. I've been called the walking, talking and writing archives of Molly. Oddly enough,
I never was hired for the job I've held all these years. It just happened.
At the time, my son, Howard, was playing the title role in the radio version of Pernod at NBC. One afternoon he came home from a broadcast virtually exploding with news.
"You should have seen this woman, Mother!" he exclaimed. "She's the greatest actress I ever saw in my life. She was wonderful! She had the director and and the rest of the cast watching her every motion. Too bad you missed it."
There was nothing I could do the next day but go over to the studios, which were then at 711 Fifth Avenue, and see this marvel. She turned out to be a dark, plump young woman who was playing "Mrs. Cohen" in the Penrod series. It was a bit part and it ran for only a week but the actress' (Continued on page 80)
Fanny Merrill, who has been Mrs. Berg's girl everyday for over twenty-one years, writes of her boss.
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