Rita Karin
Acting Born Oct 24, 1919 Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania] 15 credits
Biography
She was a Polish-born American actress best known for her role as Jackie Mason's mother on the 1989 TV series Chicken Soup. Also appeared at the beginning of Sophie's Choice as Yetta, Sophie's (Meryl Streep) landlady. Her voice can be heard singing children's songs from the camps in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Full filmography
- Kate & Allie (1984)
- ABC Afterschool Special (1972) as Mrs. Reuben
- Sophie's Choice (1982) as Yetta
- The Pickle (1993) as Grandmother
- The Big Fix (1978) as Aunt Sonya
- Up the Sandbox (1972) as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
- He Said, She Said (1991) as Mrs. Spepk
- Matilda (1978) as Spectator
- The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971) as Mrs. Goldfarb
- Chicken Soup (1989) as Bea Fisher
- Enemies, a Love Story (1989) as Mrs. Schreier
- Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)
- Age Isn't Everything (1991) as Flo
- Starstruck (1981) as Mrs. Reuben
- Nicky's World (1974) as Mrs. Mylonas