Rita Karin

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.

Birthday

Oct 24, 1919

Place of birth

Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

Deathday

Sep 10, 1993

Credited in

As cast

Starstruck
As Mrs. Reuben
The Pickle
As Grandmother
Sophie's Choice
As Yetta
He Said, She Said
As Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
As Flo
Enemies, a Love Story
As Mrs. Schreier
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
As Mrs. Goldfarb
Nicky's World
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As Mrs. Mylonas
The Big Fix
As Aunt Sonya
Up the Sandbox
As Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
Kojak The Belarus File
As
Matilda
As Spectator