Rita Karin
Acting
Born October 24, 1919 — Died September 10, 1993
From Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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 Mu...
Filmography
The Pickle
Grandmother
19935.0
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
19915.9
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
19913.0
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
19896.2
Kojak: The Belarus File
19856.8
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
19827.3
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
19818.0
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
19785.8
Matilda
Spectator
19785.7
—
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas
19749.0
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
19725.9
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
19715.2