Rita Karin
Born in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania] — Oct 24 1919• Died Sep 10 1993
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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Rita Karin's Credits
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ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
Kate & Allie
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
The Pickle
Grandmother
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
Matilda
Spectator
Kojak The Belarus File
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben