- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 24, 1919
- Place of Birth
- Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
- Died
- September 10, 1993
Rita Karin
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.
Filmography
movieThe Pickle
1993 · Grandmother
movieHe Said, She Said
1991 · Mrs. Spepk
movieAge Isn't Everything
1991 · Flo
movieEnemies, a Love Story
1989 · Mrs. Schreier
tvChicken Soup
1989 · Bea Fisher
movieKojak: The Belarus File
1985
tvKate & Allie
1984
movieSophie's Choice
1982 · Yetta
movieStarstruck
1981 · Mrs. Reuben
movieThe Big Fix
1978 · Aunt Sonya
movieMatilda
1978 · Spectator
Nicky's World
1974 · Mrs. Mylonas
movieUp the Sandbox
1972 · Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Mrs. Reuben
movieThe Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 · Mrs. Goldfarb