Rita Karin
Known for: Acting
Born: October 24, 1919
Died: September 10, 1993
Place of birth: Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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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Filmography
12 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
5.0
The Pickle
1993
5.9
He Said, She Said
1991
2.7
Age Isn't Everything
1991
6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
7.5
Chicken Soup
1989
6.8
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
6.1
Kate & Allie
1984
7.3
Sophie's Choice
1982
8.0
Starstruck
1981
5.8
The Big Fix
1978
5.7
Matilda
19789.0
Nicky's World
1974
5.9
Up the Sandbox
1972
6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
5.2
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971