Rita Karin
Acting
Born: 1919-10-24 · Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Died: 1993-09-10
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.
🎬 Movies (12)
The Pickle
1993
Grandmother
He Said, She Said
1991
Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
1991
Flo
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
Mrs. Schreier
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
Sophie's Choice
1982
Yetta
Starstruck
1981
Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix
1978
Aunt Sonya
Matilda
1978
Spectator
Nicky's World
1974
Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox
1972
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
Mrs. Goldfarb
