Rita Karin
Acting
Born October 24, 1919 — Died September 10, 1993 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.
TV Shows(3)
Movies(12)
The Pickle
Grandmother
1993
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
1991
Age Isn't Everything
Flo
1991
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
1989
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
1982
Starstruck
Mrs. Reuben
1981
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
1978
Matilda
Spectator
1978
Nicky's World
Nicky's World
Mrs. Mylonas
1974
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1972
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Mrs. Goldfarb
1971