Acting
Rita Karin
1919-10-24 · 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.
Known for
Sophie's Choice
He Said, She Said
Enemies, a Love Story
The Big Fix
Kate & Allie
Up the Sandbox
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
ABC Afterschool Special
The Pickle
Age Isn't Everything
Matilda
Kojak: The Belarus File
Chicken Soup
Starstruck
Nicky's World
Movie credits · 12
The Pickle
He Said, She Said
Age Isn't Everything
Enemies, a Love Story
Kojak: The Belarus File
Sophie's Choice
Starstruck
The Big Fix
Matilda
Nicky's World
Up the Sandbox
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
TV credits · 3
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