Person
Rita Karin
Acting · 1919–1993 · Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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.
Known for
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Reuben
Kate & Allie
1984
Sophie's Choice
Yetta
He Said, She Said
Mrs. Spepk
The Pickle
Grandmother
Matilda
Spectator
Chicken Soup
Bea Fisher
Up the Sandbox
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Big Fix
Aunt Sonya
Enemies, a Love Story
Mrs. Schreier
Filmography
- 1993The PickleGrandmother
- 1991He Said, She SaidMrs. Spepk
- 1991Age Isn't EverythingFlo
- 1989Enemies, a Love StoryMrs. Schreier
- 1989Chicken SoupBea Fisher
- 1985Kojak: The Belarus File
- 1984Kate & Allie
- 1982Sophie's ChoiceYetta
- 1981StarstruckMrs. Reuben
- 1978The Big FixAunt Sonya
- 1978MatildaSpectator
- 1974Nicky's WorldMrs. Mylonas
- 1972Up the SandboxMrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
- 1972ABC Afterschool SpecialMrs. Reuben
- 1971The Gang That Couldn't Shoot StraightMrs. Goldfarb
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