Rita Karin
Acting • Born 1919-10-24 – Died 1993-09-10
Acting1Wilno, 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.
Filmography
15 credits
Starstruck
Movie • 1981
Mrs. Reuben
The Pickle
Movie • 1993
Grandmother
Sophie's Choice
Movie • 1982
Yetta
He Said, She Said
Movie • 1991
Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
Movie • 1991
Flo
Enemies, a Love Story
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Schreier
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Movie • 1971
Mrs. Goldfarb
Nicky's World
Movie • 1974
Mrs. Mylonas
The Big Fix
Movie • 1978
Aunt Sonya
Up the Sandbox
Movie • 1972
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
Kojak The Belarus File
Movie • 1985
Matilda
Movie • 1978
Spectator
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Mrs. Reuben
Chicken Soup
TV • 1989
Bea Fisher
Kate & Allie
TV • 1984