Rita Karin
Birthday: 1919-10-24 | Place of Birth: 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1991
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
1991
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
1989
Chicken Soup
as Bea Fisher
1989
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
1982
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
1981
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
