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Rita Karin

Rita Karin

Born: 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.

Filmography
The Pickle poster
The Pickle
1993 • Grandmother
He Said, She Said poster
He Said, She Said
1991 • Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything poster
Age Isn't Everything
1991 • Flo
Enemies, a Love Story poster
Enemies, a Love Story
1989 • Mrs. Schreier
Kojak The Belarus File poster
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
Sophie's Choice poster
Sophie's Choice
1982 • Yetta
Starstruck poster
Starstruck
1981 • Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix poster
The Big Fix
1978 • Aunt Sonya
Matilda poster
Matilda
1978 • Spectator
No Image
Nicky's World
1974 • Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox poster
Up the Sandbox
1972 • Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight poster
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 • Mrs. Goldfarb