Acting
Rita Karin
EN cinema · 12 credits
Born
24 October 1919
Died
10 September 1993 (aged 73)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
The Pickle
as Grandmother
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
Matilda
as Spectator
Nicky's World
1974
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb