Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1919-10-24 00:00:00
Birth Place:Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1993-09-10 00:00:00
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Rita Karin
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 (12)
Up the Sandbox
Role: Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)1972
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Role: Mrs. Goldfarb1971
Matilda
Role: Spectator1978
The Big Fix
Role: Aunt Sonya1978
Kojak The Belarus File
actor1985
No Image
Nicky's World
Role: Mrs. Mylonas1974
The Pickle
Role: Grandmother1993
He Said, She Said
Role: Mrs. Spepk1991
Starstruck
Role: Mrs. Reuben1981
Enemies, a Love Story
Role: Mrs. Schreier1989
Age Isn't Everything
Role: Flo1991
Sophie's Choice
Role: Yetta1982