Rita Karin
- Acting
- October 24, 1919 · Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
- September 10, 1993
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Pickle · Grandmother
- He Said, She Said · Mrs. Spepk
- Age Isn't Everything · Flo
- Enemies, a Love Story · Mrs. Schreier
- Chicken Soup · Bea Fisher
- Kojak: The Belarus File
- Kate & Allie
- Sophie's Choice · Yetta
- Starstruck · Mrs. Reuben
- The Big Fix · Aunt Sonya
- Matilda · Spectator
- Nicky's World · Mrs. Mylonas
- Up the Sandbox · Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
- ABC Afterschool Special · Mrs. Reuben
- The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight · Mrs. Goldfarb