Rita Karin

Birthday: 1919-10-24
Deathday: 1993-09-10
Birthplace: Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1993-04-30 The Pickle Grandmother
1991-02-22 He Said, She Said Mrs. Spepk
1991-01-02 Age Isn't Everything Flo
1989-12-13 Enemies, a Love Story Mrs. Schreier
1982-12-08 Sophie's Choice Yetta
1981-10-14 Starstruck Mrs. Reuben
1978-10-06 The Big Fix Aunt Sonya
1974-04-19 Nicky's World Mrs. Mylonas
1972-12-21 Up the Sandbox Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
1971-12-22 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Mrs. Goldfarb