Rita Karin
Birthday
1919/10/24
Day of death
1993/09/10 (73 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1981) Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
(1993) The Pickle
as Grandmother
(1982) Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
(1991) He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
(1991) Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
(1989) Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
(1971) The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
(1974) Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
(1978) The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
(1972) Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
(1985) Kojak The Belarus File
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(1978) Matilda
as Spectator
(1972) ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Reuben
(1989) Chicken Soup
as Bea Fisher
(1984) Kate & Allie
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