Rita Karin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 24, 1919
- Died
- September 10, 1993 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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
Movie · as Grandmother
He Said, She Said
Movie · as Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything
Movie · as Flo
Enemies, a Love Story
Movie · as Mrs. Schreier
Chicken Soup
TV · as Bea Fisher · 12 eps
Kojak: The Belarus File
Movie
Kate & Allie
TV · 1 ep
Sophie's Choice
Movie · as Yetta
Starstruck
Movie · as Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix
Movie · as Aunt Sonya
Matilda
Movie · as Spectator
Nicky's World
Movie · as Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox
Movie · as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Mrs. Reuben · 1 ep
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Movie · as Mrs. Goldfarb