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Rita Karin

Rita Karin

Actor Oct 24 (died age 73) Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania] 1971–1993 (22 year career)
5.8 avg rating

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

Sophie's Choice
Film

Sophie's Choice

Yetta
He Said, She Said
Film

He Said, She Said

Mrs. Spepk
Enemies, a Love Story
Film

Enemies, a Love Story

Mrs. Schreier
The Big Fix
Film

The Big Fix

Aunt Sonya
Up the Sandbox
Film

Up the Sandbox

Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Film

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight

Mrs. Goldfarb
The Pickle
Film

The Pickle

Grandmother
Kojak The Belarus File
Film

Kojak The Belarus File

6.8 1985

Filmography