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









