Rita Karin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1919-10-24
Day of Death
1993-09-10 (73 years old)
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.
Acting
(1993)
The Pickle
as Grandmother
(1991)
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
(1991)
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo
(1989)
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
(1985)
(1982)
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
(1981)
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
(1978)
Matilda
as Spectator
(1978)
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
(1974)
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
(1972)
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
(1971)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb