Rita Karin
Known for ActingBorn 1919-10-24 — died 1993-09-10Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
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
1982 · as Yetta
He Said, She Said
1991 · as Mrs. Spepk
Enemies, a Love Story
1989 · as Mrs. Schreier
Matilda
1978 · as Spectator
The Pickle
1993 · as Grandmother
Up the Sandbox
1972 · as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Big Fix
1978 · as Aunt Sonya
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 · as Mrs. Goldfarb
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
Age Isn't Everything
1991 · as Flo
Nicky's World
1974 · as Mrs. Mylonas
Starstruck
1981 · as Mrs. Reuben