Rita Karin
Known For
Acting
Born
1919-10-24 in Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Died
1993-09-10
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.
Most Known For
ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Reuben
Kate & Allie
Sophie's Choice
as Yetta
The Big Fix
as Aunt Sonya
He Said, She Said
as Mrs. Spepk
Up the Sandbox
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
Matilda
as Spectator
The Pickle
as Grandmother
Chicken Soup
as Bea Fisher
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
as Mrs. Goldfarb
Enemies, a Love Story
as Mrs. Schreier
Kojak The Belarus File
Starstruck
as Mrs. Reuben
Nicky's World
as Mrs. Mylonas
Age Isn't Everything
as Flo