Rita Karin
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1919-10-24 · Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
- Died
- 1993-09-10
Known for
- Sophie's Choice (1982) — Yetta
- He Said, She Said (1991) — Mrs. Spepk
- Enemies, a Love Story (1989) — Mrs. Schreier
- The Big Fix (1978) — Aunt Sonya
- Kate & Allie (1984)
- The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971) — Mrs. Goldfarb
- Up the Sandbox (1972) — Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
- ABC Afterschool Special (1972) — Mrs. Reuben
- The Pickle (1993) — Grandmother
- Age Isn't Everything (1991) — Flo
- Matilda (1978) — Spectator
- Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)
- Chicken Soup (1989) — Bea Fisher
- Starstruck (1981) — Mrs. Reuben
- Nicky's World (1974) — Mrs. Mylonas