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Known ForActing
Born1919-10-24
BirthplaceWilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Rita Karin
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Rita Karin
The Big Fix
1978
The Pickle
1993
Filmography
Acting (12)
1993
The Pickleas Grandmother
5.0
1991
He Said, She Saidas Mrs. Spepk
5.9
1991
Age Isn't Everythingas Flo
2.7
1989
Enemies, a Love Storyas Mrs. Schreier
6.2
6.8
1982
Sophie's Choiceas Yetta
7.3
1981
Starstruckas Mrs. Reuben
8.0
1978
The Big Fixas Aunt Sonya
5.9
1978
Matildaas Spectator
5.7
1974
Nicky's Worldas Mrs. Mylonas
9.0
1972
Up the Sandboxas Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
5.9
1971
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straightas Mrs. Goldfarb
5.2