Rita Karin

Acting·Oct 24, 1919·Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]

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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.

Film	Credit
The Pickle1993 · Grandmother	Grandmother
He Said, She Said1991 · Mrs. Spepk	Mrs. Spepk
Age Isn't Everything1991 · Flo	Flo
Enemies, a Love Story1989 · Mrs. Schreier	Mrs. Schreier
Kojak: The Belarus File1985 · Actor	Actor
Sophie's Choice1982 · Yetta	Yetta
Starstruck1981 · Mrs. Reuben	Mrs. Reuben
The Big Fix1978 · Aunt Sonya	Aunt Sonya
Matilda1978 · Spectator	Spectator
NNicky's World1974 · Mrs. Mylonas	Mrs. Mylonas
Up the Sandbox1972 · Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)	Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight1971 · Mrs. Goldfarb	Mrs. Goldfarb