Rita Karin

Known for: Acting

Born: 1919-10-24 – 1993-09-10 (aged 73)

From: Wilno, 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.

Filmography (15)

MOVIE★ 5.0
The Pickle
1993
as Grandmother
MOVIE★ 5.9
He Said, She Said
1991
as Mrs. Spepk
MOVIE★ 3.0
Age Isn't Everything
1991
as Flo
MOVIE★ 6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
1989
as Mrs. Schreier
TV★ 7.5
Chicken Soup
1989
as Bea Fisher
MOVIE★ 6.8
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
TV★ 6.0
Kate & Allie
1984
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sophie's Choice
1982
as Yetta
MOVIE★ 8.0
Starstruck
1981
as Mrs. Reuben
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Big Fix
1978
as Aunt Sonya
MOVIE★ 5.7
Matilda
1978
as Spectator
MOVIE★ 9.0
Nicky's World
1974
as Mrs. Mylonas
MOVIE★ 5.9
Up the Sandbox
1972
as Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
TV★ 6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Mrs. Reuben
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
as Mrs. Goldfarb